December 20-26, 2002
Headline
Editorial
The roots of wrath
It is readily apparent to many of us that this revolution is a dead-end street. It may not yet be evident to the Maoist leadership, or even if…
Columns
Guest Column by DHAWAL SJB RANA
Think nationally, act locally
The Maoists are only completing the process of dismantling grassroots democracy that Sher Bahadur Deuba started.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Human rights and wrongs
A new Amnesty International report proves Nepal is sinking ever deeper into a morass of bloodshed and disregard for basic humanitarian norms.
State Of The State by CK LAL
Musharrafship
Dictatorship is too crude, self-regulation of dissent is the way to go.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Spam scam
Thanks to recent advances in Information Technology, it is now possible for us to receive vital tips for living our lives to the fullest right…
Nation
Minors in a major war
Nepal's Maoists find themselves on a UN black list for recruiting children.
HEMLATA RAI
Rabina and Rabin in hospital
"It all seems like a dream to me," says Bhakta Bahadur Regmi as he watches his children Rabina and Rabin playing in the hospital garden. Bhakta…
NARESH NEWAR
Business
BPC saga finally nears end
If all goes well, Interkraft Nepal, a consortium of Nepali and Norwegian investors will finally win the majority stakes in Butwal Power Company…
Leisure
Not been there, not yet done that
This holiday season, do things you never got around to doing in Kathmandu Valley.
Out of Towners
Everest Panorama Resort has a view worth waking up to on New Year's Day, taken in from the private balcony of your centrally heated cottage. The…
Literature
War and the Child’s Imagination
I recently read stories for a competition of school children's stories, in which entrants were free to write on anything related to contemporary…
MANJUSHREE THAPA
The marriage of Ram Kumar’s son-Part II
Winner of the British Council Short Story Competition (18-35 category).
Book Worm
Communication for Development in the Third World
Theory and Practice for Empowerment (2nd ed) Srinivas R Melkote and H Leslie Steeves Sage Publications, 2001 Rs 792 This completely revised…
Contemporary Pakistan
Political processes, conflicts and crises Veena Kukreja Sage Publications, 2002 Rs 472 The author provides a rare seasoned analyses and insights…
The Civic Culture of Local Development
Laura A Reese and Raymond A Rosenfeld Sage Publications, 2002 Rs 2935 The focus on economic development policy provides a window on local…
Nepali Society
Positively Malvika
Miss Nepal 2002 Malvika Subba's private hurdle was learning to strut in high heels. She pursued that with the single-minded determination that…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Elephant polo
The National Parks team, led by Captain Ram Prit Yadav, won the double at the 21st annual World Elephant Polo Championships (WEPA) hosted by the…
Corruption report released
Transparency International released its annual report on corruption in South Asia this week, with mixed results for Nepal. Of the five countries…
"Back to village," say Maoists
DANG - Maoist rebels have called on people who have fled their villages to return and "lead normal lives". Thousands of villagers have fled to…
Rocca and Bhattarai
US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca's four-day visit to Nepal was billed as a "fact-finding" mission and follows a…
Business Briefs
Tenth Plan
As usual, the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) has identified poverty reduction as its overriding goal. The plan, made public this week, aims at…
ADB assistance
Perhaps due to the dire situation the country faces, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) a major multilateral donor, has pledged to nearly double…
Shikhar Beats
Twenty bands have been selected to take part in the Shikhar Music Beat Contest to be held in Kathmandu on 4-5 January. Popular bands like…
Signature Whisky Launched
Nepal Liquors, in collaboration with McDowell & Company, has launched Signature Rare Whisky in the Nepali market this week. Manufactured at its…
New showroom of Morang Auto
Morang Auto Works, the distributor for Yamaha motorcycles in Nepal for the past 27 years, has opened its new showroom at Tripureswor. The…
Travelling in style
Samsonite, the global leader in stylish luggage, has opened an outlet at Durbar Marg in the Nepali capital. Samsonite Travel World, the one stop…
Letters
Development set
Daniel Lak's angry call for those in the "development industry" to speak about the current state of Nepal is well aimed ("A developing crisis",…
Demo-crazy
Central Working Committee Member of CPN-UML party Pradip Nepal ("Twisting the truth", #123) has ferociously complained about a RSS news report…
In this issue:
Cold war | The roots of wrath | Editorial: Musharrafship | Think nationally, act locally | Minors in a major war | Human rights and wrong | Split personalities | Rural consumers | Selling out | not been there, not yet done that | " Big bang" union | Celebrating the irritional | Scuttled meet | Left is right | War and the child's imagination | The marriage of Ram Kumar's son - part III | Spam scam