Issue #144

Recommended changes in the existing constitution that should satisfy everyone.

Most of rural Nepal still plunges into darkness after sundown. Ironic for a country that has such immense hydropower potential.

Memo to: The People From: Peace

Once in every twelve years the chariot winds its way from Bungamati to Patan.

Custom made furniture is the tempting new trend in interiors.

Avinash Shrestha writes some of the most interior, emotionally charged poetry being written today by any male poet. Eschewing the righteous,…

Prevention, cure and intervention: a guide to keeping safe at high altitude.

A picture speaks a thousand words. And Min Bajracharya's picture of Durga Thapa became an icon of the People's Movement 1990. Durga was 22 then,…

Ghatna Ra Bichar, 7 May

Ghatna Ra Bichar, 7 May

Rajdhani, 2 May by Chitra Bahadur Singh

Spacetime, 6 May

Deshantar, 4 May

Nepal and Bhutan have yet to finalise the results of the joint verification of the repatriation of more than 12,000 Bhutanese refugees. The two…

The government has decided to cull facilities provided to former prime minters and home ministers. Sher Bahadur Deuba introduced this perk…

If popular demand could make our government act promptly we would have had a bicycle lane in Kathmandu a long time ago. But because the…

The 3rd Great Himalayan Volkswagen Beetle Rally gets underway Saturday, 10 May and this year the theme is peace. Some 30 Beetles of all ages and…

Everybody's favourite ketchup brand is back in town. After staying off the shelves for three years, its tomato ketchup, baked beans, Smartones,…

?Winning with a Service Differentiation?, the vision 2003 of Hyundai, led to a special service training organised by AVCO Hyundai from 5-9 May…

The world's largest photo retail chain Kodak will put aside Rs 2 for the Nepal Cancer Relief Society from orders placed for each developing and…

Consumers can now choose from a whole range of reasonably priced home appliances and electronic goods under one roof. Ashoka Electronics will be…

Global Exposition and Management Services is organising the annual event on education and career with a collection of the latest and largest…

How will the two most prominent members of the class of 1970 from United Mission to Nepal's Amar Jyoti Janata School in Gorkha be remembered? I…

Dhruba Kumar's 'Demobilisation, demilitiraisation and democratisation' (#143) and the rejoinder made a good read. The military is a matter of…

Re: 'It's show time!' by Navin Singh Khadka (#143). It's shocking that the political main stream parties are acting like enemies of the nation.…

In 'Kingcraft' (#142) Puskar Bhusal says, "more Nepalis believe democracy is at greater risk from the palace than from the Maoists". He should…

It is disappointing to see articles like Daniel Lak's 'Closure is a good thing' (#142). Such a simplistic perspective on the complex subject of…

In 'The crux of the biscuit' (Under My Hat), Kunda Dixit implies that only a diet of fern salad is served in a 10-day Vipassana Meditation…

We have recently been presented with, a copy of the article by Navin Singh Khadka entitled 'The price we pay for power' which was published in…