Peace bridge
Nearly 70% of Nepalis think Maoist demands can be met by peaceful means, and 20% will vote for them if they lay down arms.
NAVIN SUBEDI
April 11-17, 2003
Headline
Editorial
New year, new decade
Quite astonishing, how one gets used to peace. It is difficult to imagine that this time last year we were living through some of the most…
Columns
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
War is hell
We refuse and fail to learn a single thing from the crimes, inactions and failures of our chequered past.
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
The business of SLC
After all, a skilled workforce is in the direct interest of every business.
Guest Column by PUSKAR GAUTAM
Same old new regime
Public remarks by Maoist leaders are contradictory, and sow suspicions they still want to wrest power by force.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Nepal’s wildlife
Before Nepal became known across the world as the highest per capita consumer of instant noodles (Sponsor's announcement: "Each pack comes with…
Nation
Where is Charlie Uniform?
A helicopter that crashed in the Himalaya nearly a year ago has never been found.
War and virus spook tourists
A war raging in West Asia and a flu scare in East Asia have dashed all hopes of a tourism revival in Nepal this spring season.
HEMLATA RAI
Culture
Leisure
Literature
Can we now go back to being human?
One of the effects of war is the emptying-out of personal content from people's lives: When security is a daily concern, what energy can we…
Book Worm
Homo hierarchicus
The caste system and its implications Louis Dumont Oxford University Press, 2002 Rs 600 Dumont's modern classic simultaneously supplies the most…
War plan Iraq
Ten reasons against war on Iraq Milan Rai Verso, 2002 Rs 772 This book rigorously dissects official propaganda to argue powerfully against an…
The atlas of literature Malcolm Bradbury (ed)
DeAgostini Editions, 1996 Rs 1,584 Exploring the fascinating connection between writers and place, this ambitious book focuses on authors and…
Nepali Society
Nepali chhora
When Brot Coburn spent four years in Syangja as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1970s, he came to know an elderly Gurung widow. He was so…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Rabin and Rabina
After four months of hospitalisation, Rabin and Rabina Regmi returned to Hetauda Tuesday after treatment at the Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital…
Blood for oil
In a glaring example of how political parties use student unions to make their point, members of the All Nepal Free Student Union protesting the…
Indian consulate in Birganj
India is waiting for a green light from Nepal to open a long-proposed business consulate in Birganj. Indian ambassador Shyam Saran said Sunday…
Business Briefs
Boss
A new monthly magazine, The Boss, is being launched this week with the professed aim of meshing business and lifestyle for Nepali readers. The…
Letters
Narayani River
Thanks to Samman J Thapa for his well-researched expos? of the Bhrikuti Pulp and Paper Mills in Gaidakot. That one picture of the pollution…
Rishi Dhamala
I don't know what Mr Rishi Dhamala thought before inviting Baburam Bharttarai to the Reporter's Club function ("The man in the middle", # 139)…
Spring
Your editorial ("The Kathmandu spring", #139) should have been called "The Nepali spring" since all over Nepal there is a yearning for peace.…
In this issue:
2060 | New Year, New Decade | Editorial: Fear of the future | Same old new regime | War and virus spook tourists | War is hell | The middle muddle | The business of SLC | Gone flyin’ | War in the global village | Meanwhile, back in Afghanistan | Peace journalism | ‘We won’t walk out of talks’ | Can we now go back to being human? | Nepal’s wildlife | Nepali chhora