Peace bridge
'Maoists, police and soldiers are rushing home to meet families while the peace lasts.'
MANJUSHREE THAPA in KALIKOT
April 4-10, 2003
Headline
Editorial
The Kathmandu spring
For two whole months now, the guns have been silent. The Kathmandu spring has already thrown up some dramatic scenes of reconciliation: the…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Beyond the iron gate
What does SLC-topper Baburam Bhattarai have in mind for the nearly 200,000 Nepalis who will not pass this year?
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
We never learn
We were told it would be high-tech, precise and quick. Instead, it is like all wars since cavemen first looted and killed rival tribes.
Guest Column by GAURAI PRADHAN
Roadmap for peace-building
Many of us are dazed by the dramatic changes in the political landscape post-ceasefire, and especially after top Maoist leaders surfaced last…
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Decoding the code of conduct
It is our job as journalists (motto: "The truth shall prevail, unless it's a lie") to keep all and sundry informed about the activities, however…
Nation
Pollution, poaching threaten Chitwan’s success
When Crown Prince Paras released a nursery-bred gharial into the Narayani River at the Royal Chitwan National Park on Monday, he may not have…
KUNDA DIXIT in SAURAHA
Pollution alarm on the Narayani
Toxic effluent discharged into the Narayani River from a paper mill (see pics) is threatening the ecology of the Royal Chitwan National Park downstream.
SAMMAN J THAPA in GAIDAKOT
Spring in the heartland
"If the talks are unsuccessful we have only two options: run away, or die."
KIYOKO OGURA in THAWANG
Interview
Now, for the peace dividend
Shanker Sharma has been through a roller-coaster ride in his five years at the National Planning Commission, but nothing has prepared him for…
History
Review
The rise (and fall) of the people’s war
In this new book, leftists assess a conflict that helped make them politically irrelevant.
CK LAL
Book Worm
Resistance and the state
Nepalese experiences David N Gellner 9ed) Social Science Press Rs 525 The readable book gives a graphic description of conflicts over the…
Nepal darshan
Ashok Vyas Kantalaxmi Publications Rs 440 A former journalist who spent more than a decade exploring Nepal, Vyas presents us with a travel guide…
The founder of modern Nepal
Prithvinarayan Shah SP Asa Vaani Prakashan, 2003 Rs 500 A historical biography presented in the form of a novel, the author has endeavoured to…
Development
Yo BBC ho
The BBC's Nepali Service is the main source of news for the Nepalis in Nepal and abroad.
SRADDHA BASNYAT in LONDON
Nepali Society
The man in the middle
Many who saw the pictures of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand shaking hands with Baburam Bhattarai at the Convention Centre on Monday…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Running for aid
British adventurer Rosie Swale Pope began her speed trek from Hilsa in west Nepal to Pashupatinagar in the east, going through several high…
Rights and wrongs
Nepal once again made the dishonour rolls of the Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ). This year we were singled out as a case of "the most…
Malaysia opens up
The Malaysian government has decided to open a diplomatic mission in Kathmandu. Nepali visitors to the country will also be granted a 14-day…
Out in the open
The Maoist negotiating team hasn't had a moment to spare as it made its high-profile comeback in Kathmandu this week. Baburam Bhattarai and Ram…
Business Briefs
Tea slump
Hail damage may prove to be costly for tea farmers in eastern Nepal this year. Harvesting has been postponed by two weeks-time for the plants to…
Best at show
The award winning Philips Plasma and Pixel Plus televisions are now available from Syakar. The Pixel Plus technology won the EISA Award…
Just add water
Coffee Mix, a foil packet of sugar, milk creamer and instant coffee, imported by Akhil Trading Concern from Khao Sang Company in Thailand could…
Beauty aid
Hitline detergents and Roxy System cosmetics from the Schmees Group of Germany is making a foray into the Nepali market. Their range extends…
Home sweet home
Half a kilometre from the Ring Road at Sitapaila, Star Holdings will be constructing 70 independent houses following the trend for housing…
Letters
CK Lal
As a regular visitor to Nepal and an occasional reader of Nepal Times, I am often intrigued by the passion that your columnist CK Lal generates.…
Safe kilns
This is in relation to your box item "Kathmandu's killer kilns" (#137). There is good news for Kathmanduities, specifically the brick kiln…
Christianity
The last few months have witnessed a resurgence of anti-Christian sentiment here in Nepal. In the last month, several Nepali citizens have been…
Upwardly mobile
Kanak Dixit's lament in his conversation with Michael Thompson (#138) that Kathmandu's middle class do not go hiking around Kathmandu seems a…
In this issue:
Peace bridge | Pollution, poaching threaten Chitwan’s success | The Kathmandu Spring | Editorial: Beyond the iron gate | Pollution alarm on the Narayani | We never learn | Civil defence | The oil yo-yo | Now, for the peace dividend | Spring in the heartland | “We don’t need the Maoists, and we don’t need the army. We just want to be left in peace.” | The waiting game | Prospects for peace | SARS attack | End of revolution | “I have suddenly become a political being” | The rise (and fall) of the people’s war | Decoding the code of conduct | The man in the middle