December 13-19, 2002
Headline
Editorial
The high road
The country is in a serious jam. Till a year ago, the only challenge was how to overcome the Maobadi. Now, layered on top is the unnecessary…
Columns
Guest Column by HENING KARCHER
A 5-point peace plan
Nobody knows whether formal peace negotiations will begin in the near future, but we need to be prepared already with peace-building measures.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
New world disorder
The social contract that lies at the heart of democracy has been fatally wounded.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Consumerism in time of Maoism
Nepali consumerism prospers through good times and bad.
State Of The State by CK LAL
Re-educating revolutionaries
Closing down schools is not about improving education, it is power politics at its worst.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Kingdom of Boredom
After being hunted nearly to extinction, wild bores are proliferating once more and have returned to our urban jungles with a vengeance. Only…
Nation
The marriage of Ram Kumar’s son-Part I
Winner of the British Council Short Story Competition (18-35 category).
Interview
"Our top priority is restoring law and order."
President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) Ravi Bhakta Shrestha, 48, was appointed Assistant Minister for…
History
"The king has no alternative but compromise"
There is a strange sense of d?j? vu as we read these pages from BP's diary where he tries to analyse his predicament and the options before King…
Review
Prakash'a power places
The force of that which is worshipped is diminished and yet reclaimed.
WAYNE AMTZIS
Leisure
1974 AD Rock Yatra
When an audience sings along, you know the band has arrived. Chances are everyone at Carlsberg's Rock Yatra on Saturday will know the lyrics to…
Book Worm
Present Fresh Wakefulness
A Meditation Manual on Nonconceptual Wisdom Ch?kyi Nyima Rinpoche Rabgjung Yeshe Books, 2002 Rs 1635 In this series of teachings and…
The Yoga of Breath
A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama Richard Rosen Shambala, 2002 Rs 1225 Rosen introduces us to the fundamentals of this ancient Indian method of…
The Dzogchen Primer
Embracing the Spiritual Path According to The Great Perfection Marcia Binder Schmidt ed. Shambala, 2002 Rs 1470 Gathered here is the most…
Development
Building bridges
Nepal is not divided by mountains but by its rivers. You can walk across mountains, but rivers can only be crossed on a bridge. Over the decades, bridge-building has been honed into a fine art, and large parts of Nepal are no longer remote.
Nepali Society
Gazal siblings
They say only true romantics understand gazals, slow sentimental songs that talk of lovers' eye lashes, broken hearts and starry nights. These…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Development award
Nepal's National Human Development Report (NHDR) is one of the six winners selected by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for an…
Negotiating Peace
High-profile western diplomacy in Nepal continues with the arrival late Thursday in Kathmandu of US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia,…
Danger of Maoist spillover into India
Nepal's Maoist insurgency in Nepal is likely to spill over to India's northeast, warns the Washington-based think tank, Centre for Strategic…
Spirit to serve
Twenty years after the famous Shanta Bhawan Hospital, a converted royal palace, shifted south to new premises in Patan in 1982, and, accordingly…
Future film festivals will need permits
The Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival is over but it has left authorities uptight. Three days after the festival of mountain films…
Pokhara jamboree
After its leader was nominated prime minister by the king, the centre-right Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is going through a power struggle…
Business Briefs
Economic slump
For the first time in the last two decades, Nepal's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has turned negative in the last fiscal year 2001-02, officials…
Fair Trade, Trade Fair
Fair Trade Group (FTG) Nepal, a private company that promotes fair trade practices among small and medium enterprises last week organised an…
Princess for a Day
Binita Shrestha was chosen "Fair & Lovely Princess for a Day" after a widely publicised promotional drive launched by Nepal Lever Limited.…
Nepali businessmen in Guangzhou
A 30-member Nepali business delegation is attending the sixth meeting of the Nepal-China Non-governmental Cooperation Forum in Guangzhou this…
Letters
Peaceniks
Bhagirath Yogi's quote of Saubhagya Shah's statement in the article "Peaceniks on warpath" (#119) may have been taken out of context like my own…
Shrisha Karki
Finally, Pramod Mishra has struck home with his article "Patriarchy, female freedom and Shrisha Karki" (#122) on the tragic death of the film…
Road safety
Thank you to CK Lal for "The road not taken" (#122), bringing much-needed attention to the situation on Nepal's roads. Because my work in Nepal…
In this issue:
The Exodus | A classless society | The HIgh Road | Editorial: Re - educating revolutionaries | Ar 5 - point peace plan | Running away from home | New world disorder | People's Peace | " Our top priority is restoring law and order" | Building bridges | From Copenhagen to Copenhagen | Russia's Islamic Heritage | The Great(Fire) Wall | Invasion alternatives | Twisting the truth | " The king has no alternative but compromise" | Kingdom of Biredom