Issue #146

News that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had set foot on the world's highest peak reached London on 2 June 1953, the day of the coronation of…

We need to see Everest as a whole.

Popular imagination has defiled the mountain, making us Everest junkies.

STEPHEN VENABLES has just published the widely-acclaimed book, Everest: Summit of Achievement to mark the golden jubilee of the first ascent. He…

Many are called, few are chosen.

After climbing Mt Everest 50 years ago, Edmund Hillary is climbing higher still.

We're using too many hard words for soft arguments.

The president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Ang Tshering Sherpa is busy ironing out the final details for the Everest Golden Jubilee…

How Ani Choying Drolma honours and aids her sangha.

A voice for liberation

Jamling Tenzing Norgay with Broughton Coburn Harper SanFrancisco Rs 1,725 Norgay's account is the first modern account of the Everest experience…

Not letting fame go to his head was harder than climbing the world's highest mountain for 18-year-old Temba Chhiri Sherpa, the youngest…

An interview with Bishwo Nath Upadhaya, president of the 1991 constitution drafting commission. In Sanghu, 19 May

Rajendra Manandhar in Kantipur, 16 May

Kiran Nepal in Himal Khabarpatrika, 15-29 May

Political parties are trying to whip up middle class support for their anti-royal move agitation by paralysing the education system. But this…

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Sagarmatha, Nepal has commissioned the New Zealand Mint to mark the event with two…

Hari Prasad Pandey is always a step ahead of the corruption watchdog, CIAA. He decided not to wait for CIAA's verdict on his "crimes" and the…

Peace activists and human rights organisations are pushing the Maoists and the government to give the current ceasefire more permanence by…

FedEx has completed six successful months in the kingdom. Since the beginning of October 2002, Everest De Cargo, licensee of the corporation,…

The new way to beat the heat is with Alternative Herbal Industries' marmelous juice. It comes in 650ml bottles priced at Rs 95. The…

McBill Short Stix are low fat, baked not fried and free from preservatives. This healthy snack comes in a wide variety of tempting flavours?red…

Dharma Raj Pant won the first Philips Home Theatre system in Coca-Cola's Music Masti promotion launched a month ago by Bottler's Nepal. The…

The government has come up with new rules for the insurance sector. The amendments to the Insurance Regulation now authorise the Insurance Board…

Ever wonder what those new telecom towers are doing on top of tall buildings in Kathmandu? Within a month there will be a new player in the…

Re: The editorial 'Party time' (#145). The power struggle in Nepal at present is a triangular balance between King Gyanendra, the political…

Do pictures, like history, repeat themselves? I found an uncanny similarity between Min Bajracharya's picture of democracy activist Durga Thapa…

Re: 'Bipalis' (Artha Beed, #145) and other articles about the salaries received by Nepalis abroad. I am pained by the humiliation, exploitation…

After failing in our attempts to salvage our school, we have no recourse but to write to you on behalf of Kanya Mandir, the first school for…

I couldn't agree more with the gist of the article 'Why do we need tanks?' (#145). As a former military man myself, I can tell you that a…

Thanks to Prakash Jwala for his vivid account in 'Ground realities' (#145) of the situation in his constituency. The Maoists are using the…