UPHILL
In the end, it is always ordinary Nepalis who suffer when food is used as a weapon. When the Maoists looted food destined for the mid and…
UMID BAGCHAND in BAJURA
February 27 - March 4, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Tearing ourselves apart
if all that is transpiring around us wasn't so serious, we would have fallen off our chairs laughing at just how daft we have shown ourselves to…
Columns
Tee Break by DEEPAK ACHARYA
Golf cooperation council
The first-ever fund for developing golf in Nepal has been set up. Fore!
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Miami’s vices
Politics here is wild, weird, wacky and wicked, just as in Nepal
Nepalipan by AJAYA DIXIT
Letter from America
The Americans are heading for elections in November as a deeply fractured nation. They are divided over the war in Iraq, over domestic health…
London Eye by JOTI GIRI
Gone bird watching
No Nepali Maoists were sighted at a Maoist solidarity meeting in London
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Strike while the iron is hot
Every four years, in his infinite wisdom, God gives humankind a bonus day. This Leap Year it falls on Sunday, 29 February-a reward from the…
Nation
Some reservations about reservation
The government is readying a new affirmative action policy, but will it work?
NARESH NEWAR
Interview
Halving absolute poverty by 2015
Kim Hak-Su the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commision for the Asia and Pacific based in Bangkok.
Business
Can we bank on the Internet?
Till we have cyber laws in place, e-banking is likely to remain e-lusive
KHADGA SINGH
History
Culture
Book Worm
Against the Current Don Messerschmidt with Dina Bangdel
Against the Current Don Messerschmidt with Dina Bangdel Orchid Press, 2004 Rs 850 This is a biography of Nepali writer, painter and art…
Development
A time atlas of Nepal
Maps that let us quickly find out which districts have made progress since 1971, and which haven't
KUNDA DIXIT
Nature
Conservation
Nepali Society
Bindra’s belief
Even before activists had started struggling for affirmative action to reserve civil service jobs for women, Bindra Hada was already climbing up…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Brussels group denounces Delhi
A pro-Maoist group of Nepalis in Brussels has strongly condemned the Indian government for the extradition of Matrika Yadav and Suresh Ale Magar…
Melamchi management bidders
Although Melamchi construction has ground to a halt, five foreign companies have applied to manage Kathmandu's water supply. Two are British,…
Business Briefs
Making the grade
iExplore, the world's leading resource for off-the-beaten-path travel has recently published its top 10 routes for exploring a pi? run the gamut…
Global SMS
In less than six months of launching its portal NepalOnline.com, ITNTI announced its global access for short messaging service (SMS). Now people…
New Products
GREENER FIELDS: Gilbey's Green Label whiskey has been launched in the Nepali market by Triumph Distillery. Touted as "rich and smooth", the…
Letters
The point
What's the point? your editorial asks (#184). I say, the point is: Rise up, rise up you farmer, you worker, you warrior, you preacher tell your…
Kingdom of strikes
From the perspective of distance, it looks like Nepal has become the kingdom of strikes. Last week, there was an indefinite strike by petroleum…
Traffic Guru
I have jotted down my own Nepal Traffic Rule Book to add to the suggestions provided by David Cloud in 'Trafficking in Kathmandu' (#176) to…
Colombia
Thanks to Karin Eichelkraut for drawing parallels between her motherland and Nepal ('Colombia and Nepal', #184). It is becoming more and more…
Herojig
Thanks for sharing with us the art of The Adventures of Herojig by Jiggy Gaton. Some of the strip's culture shock shook me into grinning. Is he…
In this issue:
Uphill | Tearing ourselves apart | Editorial: Afraid of bravery | Nepal from JNU | Some reservations about reservation | Miami’s vices | Gone bird watching | Daju Bhai | Can we bank on the Internet? | Mixing oil and money | Halving absolute poverty by 2015 | A time atlas of Nepal | Letter from America | Wild about bamboo | No more circling | Lighten up | Don’t retire poor | EU mission to Mars | Grim reaper | Drop the bomb | Meagre contributions | Giving microcredit its due | GCC boom | Girl power | Child soldiers | Live through this | Injustice | No English | Army school | Peace and disharmony | One day in BP’s life in jail | Portugal’s big chance | Golf cooperation council | Bindra’s belief | Strike while the iron is hot