February 13-19, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Pawns
None of the forces that lord over us these days seems to be able to utter a sentence without the word 'people' in it.The political parties and…
Columns
Tee Break by DEEPAK ACHARYA
Golf for beginners II
Last week (#182) we looked at some basic terms for a golf course's features: tees, fairways, roughs, bunkers, hazards, out of bounds, and…
London Eye by ED BOWMAN
Reinterpreting ethnicity
UK Nepalis celebrated Lhosar regardless of their backgrounds, what they had in common was their Nepali identity
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The essence of chicken
If all the various species of jungle fowl that mankind has domesticated over the course of its history, none have had such a profound impact on…
Nation
Amchi renaissance
Compassion, free service and dedication to the community are hallmarks of an ancient Himalayan medical tradition
NARESH NEWAR in KOMANG
A future foretold
Amidst the ruins of Bam, a Nepali doctor thinks of what would happen in Kathmandu
ARUNA UPRETY in BAM
Interview
History
Back at Sundarijal >54
BP Koirala is struggling against boredom, poor health and mental strain in near-solitary confinement at the Police Training Centre in Kathmandu.
Culture
Renowned renouncers
Sadhus force us to ask: what do we need, what is really important, who am I?
THOMAS KELLY
Rice festival in LA
A travelling exhibition on the worldwide rice culture currently at the Fowler Museum at the University of California in Los Angeles has a…
Leisure
Book Worm
Bad Elements- Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing Ian Buruma
Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing Ian Buruma Phoenix, 2003 Rs 850 Travelling through the US, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong…
Nepali Society
Half the sky
The dreamed of being a doctor but Madhuri Karki's career took a little detour. Today, she is Nepal's first and only forest pathologist. Madhuri…
Sports
Under 14 tennis shines
The Nepal Under 14 tennis team arrived back in Kathmandu after competing in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 14 and under Asian…
From The Nepali Press
Letters
The medium is message
No media can survive if it doesn't respect the sensibilities of consumers. Foreign-owned media in Nepal, therefore, can't be un-Nepali. If…
Herd mentaligy
Joti Giri is 100 percent right in 'Herd Mentality' (#181) in saying "the NRNs had their 15 minutes of fame" at the conference in Kathmandu last…
Shame
If life expectancy in Kathmandu is 30 years more than in Mugu, as Stephen Bezruchka states in 'Diagnosing Nepal' (#182), then Mugu must stand as…
Lak
It's sad to hear that Daniel Lak is relocating from Nepal. I have been an avid reader of his column in Nepali Times and his reporting on South…
TGIF
Every week I tell myself 'Thank God, it's Friday', knowing that a new issue of Nepali Times will be available at the stands. Again, this week…
Fan mail
Just in case Kunda Dixit is getting put off by all the hate mail he has been getting from irate wit-challenged readers who don't get it, I am…
In this issue:
8, going on 9 | Pawns | Editorial: Camouflaging crime | History just burped | Amchi renaissance | NGO conservation | Resisting a Barbie world | Sharing water | Training for train travel | Knee-jerk hair-splitting | Reinterpreting ethnicity | A future foretold | Flying solo | Open and shut case | Bigger banking pie | Renowned renouncers | Win-win situation | Globesity | The Pak nuke cake | IT Untouchables | The absence of war is not peace | Dying in Thailand | FALSE | Mea culpa | No more guns | On air | Important address | Not underground | Shailaja's letter | Rice festival in LA | Golf for beginners II | Under 14 tennis shines | The essence of chicken | Half the sky