January 30 - February 5, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Into the eighth year
How could things have gone so bad so fast? It will be eight years next week that the country began its descent into hell. Nearly 9,000 Nepalis…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
A king can’t do wrong
Die-hard monarchists are pushing the nation towards republicanism
London Eye by JOTI GIRI
Herd mentality
If one Nepali opens a restaurant in London, everyone follows suit.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The Return of the King
For those of you out there who watched the first two episodes of the Tolkien trilogy, it has befallen upon this humble servant to provide you…
Nation
No war, no peace in Sri Lanka
A political power struggle in the south stalls the Tamil peace process.
KUNDA DIXIT in JAFFNA
Lessons from Lanka
There are a lot of parallels between the conflicts in Sri Lanka and Nepal.
SAJAG RANA
No-video nights in Kathmandu
After a day of breathing tyre smoke, Mandil Pradhan gets into Kathmandu's nightlife
Interview
Business
No money, no power
A $75 million World Bank fund for power development is stuck because of a dispute over the appointment of a fund administrator
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
History
Leisure
Literature
Nepal Quartet
Exile A brute gauntlet. A widening moat Twice-barren fields seeded with stone nourish those who'll never leave What distant castle commands…
Book Worm
Conflict, Human Rights & Peace Challenges Before Nepal-
Conflict, Human Rights & Peace Challenges Before Nepal: Rishikesh Shaha Memorial Lectures 2003 Bipin Adhikari (ed) National Human Rights…
Nepali Society
A better Badi
Ramesh Badi Nepali is not embarrassed to say he's a Badi, a caste from western Nepal traditionally involved in commercial sex work. "Today,…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Chicken alert
Alerted by WHO this week about bird flu, the government has banned the import of chicken, ducks and other birds and their eggs from outside the…
Business Briefs
Silver lining
Morang Auto Works (MAW) marks 25 years of dealing in motorcycles in 2004. Its slogan, "Moving People for 25 Years", reiterates the company's…
New Products
Made anew: Mount Everest Whisky has been relaunched in the Nepali market by Shree Distillery. The mixture of Scotch and ENA is extra smooth,…
Letters
Yellow Journalism
Yubaraj Ghimire's column 'King's ADC or Singhal's pawn?' (#180) was in very bad taste. I am amazed such writing that came from a presumably top…
Obituary
The opening line of the domestic brief titled 'Tibetan leader dead' (# 179) was a total disaster. How can you call the passing of DW Dongtotsang…
Visas
Dewan Rai's article 'Business visas for non-businessmen' (# 179) on people bribing government officials to obtain a visa was enlightening.…
Road from hell
Recently I travelled down the 35km stretch of road along the Trisuli river from Mugling to Narayanghat on my way east. Since this road opened,…
Feed the rice
I was excited to read J Bradford DeLong's 'The richest get richer' (#180). Nepal, other Asian countries and nations in Africa and South America…
Post-CAN
This and the week previous, all the media covered CAN Infotech as if it was a millennium extravaganza. It is surprising that this show…
In this issue:
Street battles | Into the eighth year | Editorial: The Ungovernment | A king can't do wrong | No war, no peace in Sri Lanka | Develop this | Lessons from Lanka | Meeting mountain guerrillas | Map reading for beginners | Herd mentality | The art of business | ...they are economic renegades | No money, no power | Golden revolution | Gaines are us | No-video nights in Kathmandu | Never a dull moment | Primary experience | The Islamic democracy deficit | Bird Flu raises political stink | Iraq, the next Afghanistan | Mini-Nukes | WHO accused | Sustainable medicine | My party' | InIndia | Mad goats | Joining Maoists | Forced out | Freed | Maoist effigies | King in Time | The king's politics has ceased to be relevant | Start 'em young | A better Badi | The Return of the King