November 7-13, 2003
Headline
Editorial
Boy on a swing
As we are dragged down this vortex of violence, we have been forced to shed our innocence. We were a country about which many have easily…
Columns
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Aid dependency syndrome
Time for the Valley's acronymic aid agencies to do a long, comprehensive study of their impact on Nepal.
Nepalipan by NEETA POKHREL
Give and take
The recent inaugural NRN and PNO conference was a strictly business affair. People of Nepali origin mingled with Nepalis of Nepali origin,…
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Martial bliss
It is when one's wife starts taking martial art lessons after 20 years of marriage that one instinctively knows that this country is firmly on…
Nation
Too good to be true?
Refugees doubt the new repatriation agreement between Nepal and Bhutan will ease their way home.
JOHN NARAYAN PARAJULI in JHAPA
"This is not a school, it is a cemetary."
It has been more than three weeks after four students were killed during a firefight between Maoist and security forces at Sharada High School…
NIRMALA SHARMA in MUDBHARA, DOTI
Fighting for a foreign queen
Out of 25,000 young Nepalis who apply, only 230 make it into the British Army.
THOMAS BELL in THOSE BAZAR
Interview
History
Culture
Book Worm
Zoya’s Story- An Afghan Woman’s Struggle for Freedom
Zoya's Story: an Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom Zoya with John Follian, Rita Cristofari Review, 2002 Rs 680 This is a young Afghan woman's…
Nietzsche- Selected Writings
Nietzsche: Selected Writings Srishti Publications, 1998 Rs 232 Friedrich Nietzsche's most prophetic, futuristic and apocalyptic philosophies are…
Conservation
Save Sagarmatha
Kathmandu Valley is already on the list of endangered world heritage sites. Let Sagarmatha not be next.
LUIS PAULO M FERRAZ in NAMCHE
Nepali Society
In the name of the Father
Even those who don't personally know Father Eugene Watrin will recognise him as the priest on the bicycle on Kathmandu streets. Until last year,…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Award
This year's Babu Chiri Photojournalism Award went to Kantipur's Chandra Shekhar Karki, for a decade of contribution to the print media. The…
First things first
In his first press conference after he became prime minister five months ago, Surya Bahadur Thapa on Tuesday concentrated on how his government…
Where is Shrestha?
The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has condemned the arrest and…
Loss of a legend
Musician Nati Kaji, 78, died in Kathmandu 2 November, six years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. He had lost the use of his legs…
Paying POWs
More than 50 years after they were taken prisoner by the Japanese, the British government has announced an ex gratia payment of ?10,000 for…
Test case
A project to drain snow melt from the Tso Rolpa lake in Rolwaling Valley to prevent an outburst flood is also generating electricity, making it…
Dutch pullout
Parliamentarians of Netherlands will decide on 17 November whether to keep or remove Nepal from its list of support programs. The Dutch…
New Products
Natural solutions - The Vatika range of products based on Himalayan herbs and natural ingredients have already earned rave reviews in the…
Letters
Ram
Sincere thanks for the story of Ram Sharma (Nepali Society, 'The life of Ram', #167). You are one of the few media which has understood that the…
Billionaire
Oodles of applause to Ashutosh Tiwari for swiftly spelling out the amateurish journalism practices that led to the coverage of Rasendra…
Patrimony
Re: news item on the net that a Nepalganj-based NGO is ready to conduct DNA tests to identify the patrimony of the 'illegitimate' children of…
Civil Society
I agree with your editorial ('National sinkhole', #168). The inhabitants of Kathmandu through their action and inaction are much more…
Nepali Times
After browsing nepalnews.com, like most Nepalis I can't help but going back again and again to the Nepali Times site. Thanks for scanning in the…
In this issue:
My city | Boy on a swing | Editorial: The tarai tinderbox | The UN is ready to help in any way. | Too good to be true? | Aid dependency syndrome | This is not a school, it is a cemetary. | A triangular peace park | Give and take | Remittances prop up our economy. | Sink or swim | Everest fully booked | Save Sagarmatha | Fighting for a foreign queen | Should I stay, or should I go? | Chandrika rocks the boat | A tale of two Indias | Guerrillas in the east | Elections are inevitable | The king had high praise for me. | This masquerade | A mellower mayor? | Martial bliss