January 9-15, 2004
Headline
Editorial
The impossible triangle
It has become a clich? these days to say that the present power struggle in Nepal is between three forces: the king, the parliamentary parties…
Columns
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Lessons of Bhatbhateni
In 1987, a one-room road-front shop selling cheese, curd and bottled drinks opened in Kathmandu's Bhatbhateni. The owner, then a clerk at the…
State Of The State by CK LAL
Let’s save the king
The people need democracy, but the king needs it even more.
London Eye by RABINDRA MISHRA
More loyal, less royal
If Nepal indeed turns into a republic, history will not hold the Nepali people responsible.
Guest Column by ALOK K BOHARA
An uncivil society
Good intentions without logical direction can spell disaster.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Exclusive interview with an Effigy of Regression
e may have attained a certain celebrity status in the past year and become a household name, but Mr Regression is a hard man to pin down.…
Nation
Maid to order
Despite problems, Nepali women still throng to Hong Kong to work as domestics
RAMYATA LIMBU in HONG KONG
Air dashing with crack sleuths
CHENNAI - A short visit to southern climes has been a good opportunity to review my last close acquaintance with a South Asian city where crab…
ANAGHA NEELAKANTAN
History
70 years after
On 15 January it will be 70 years since the great 1934 earthquake killed 4,500 people in Kathmandu Valley. The next big one is due any day now.
NARESH NEWAR
Gurkhas invade Iraq!
In this second installment of the testimony of veteran Gurkhas, 89-year-old Bharati Gurung (left) recalls fighting on behalf of the British in Iraq.
Review
Bhutan flower book
The reflexive Himalayan travelogue, pensive and Buddhist-tinged, is a tried and tested formula. Classics, such as Peter Matthieson's The Snow…
MARK TURIN
Book Worm
Impossible Love- Ascher Levy’s Longing for Germany
Impossible Love: Ascher Levy's Longing for Germany Roman Frister Phoenix, 2003 Rs 785 In an old cardboard suitcase found in a fleamarket in…
Nepali Society
Freedom’s advocate
Advocate Mandira Sharma's watchword has always been freedom. It began in her conservative Brahmin family in Baglung with a patriarch father who…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Remittances
Nepal receives nearly Rs 74 billion in foreign remittances every year, most of which originates in the Gulf countries. With a goal to make…
Dial-up banking
For those pressed for time and unable to imagine life before their mobile phone, here's good news: your account balance information and mini…
Come together
A merger between finance company Hisef and Laxmi Bank will be the first in the history of Nepal's financial sector. The merger is proposed to be…
New Products
CLOSE SHAVE: Korean company Dorco is playing it fine with its brand of shaving gear for both men and women, imported by Nepal Marketing…
Letters
Tradeoff
Kavita Rai's 'Dam development' (#176) depicts inevitable changes in the process of development. The construction of the Mahendra Highway…
Traffic
'Trafficking in Kathmandu' (#176) by David Cloud described the lack of traffic rules in our city in an entertaining manner . There is no doubt…
Birds
Thank you for the beautifully written coverage of the Shibapuri National Park and the bird count by Sraddha Basnet ('Birds of a feather', #177).…
Full Circle
This is in reference to the article 'Full circle' (#176) on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition on Himalayan Buddhism. It was indeed…
Blot
Leaders like Kamal Thapa seem to forget their past as soon as they are given ministerial berths by the king. They abuse democracy and other…
New Times
I don't like your new look. The earlier format was perfect, you should have left it the way it was. AR Shrestha Kalimati Why did you shrink the…
In this issue:
At the gates | The impossible traingle | Editorial: An uncivil society | Let's save the king | Maid to order | 2104 | Rita's story | Still peckish? | Chill factor | Lucknow, Ishwor Pokhrel and the Summit | More loyal, less royal | Lessons of Bhatbhateni | Cleared to land | Minutes of the meeting | 70 years after | Coming soon | Refugees in limbo where the UN isn't welcome | PREtty FABulous | Sweet SAARC deals | Distant peace | Feeding terror | Fortune cookie | Hearing voices | Brave Old World | The republican road | The republican road | Home soon | Ransom | Gurkhas invade Iraq! | Bhutan flower book | Nepal's own Tiger | "I want to be World No 1" | Freedom's advocate | Exclusive interview with an Effigy of Regression