Issue #168

How about back home?

There is an unreal calm in Rukum. The guerrillas have vanished, and there is no sign of the government.

An American trekker writes to a Maoist he met on the Annapurna trail two weeks ago.

Bhutani refugees need a dignified return to their homeland through an internationally-monitored repatriation process.

Man Bahadur Rai's narration of fighting

A book about brutal internal purges in the Philippine revolutionary movement may have lessons for our own.

The kingdom of Mustang, bordering Tibet to the north and Thak Khola to the south, has long been an object of fascination to foreign scholars of…

The diaspora has found a new way to keep in touch with relatives back home.

Oral rehydration therapy in geo-stationary orbit over New Road.

Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: The Challenge and the Response SD Muni Rupa & Co, India, 2003 Rs 200 After analysing seven years of the insurgency,…

Ethnic Revival and Religious Turmoil: Identities and Representations in the Himalayas Marie Lecomte-Tilouine, Pascal Dollfus (eds) Oxford…

The Queen of the Hills gears up for a carnival next week.

Somewhere, my love, there will be songs to sing Although the snow, covers the hope of spring. Somewhere a hill, blossoms in green and gold And…

"I thought that they were the most needy children," is the straightforward reason Singh Bahadur Moktan gives for dedicating his life to helping…

Annapurna Post, 20 October

Karna Shakya, Himal Khabarpatrika, 3 October-1 November

Kantipur, 26 October

Bhojraj Bhat in Spacetime, 29 October

Rajdhani, 29 October

Angaraj Timilsina in Kantipur, 29 October

An Austrian expedition has brought down 250kg of rubbish from the slopes of Annapurna IV, some of it garbage thrown away by an earlier…

Ten US public school teachers from Michigan and faculty members from Michigan State University have been in Nepal for three weeks on a…

The second edition of the book, Ranas of Nepal, was launched amidst a gathering of India's former royalty, Nepali Ranas and Indian officialdom…

Handicraft exports during the current fiscal year 2002-3 went down to Rs 2.5 billion from Rs 2.7 billion in 2001-2 says the Handicraft…

Surya Golf has become an integral part of the Asian circuit and put Nepal on the world golfing map. It is held in two phases: Surya Nepal…

Nissan's sole distributors in Nepal, Dugar Brothers & Sons, have been awarded the EVP (Executive Vice President) Award by the company for making…

This week Qatar Airways increased its Kathmandu-Doha run from 9 to 11 weekly flights. The flights are especially popular with European tourists…

Going for gold - After the success of Pine lights, Perfect Blends Nepal, a subsidiary of Chaudhary Group, launched Pine Gold recently tying up…

Naresh Newar's 'Keep kids out of it' (#167) identifies a critical problem that Save the Children US, BASE, NNSWA, NRCS, SAFE and TWUC are…

I disagree with P Rana's letter (#167) about how the Royal Nepali Army is being portrayed in your paper. Rana says the RNA is not "a Latin…

Anyone who is willing to invest in Nepal and can think of a way to make money legally in the country should be given that chance. Dual…

It seems ECS Magazine has hit the big time. We were mentioned in the distinguished Nepali Times (#166) as the "favourite expat magazine" by your…

Sraddha Basnyat's 'In our doctors we trust' (#167) was informative on medical referral trends in Nepal. However, it is unfair and misleading to…

Thank you Ben Ayers for your articles on porter welfare ('Carrying Nepal on their…

Re: Daniel Lak's 'Lak in Lukla' (#166). The reason there is no curfew in Namche is because the national park headquarters has a well-prepared…