November 21-27, 2003
Headline
Editorial
That didn’t work, let’s try this
Whatever it was that was started on 4 October last year, by now we know it is not working. Most Nepalis are just trying to stay alive. They want…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
The enigma of proximity
In relations between 'distant neighbours', nearness becomes just a measure of distance
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Branding Nepal
If we don't do it, we'll get saddled with somebody else's image.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Mr Handsome Nepal
Someone has to put a stop to this wave of crass commercialisation of the male body that is sweeping the nation. Being in possession of a male…
Nation
Fighting trafficking without trespassing on women’s rights
Overzealous anti-trafficking interception work may have actually curtailed the new-found mobility of Nepali women.
NATALIE TOMS
Interview
"The cost of trying to force the Maoists back to the negotiating table through military means is too high."
British ambassador to Nepal, Keith Bloomfield, spoke to Nepali Times this week on the conduct of the counter-insurgency operations and the role…
"An expression of lifestyle."
The German carmaker BMW launched its operations in Nepal in partnership with Cosmic Automobiles last week. BMW's latest models have Siemens…
History
Leisure
Book Worm
Reason’s Traces- Identity and Interpretation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Thought
Reason's Traces: Identity and Interpretation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Thought Matthew T Kapstein Oxford Press, 2001 Rs 1,032 The analysis…
Exile as Challenge- the Tibetan Diaspora
Exile as Challenge: the Tibetan Diaspora Dagmar Bernstorff, Hubertus von Welck (eds) Orient Longman, 2003 Rs 720 The Tibetan community in exile…
Nepali Society
From The Nepali Press
"When it comes to saving democracy, we are all united."
Himal Khabarpatrika, 17 November - 1 December
Domestic Brief
School building
The charity group Kathmandu Roundtable 4 handed over a school building with four classroom blocks to the Sahayogi Higher Secondary School in…
Gobinda Mainali maintains he is innocent
Gobinda Mainali, the Nepali accused of murdering a Tokyo woman in 1997, has started his life sentence and has reiterated his innocence during a…
Letters
Sinkhole
Your editorial 'National sinkhole' (#168) raises the issue of Kathmandu's bias in the drinking water sector. Our estimates are that the total…
Sagarmatha
Luis Paulo M Ferraz in 'Save Sagarmatha' (#169) raises serious questions about Sagarmatha National Park. With the declaration of the park's…
The third war
Ken Ohashi's portrayal ('The third war in Nepal', #170) of Nepal's victory in the third war is reassuring but it seems more like a self-serving…
Sinking Nepal
I was astonished to be misquoted in Under my hat ('Timeless news', #170). Firstly, our paper is The Sinking Nepal, not The Uprising Nepal as…
In this issue:
Last chance | This land is mined land | That didn't work, let's try this | Editorial: The enigma of proximity | The cost of trying to force the Maoists back to the negotiating table through military means is too high. | Fighting trafficking without trespassing on women's rights | We are very worried...things are sliding. | An expression of lifestyle. | Branding Nepal | Going global | Playing at democracy | When it comes to saving democracy, we are all united. | Zones of war | The wind is favourable | Media hunks | Mr Handsome Nepal