January 23-29, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Seek ‘em
If you think it is impossible for an entire country to have an inferiority complex, then look no further. Our astounding lack of self-esteem…
Columns
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Newspaper price wars
There's more to the story than just a revision in prices.
Tee Break by DEEPAK ACHARYA
Basic golf
So you're an aspiring golfer about to embark on the endless journey of occasional joy and mostly excruciating (mental) pain. There are a few…
State Of The State by CK LAL
Volcanic emission
Pupil power is once more simmering on Kathmandu streets.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Networkers rule
Nepal needs to actively capitalise on the vast resource of international goodwill it enjoys.
London Eye by FAY ADAM
Lure of the land
Are we being beckoned by a mythical hand of our own creation to the land of a lost time that no longer exists.if it ever did?
Guest Column by PRAMOD K MISHRA
Thinking the unthinkable
Rooting for a republic without evaluating the consequences would be a blunder.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
News and views from around the world
Not everything happening around the world these days gets into the national press because of the pressure of events back home. Yet, as…
Nation
Why the insurgency has protected forests
Out-migration and security fears have increased forest cover in Nepal's midhills.
PRAGYA SHRESTHA in LELE
Year of the monkey
We could see the beginning of a new Nepali trade-monkeys for medical science.
NARESH NEWAR
Let there be light
The people are willing to pay for electricity, but can the government deliver on its promise?
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
History
Chasing the Germans across Europe
Bharati Gurung is part of the Gurkha units with the British Army advancing across Italy into Austria and Greece.
Culture
The centre of things
After 35 years, it is time to look back at the extraordinary accomplishments of the Kathmandu-based Nepal Research Centre.
MARK TURIN
Book Worm
Invitation to Love- Literacy, Love Letters & Social
Invitation to Love: Literacy, Love Letters & Social Change in Nepal Laura M Ahearn Adarsh Books, 2004 Using a rich ethnographic style, the…
Nepali Society
Doc cop
AIG Govinda Thapa is a rare cop in Nepal. One of few male officers who deals with women's issues in the force, he is the first policeman in…
Technology
For the people
If the people do not come to technology, then technology must be taken to them.
AMAR GURUNG
Silicon Valley to Kathmandu Valley
Let us not underestimate Nepal's potential for foreign investments in information technology.
SURESH OJHA
From The Nepali Press
Republic- "A logical end"
Baburam Bhattarai, CPN (Maoist) standing committee member in Janadesh, 13 January
Domestic Brief
Draft press freedom act flayed
The London-based press freedom group, Article 19 has said that the Nepal government's freedom of information act has some 'serious problems' and…
Riches from the forest
Sati Karnali Community Forest User Group (CFUG) of Kailali district saw its earnings soar to Rs 8.6 million in one year from the sale of rattan…
Teething problems
After two years on the drawing board, the Health Ministry released a new oral health policy. A severely neglected sector in Nepali healthcare,…
Business Briefs
Awarded
Hyundai Motor Company won the Automotive News 2003 Global Automotive Shareholder Value Award in recognition of the company's three-year…
Branching out
To extend its services to a wider customer base, Nepal Investment Bank opened its 12th branch at Putalisadak, Kathmandu. The bank has doubled…
New Products
Digit-all: Video conferencing for the technologically challenged just got very easy with the launch of D-Link's the DVC-1000 i2eyeTM VideoPhone,…
Letters
Homecoming
I was really shaken by the translated story 'Home soon' (#178). It is an utter outrage that Indian officials abducted a Nepali national from…
2104
Hats off to Daniel Lak on his article, 2104 (Here and there, #178). Thank god, somebody appreciates the young blood in Nepal. For the most part,…
Outraged
Seems like the only things our student organisations are capable of doing are staging bandhs and vandalising public property or closing down…
Quake
I have been reading Nepali Times for years. Thanks to the editorial team for providing outstanding news. Naresh Newar's '70 years after' (#178)…
CK Lal
It was very heartwarming to read CK Lal's 'A flailing stage' (#179). No question that the problem today is, in addition to everything else, the…
Chow Chow
Sushma Amatya's observations in 'Thoughtless food' (#179) make for an interesting read. Hoarding boards are like sore pimples on the face of…
Stumped
The cover story 'Stumped' (#179) came with a picture of a cube. Being an avid fan of the "cube" problem and having successfully attempted at…
In this issue:
Open secret ! | Seek Em | Editorial: Thinking the unthinkable | Volcanic emission | Why the insurgency has protected forests | Networkers rule | Year of the monkey | King's ADC or Singhal's pawn? | Lure of the land | Newspaper price wars | Let there be light | This is IT | For the people | Silicon Valley to Kathmandu Valley | Virtual revolution | Democracy without democrats | The richest get richer | Digital Dreams | Republic: A logical end | Maoist's odd guards | Relief needed | Back to the old | Surkhet-Jumla | Working women | Same boat, different agendas | Chasing the Germans across Europe | The centre of things | Being Baggio | Doc cop | News and views from around the world