The road to war
Maoist highway ambushes in the first week after Tihar indicate a dramatic shift in tactics by the rebels. By blocking remote stretches of…
RAMESWOR BOHARA in BANKE
November 19-25, 2004
Headline
Editorial
The world is watching us
There is an idiosyncratic Nepali trait: if we don't look at something we think it's not there. A pedestrian will run across the highway not…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
A blast from the past
Mohammad Mohsin hasn't unlearned the mental habits of the Panchayat
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Paying the price
After the Bush victory, liberal Americans want to emigrate
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Open skies, closed minds
Domestic airlines and airports reflect the state of the nation
Herojig by
Herojig - Issue #222
Guest Column by DIPTA SHAH
Polarity vs plurality
Intolerance and extremism are two sides of the same coin
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Old age home for the world’s tyrants
News this week that the noted Indian godman, Shankar Acharya, was thinking of retiring in Nepal just before being nabbed by Madras Police is an…
Nation
International (ir)resolution
The government faces a tough UN resolution unless it agrees to international human rights monitoring by March
MANJUSHREE THAPA
Maina’s story
Grieving parents discover after eight months that their disappeared daughter is dead
MUNA SHARMA in KABHRE
Divided, they stand
Despite this week's highway ambushes, the Maoists are in some disarray
RAMESWOR BOHARA in SURKHET
Business
Review
Norwegian jazz group revisits Nepal
Urban Connection (UC) represents the new generation of young Norwegian jazz musicians. UC combines the traditional acoustic form of expression…
Economy
Travel
Sports
Pedalling peace
Some race for fun, others pedal for peace. Cyclist and world peace pilgrim Fredrick Alexander Hutchinson ('Hutch') is back in town on a mission.…
Nepali Society
A Bhaktapur brick-layer
Bal Krishna Kasula does not have an engineering degree. He never went to university, all he has is a high school diploma. But so skilled is Bal…
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #222: HIGHWAY AMBUSH
HIGHWAY AMBUSH: A police truck still smouldering after the Maoist attack in Khairi Khola that killed eight Armed Police personnel along the East…
From The Nepali Press
"We haven’t lost, they haven’t won"
Interview with Maoist spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara BBC Nepali service, 17 November
Domestic Brief
Holland-Himalaya film festival
The annual Himalaya Film Festival held in Amsterdam 6-7 November attracted 1,750 visitors over a two-day period. Nearly 50 films from the…
Fasting for health
A Nepali student in the Philippines is leading several high school students around the world on a two-day fast to help raise money for a health…
NSET awarded
The Nepali earthquake damage mitigation group, National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) has been awarded this year's Tech Museum Award…
Business Briefs
Smart cards
Smart Choice Technology (SCT) has signed up Krishi Premura (KP), a Hongkong-based money transfer company, as an associate member of SCT Network.…
Letters
It's not over
Daniel Lak's observations in his column Here and There ('It's over', #220) about the recent US presidential elections and the triumph of…
Sisters three
This refers to 'Sisters three' (#220) by Sampada Malla. I write to say that there's a missing link in the chain of Park Galleries established by…
Piece core
Re: 'We shall return' (#221). On 22 November it will be 41 years since the assassination of US president John F Kennedy. I'm an American old…
Deep breath
I fully endorse the Indian sage, Ravi Shankar's advice to the Maoists ('Maoists need breathing exercises', #221). Their revolution has a major…
In this issue:
The road to war | The world is watching us | Editorial: Polarity vs plurality | A blast from the past | International (ir)resolution | Paying the price | Divided, they stand | Phony business | Open skies, closed minds | Norwegian jazz group revisits Nepal | Golf in Pokhara | Go take a bike | A Bhaktapur brick - layer | " We haven't lost, they haven't won" | Underground rift | Constructive war | Party Purification | Highway ambush | Velvet + 15 | An unholy mess | Darjeeling | Old age home for the world's tyrants