July 30 - August 5, 2004
Headline
Editorial
Just do the small things
When there was a gap of more than a month between two prime ministers in May, the joke in cocktail circuits was that it was difficult to tell…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
The middle path
The centre must assert itself and build an inclusive identity around Nepal's diversity
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
The luck of the draw
The odds are against the new labour lottery system
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Shock therapy
Re-electing Bush will give American politics the jolt it needs
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Ten more things I sort of like about Nepal
Due to a widespread wave of national revulsion created by a previous column listing the ten things I like about Nepal (#205), and due to popular…
Nation
Manpower agencies and women’s power
Misery at home forces Nepali women domestics in the Gulf to endure abuse
JB PUN MAGAR in BHAIRAWA
Pokhara’s hyacinth-busters
When Crown Prince Paras was in Pokhara cooling off last week, his speedboat got entangled in clumps of water hyacinths floating on Phewa Lake…
RAMESH POUDYAL in POKHARA
Greenbacks for being green
Nepalis can soon start collecting their reward for not polluting the earth
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
Business
Review
Daju-Bhai?
For a vocal section of Kathmandu intelligentsia, being anti-Indian in beliefs, words and deeds is the very essence of Nepali patriotism. Such a…
CK LAL
The Buddha and the Sahibs
Charles Allen John Murray Publishers, 2002 Rs 800 In The Buddha and the Sahibs, Charles Allen chronicles the work of the handful of soldiers,…
Book Worm
The Buddha and the Sahibs
The Buddha and the Sahibs Charles Allen John Murray Publishers, 2002 Rs 800 In The Buddha and the Sahibs, Charles Allen chronicles the work of…
Heritage
Nepali Society
Yubakar’s youth
Yubakar Raj Rajkarnikar was a guitar-strumming 22-year-old when he felt this urge to create something lasting. He got together a group of…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Swiss Day in Charikot
Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) in Nepal is setting an example by holding celebrations for the 713th Swiss National Day not in Kathmandu but…
Student discounts
Not only is studying abroad a financial drain, just applying for overseas colleges costs a small fortune. Fortunately, Everest De Cargo,…
Big numbers
Since it first opened in April 2001, Kumari Bank has grown dramatically. Over the last year, total deposits have risen to Rs 4.82 billion, a 92…
Qatar for kids
Keeping the kids quiet on those long flights should be easier with Qatar's revamped Ollie Oryx daypacks, which includes a scrapbook, colouring…
Cosmic Rajesh
Fans were in for a treat when a test ride and rally combined an opportunity to encounter both the first Nepal-manufactured motorbike and Nepal's…
Letters
Below the belt
have been an admirer of CK Lal's provocative State of the State columns, but I must say he crossed the line in 'Under-developed' (#206). We all…
Herojig
I am a California girl and have been a follower of your cartoonist HeroJig for about a year now. I've never even been to Nepal, so maybe I don't…
Thinking small
There are some interesting discussion points in Tiwari's column 'Thinking Small' (Strictly Business, #205). First, with a primitive market…
Disgusting
Kunda Dixit is disgusting and insane (Under My Hat, 'Our giardia stockpile', #206). But we get sadistic pleasure reading his articles, so don't…
In this issue:
Gun Men |Just do the small things |Editorial: The Middle path |Peacemongering |Manpower agencies and women's power |Shock therapy |Maid in Nepal |Kanchha's Life | Greenbacks for being green | Pokhara's hyacinth - busters | Nepal's agenda is trade | The luck of the draw | " Development could stall" | Gorgeous Chobar | Loyalty to royalty | Taxing teachers | Changing sides | Royal Silence | Rebel Reporter | Dirty Medicine | Forced to rebel | Islamic evangelism and the voices of reason | Daju- Bhai? | Yubakar's youth | Ten more things I sort of like about Nepal