Issue #150

What does the world's only superpower gain by punishing one of the world's poorest countries? Plenty. It mollifies the powerful Tibet lobby back…

Landmine victims need help to stand on their own feet. Bhagwati Gautam last year as landmine victim, and today as an anti-landmine activist.

Tibet activists must realise that further strangling Nepal's near-dead economy will not encourage positive change on the part of the kingdom's policy makers.

Don't let the ugliness blind you to the elegance of the moment.

With cheap imported wines, Nepalis are turning from ela to vino.

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Stuart Walton Anness Publishing Limited, 1997 Rs 850 This is a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible guide that will provide those new to…

Flammarion Rs 4,500 The history, myth and rituals of tea growing and tea drinking from the tea gardens of Burma to the tea rooms of London is…

Silverdale Books, 2001 Rs 250 Essentially a guide to the art of barbecue, this book takes it from the basics to twelve sensational menus for…

Tigers and rhinos have Chitwan, our wild elephants have Bardia. But where can the snow leopards call home? Lama Karma Sonam Rinpoche has good…

Shiva Gaunle in Himal Khabarpatrika, 15-29 June

Ghatna Ra Bichar, 18 June

Kantipur, 16 June

Tarun, 16 June

Budhabar, 11 June

Pradeep Giri of the Deuba Congress in Punarjagaran, 17 June

International human rights organisations have reacted sharply to the results of the categorisation of Bhutani refugees by a Nepal-Bhutan team…

In a hard-hitting report, the US State Department has charged Nepal with not complying fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of…

British adventurer Rosie Swale raised Rs 300,000 from her speed trek from Hilsa in west Nepal to Pashupatinagar in the east. She collected Rs…

Comfort, power and safety: the three-in-one package is what driving the Sorento is all about, according to Korea's KIA Motors. Add to that the…

Two brand new models from Mazda will start turning heads on our streets and highways. Mazda 6 and New Mazda B-series pick up were launched at a…

Just arrived: the Summer 2003 collection from the United Colours of Benetton. Valley residents can pick up entire ensembles of trendy, informal…

Winston Churchill may have received brilliant ideas while polishing his shoes but in today's busy world who has the time for a spit-and-rub?…

The Chaudhary Group has introduced yet another noodle, named 'Soaltee', priced at only Rs 10 for two 50g packets that include seasoning. Soaltee…

Tired of choking in the kitchen? Install an Elica electric chimney and smoke the trouble out. Available in different sizes, the chimneys are…

Manjushree Thapa's 'Thapadom' (#149) was a subtle but serious mockery of a failed system. Sadly, our state never saw governance as something…

As a teacher and parent, I fully agree with Sarita Khatri (Letters, #149) against the political targetting of schools by student unions. Let us…

Alok Bohara's letter (#148) speaks of "the current political stalemate" for which an analogy may be found in a popular Nepali belief about…

What a shock to read that a 200-member 'high level committee' has been formed to celebrate King Gyanendra's auspicious birthday for three days.…

Let me thank you for giving us expatriate Nepalis a chance to read your columns and analyses free of cost on the internet. The content gives us…