Two years later
The royal massacre left deep scars on the national psyche. With the king now taking an active role, political parties have stepped up their anti-monarchy rhetoric.
KUNDA DIXIT
May 30 - June 5, 2003
Headline
Editorial
Interview with BP
Nepali Times: Mr Koirala, sir, it has been more than 20 years since you have been in self-imposed exile in heaven. This has given you a certain…
Columns
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Old Yerp, New Europe
Both are doing very well despite neo-liberal predictions of imminent collapse.
State Of The State by CK LAL
Let them eat cake
Most schools in the country are still built-owned-operated by the government. How about improving them first?
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Global Summit of Rogues
Having notched up a few more points in the Transparency International Corruption Index (even overtaking pros such as Burkina Faso and Guinea…
Nation
Messner-"Don’t mess around with Everest."
Now that the festivities to mark the Everest anniversary are finally over, the work to lift living standards of the inhabitants of the Himalaya…
Solo without oxygen
The blizzard of 50th anniversary events has eclipsed Reinhold Messner's spectacular first climb without oxygen and first ever solo climb of Sagarmatha.
REINHOLD MESSNER
Still unbecoming citizens
Bottom line: Bhutan is still playing for time on refugee repatriation.
MICHAEL HUTT
Summit of summiteers
Royal banquet in Kathmandu, Rimpoche's prayers in Khumbu.
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA in TENGBOCHE
History
Culture
Kathmandu’s street cattle
May Lord Pashupatinath have mercy on the holy cows of Kathmandu.
PETRA THAGUNNA and LUCIA de VRIES
Leisure
Behind bars
Hot days. Humid nights. Long, cold drinks. Kathmandu's watering holes are stocking up for the monsoon.
SRADDHA BASNYAT
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Rewarded
The initiative taken by a group of women from Lalitpur has been internationally lauded by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The…
Pharilapcha climbed
While the attention has been focused on Everest in the past week, an all-Nepali expedition scaled the top of the unclimbed Pharilapcha (6,017m)…
Let there be light
Ten Village Development Committees (VDC) in Baglung now have electricity thanks to 27 micro hydro-electrical projects with a combined output of…
Clean H2O
A recent survey showed that 41 percent of people living along the banks of Bishnumati River in Kathmandu do not treat their water for…
Letters
Expensive Schools
Re: 'Parents mobilise' (#146). As foreigners, we have the means to send our Nepali foster son to one of the best private schools-and one that…
RNA
Thanks for the article 'Why do we need tanks?' by Kanak Mani Dixit (#145), which was to the point. There are just two things for the writer to…
Neverest
While the world celebrates 50 years of Everest, it might be time for Nepalis to think about naming their highest peak Neverest. Mt Everest…
Puskar
It's hard enough for Nepalis living abroad to maintain their cultural identity without a journalist of your calibre making overblown statements…
In this issue:
Summit of summiteers | Two years later | Interview with BP | Editorial: Let them eat cake | Still unbecoming citizens | The Fortunate Son | Gyalzen and Kanchha | Poll polemics | Band-aid or death knell? | Centrestage | Solo without oxygen | Messner: “Don’t mess around with Everest.” | The Middle East dream map | The labour bonanza | The ‘anti-terrorism’ tango | The way things are | A semblance of stability | “The king needs to balance.” | Kathmandu’s street cattle | Out of danger | Global Summit of Rogues | The Robin sings