December 19-25, 2003
Headline
Editorial
Not the people’s war
Even the most hawkish hardliner will grudgingly admit that there is no military solution to the present conflict. The Maoist leadership knows…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
False premises
Did Christina Rocca figure out what is really going on in Nepal?
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Vale of Forgetfulness and Unreality
Perhaps it's time for Nepal to declare its independence. From Kathmandu.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
100 years of flying around aimlessly
This week the world is celebrating the centennial of powered flight. Giant leaps have been taken ever since those two famous brothers, whose…
Nation
Royal Nepal Airlines battles battered image
Over-stretched and plagued by past mistakes, the national airline struggles to pull out of a nosedive.
PRAGYA SHRESTHA
Turning civilians into combatants
When the social fabric is in tatters, it is only a small step away from civil militia to death squads, private armies, vigilantes and warlordism.
SEIRA TAMANG
"Why did they do this to us?"
After the battle, Khimdi still lies deserted, the villagers forced to live in the forest.
Netra KC in KHIMDI, KAILALI
Amnesty offer for Maoists
The government will grant amnesty to Maoists who surrender by 12 February, Information Minister Kamal Thapa said on Thursday. "We have concrete…
Interview
History
100 years of Nepal-Nippon
One hundred years ago, Nepal's Rana rulers were so impressed by Japan's process of modernisation that they looked upon it as a role model.
KUMAR BASNET in TOKYO
Culture
Book Worm
Step Across This Line - Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002 Salman Rushdie Modern Library, 2003 Rs 600 With astonishing range and depth, the essays,…
Nepali Society
Immortal strings
For Nepali gaine, making it big in the music industry is a distant dream. The wandering minstrels with their unique three-string fiddles called…
Update
Supreme irony
The Supreme Court 's refusal Friday to issue an interim injunction preventing the government from implementing a harsh royal decree has angered…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Nepali inmate dies in Thailand
One of the 36 Nepali prisoners in Thai jails waiting for an extradition treaty to be sent back to Nepal, has died in a prison hospital, Thai…
More flights
News of Indian private airlines starting flights to Nepal and the resumption of Pakistan International Airlines flights to Kathmandu after two…
Public communications
Nepal Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) is in the final throes of privatisation. The cabinet has given the nod, passing bylaws and…
EU against arming civilians
The European heads of mission in Kathmandu are concerned over the government's plan to arm villagers against Maoist rebels, saying it will…
Don’t meet in India- embassy
The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu says it doesn't approve of Indian territory being used for clandestine meetings between Maoists and Nepali…
Letters
Uniform Misery
I read Naresh Newar's dispatch from Dapcha ('Uniform Misery', #174) with sadness and curiosity as I am originally from there. The story depicts,…
Scoundrels
I was pained to notice that Kunda Dixit missed the most important aspect of the new curriculum at the School for Scoundrels, affiliated to the…
Bohara
I was impressed by Alok Bohara's correlation between democracy and the insurgency ('Humpty dumpty had a great fall', #173). Clearly, there is no…
In this issue:
Present arms | Royal Nepal Airlines battles battered image | Not's the people's war | Editorial: False premises | Turning civilians into combatants | Why did they do this to us? | Vale of Forgetfulness and Unreality | East not so red | The Minimi is the best deterrence we have against the Maoists. | Amnesty offer for Maoists | The airline develops if the country develops. | What's cooking | We have him. | A trustworthy ally | Needed: trust between king and parties | Prison is a relief. | 100 years of Nepal-Nippon | Hamro Dasai | 100 years of flying around aimlessly | Immortal strings