‘Is it for real this time?’
There is watchful hope in the villages where the Maoist war started exactly seven years ago.
SHARAD KC in KHALANGA
February 14-20, 2003
Headline
Editorial
The referee decides to bat
In a recent interview on Nepal Television, veteran kangresi Pradip Giri used an apt cricket analogy to describe the political games being played…
Columns
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Wrestling with our erotic past
It is hard to tell today that we are a people whose ancestors contributed valuable research data to Prof Vatsyayana so he could write his…
Nation
Nepal welcomes tourists again
With the promise of peace, backpackers like these in Thamel this week, are flocking back to Nepal.
JANAKI GURUNG
Walk the talk
After seven years of war, the scars are raw, but the truce brings new hope to Rolpa.
DURGA POKHREL in JUMLA AND LIBANG
Samrat, Manjushree and English writing in Nepali
"Samrat looks all set to continue packaging Nepalis as solely governed by their libidinal drives, with Manjushree patting him on the back."
ARUNA KANDEL
Healing hands
Our rush to forgive or forget the past must not be allowed to obscure its lessons.
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Business
"With peace and good governance, things will automatically pick up."
Saurav Jyoti is a third-generation entrepreneur from a family-run Nepali business house, the Jyoti Group, which has interests in trading,…
Review
Book Worm
Kama Sutra
Amorous man and Sensuous woman Lustre India, 1995 Rs 1,112 This his-and-her double volume of the Kama sutra is beautifully presented in a…
Sex and Relationships
The complete family guide Richard Walker BSc Phd De Agnostini, Italy Rs 1,470 A comprehensive exploration of physical and emotional development,…
Ensnared by AIDS
Cultural Contexts of HIV/AIDS in Nepal David K Beine PhD Mandala Book Point, 2003 Rs 650 Beine examines the Nepali understanding of a rapidly…
Travel
Chitwan calling
There is a rumble in the jungle as Nepal's most-famous national park gears up to welcome tourists again.
SRADDHA BASNYAT in CHITWAN
Technology
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Govinda’s brother appeals in Japan court
Indra Prasad Mainali, the brother of Govinda Mainali who has served seven years in a prison in Japan accused of the murder and rape of a Tokyo…
Concluded inconclusively
The third joint secretary level transport talks between Nepal and India concluded Thursday without an agreement. "There was a lot of progress on…
New air route to Delhi
India and Nepal have agreed on a new flight routing that shaves off 15 minutes from the Kathmandu-Delhi flight by taking a shortcut flying over…
Toni Hagen’s film
Ring of the Buddha, a documentary by Nepal-lover and Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, premiered in Germany on 28 January to glowing reviews from both…
Seven digits
Kathmandu will have seven digit telephone numbers from 13 March. NTC says it will add a 4, 5 or 6 in front of existing numbers for Kathmandu.…
Letters
Krishna Mohan
Krishna Mohan Shrestha, your words will not be forgotten. Your bravery will be the guiding light. Your mission will be completed. How can you…
Can't Fail
This is in response to Kunda Dixit's analysis "Can't fail this time" (#130). The ceasefire annoucement was welcomed by everyone except the…
Not Really Funny
I was glad to read Rabin Tuladhar's letter in #131. Before that I always thought that it might be a cultural issue that I don't find "Under My…
In this issue:
‘Is it for real this time?’ | Nepal welcomes tourists again | The Referee decides to eat | Editorial: Port of good hope | Pre-empt failure | “Maybe this time there will be peace.” | Healing hands | Priceless values | Iraq crisis weakens NATO and EU | Divided we stand | Columbia’s spirit | Speaking his mind | Samrat, Manjushree and English writing in Nepali | For the love of a guru | Wrestling with our erotic past