March 19-25, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Reversing gears
At has finally dawned on the current rulers in Kathmandu that the only path to legitimacy is representation sanctioned by the people. It is…
Columns
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Undemanding consumers
Nepali consumers are too meek to raise hell
State Of The State by CK LAL
Poll pot
The palace's cooks must accept the centrality of mainstream parties in any future election
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
A volcano in the Caribbean
Montserrat is a not a social volcano, it's a real one
London Eye by MICHEL HUTT
Nepali 1 at SOAS
The only undergraduate students in the Western world who can navigate their way though Nepali newspaper texts on demands for constitutional reform
Guest Column by ARUNA UPRETI
Many little steps
The abortion bill was a giant leap, but many more small steps are needed to make motherhood safe
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Driving each other nuts
Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your ears. I have come to you today with yet another column containing valuable driving tips. To those…
Nation
Which is real, and which is fake?
Ever wondered why the medicine you take for that cough never seems to work?
DEWAN RAI
Making a killing on contracts
Why do the Nepali people almost always get the short end of the deal in foreign-funded projects?
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
Isolating Pokhara
The Maoist strategy of total disruption seems to be working
RAMESH POUDEL in POKHARA
Hello, hello, hello
A new government policy has deregulated telecom so your call may finally get through
KHADGA SINGH
Ask what you can do for your country
The hastiness with which some intellectual NRNs dismiss prospects of foreign Nepalis investing in Nepal is mystifying
JUGAL BHURTEL
History
Burmese days
Tul Bahadur Pun joined the British Army during the Second World War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in Burma.
Leisure
Lolo’s solo
A quiet spring evening in Budanilkantha was punctuated by the murmur of excited school children. The students had been waiting with eager…
Book Worm
CITES Implementation in Nepal and India
CITES Implementation in Nepal and India Ravi Sharma Aryal Bhrikuti Academic Publications, 2004 Rs 1495 Ravi Sharma Aryal presents an in-depth…
Health
An eye for an eye
A unique eye centre is giving thousands of Nepalis the gift of sight, and exporting artificial lenses to the world
NARESH NEWAR
Nepali Society
Ashmina’s art
When she was a young girl, Ashmina Ranjit wanted to fly. She'd watch the clouds, feeling envious of their freedom. She took this as a sign that…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Lynched
Saptari villagers and the Maoists seem to have a common enemy: dacoits who roam the district. A fortnight ago, seven notorious robbers were…
Firewood is harmful to health
Most Nepalis use firewood cooking and heating. This leads to indoor smoke pollution, which causes Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), especially…
Business Briefs
Nepal passes IMF review
The International Monetary Fund's two-week review of the Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) has concluded that the performance of the…
New Products
AWASH: Sahara Industries has launched Sewa Power Wash detergent powder, touting it as fragrant, effective and easy on the hands, for just Rs 7…
Letters
10,000+
There can be no doubt that the Maoists have engaged in gross human rights violations such as summary execution, rape, torture and the killing of…
Charitraheen Sociology
In their manifesto ('Women declare independence', #186), the Chariraheen Chelis (CC) seem to want their personal freedom but are using societal…
Vanishing Vultures
Re: 'No more circling' by Samuel Thomas (#185). I am from the Saigha VDC in Dang and my house is near the border with Rolpa. I spent my…
Educating Foreigners
Manjushree Thapa's comments ('Educating foreigners', #186) are right on. I have visited Nepal a number of times and daresay I know a bit more…
Human Nature
Daniel Lak in 'Haiti's warning for Nepal' (#186) bemoans the actions of the US, Canada and France in Haiti. He accuses them of 'gunboat…
Hospital Hazard
I agree with Pragya Shrestha in 'Medical menace in our backyards' (# 187 ). In addition to the pollution caused by population growth, deranged…
‘Patranomie’
Could Mr Lak explain to the French readers of the Nepali Times what is "la patranomie", this word or any approaching one being unknown. Marie…
In this issue:
Bepatta | Reversing Gears | Editorial: Many little steps | Poll Pot | Which is real, and which is fake? | A volcano in the Caribbean | Nigeria's fake drug mafia | Nepali 1 at SOAS | Tourism can be antidote to poverty | Scandalous silence | Making a killing on contracts | Ask what you can do for your community | Undermanding consumers | Too much, or too little water | Isolating Pokhara | Hello, hello, hello | Louis Banks comes back | An eye for an eye | War without ends | After the death of utopia | Patenting "chocolate" | Emirates blues | Dire Strait | The Third Way, an epitaph | The EU spends most aid on itself | Democracy in a time of active monarchy | Burmese days | The great game | Golfing for a cause | Driving each others nuts