A vegetarian Dasai
Giving up meat has health benefits, and may even make us less violent.
SRADDHA BASNYAT
September 26 - October 2, 2003
Headline
Editorial
Human sacrifice
The most important Nepali festival is two weeks away but the country is not in a mood for festivities. This is the time of year when people go…
Columns
Guest Column by PASHUPATI SJB RANA
A democratic antidote to violence
'For the first time, we have indications that the constitutional forces are finally coalescing.'
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Cities of hope
Nepalis have national unity on one issue: Kathmandu has too much power and money.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
News we can’t use
Even though it is our duty as journos to bring events of national importance to our esteemed readers' notice as soon as they happen on a regular…
Nation
Sagarmatha’s buffer zone is vanishing
Villagers living outside Sagarmatha National Park get together to stop logging that has destroyed their forests.
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA in the KHUMBU
When violence becomes an end in itself
The biggest losers from the wanton slaughter that the Maoists have unleashed on the country will be the Maoists themselves.
RAGHU PANT
History
The river was red with blood
The real voice of the Gurkhas has often been overshadowed by a romantic version of their role in British Army during both world wars. Retired…
Leisure
Eating out Patanside
This side of the bridge has recently seen an improvement in the calibre and variety of restaurants.
Book Worm
In the name of Democracy - JP movement and the Emergency
In the name of Democracy: JP movement and the Emergency Bipan Chandra Penguin, 2003 Rs 560 Finely argued, incisive and original, this book is a…
Nepal Tomorrow Voices & Visions - Selected Essays on Nepal
Nepal Tomorrow Voices & Visions: Selected Essays on Nepal DB Gurung (ed) Koselee Prakarshan, 2003 Rs 999 This is a volume with an encyclopedic…
Nepali Society
"Dudh Kosi in my soul."
He has been writing continuously for nearly 70 years: songs, books and poetry that have now become a part of the modern Nepali consciousness.…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Court Martial
The Royal Nepali Army has court martialled four junior soldiers on charges of attempted extortion in Banke last year. Promotions and grades have…
Cold shoulder
The parties and Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa's cabinet team are not just fighting over the matter of forming an all-party government. The…
Poverty fund
In line with the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, the government has formed a Poverty Alleviation Fund. Officials say it will be an…
ESCAP chief in Nepal
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Kim Hak-su is visiting Nepal next…
Columbia alumni meet
The Nepal-based alumni of Columbia University in New York have opened a Nepal Chapter with former ambassador Dr Singha Bahadur Basnyat as…
Business Briefs
ADB silence on Kali Gandaki
A special review team of the Asian Development Bank has mediated an agreement between the government and the Italian civil works contractor of…
ICD logjam removed
Commerce Ministry officials will be in New Delhi next week for a railway agreement with India that will pave the way for the operation of the…
De Bono workshop
A one-day workshop aimed at business executives, corporate houses, banks, media and the travel trade on management techniques of Edward de Bono…
Letters
Individual intervention can save tourism
It was the same Time magazine that CK Lal has trashed ('Time to get the story straight', #163) which devoted four premium pages last year to…
Time
I find CK Lal's criticism of us as scare-mongering, badly-informed journalists a little rich ('Getting the story straight', #163). Firstly, the…
Kumari
Naresh Newar's piece ('Fee fight keeps tourists away from the Kumari', #160) upset me. It is up to the believers of any faith to maintain the…
Hope
Thanks to Netra KC and Rameswor Bohara for their poignant portrayal of the plight of Nepalis in midwestern Nepal who have been forced out of…
BP’s diary
The serialisation of BP's Sundarijal diary in your paper and its translation in Himal Khabarpatrika often cites an 'Ass. Anchaladhish' coming to…
Great Car
Your car special (#163) was indeed very informative for prospective customers making individual choices. However, the rating for one of our…
In this issue:
A vegetarian Dasai | Human Sacrifice | Editorial: Wartime Dasai | Sagarmatha's buffer zone | Cities of hope | A democratic antidote to violence | When violence becomes an end in itself | Beyond khasinomics | In war and peace | Meltdown | Trust the monarchy | The river was red with blood | News we can't use | Dudh Kosi in my soul