Oil and politics don’t mix
Politicians are known for populist grandstanding, that is what they are made for. So it's not surprising the UML comrades want to have it both…
Columns
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Porous societies, sealed frontiers
What would Lalon Fakir have said?
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
The world moves on
Compassion slips away to be held in reserve for the next tragedy
Interview
"Protestors don’t have the right information"
Ishwar Pokhrel, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Supplies
Review
Leisure
Nature
Bull by the horns
A short manual on how to earn holy brownie points by rescuing Kathmandu's abandoned street cattle
JIGGY GATON
Sports
Zen and the art of mountain biking
Kathmandu is the perfect place to take up off-road biking as a hobby
ANOOP PANDEY
Nepali Society
Bandipur sisters
Evangela and Miriam, (pictured below), are two of the most famous and respected foreigners in Bandipur. For the locals of this scenic hilltop…
From The Nepali Press
In this issue:
Oil and politics don't mix | Editorial: Not the people's war | Adding fuel to the fire | Nepalis go underground in Britian | War Victims left to fend for themselves | Bull by the horns | An alternative justice system | Running on empty | " Protestors don't have the right information" | It's the economy, ullu | Dining out in style | Baburam Writes | Talk or else | Now, army blockade | Buffer Zone | Displaced Children | The fall of dailekh | We need a unifier | Disaster aids unity | The path to sustained peace | orous Societies, Sealed Frontiers | Putting Phempo on the map | Positive putting | Zen and the art of mountain biking | Old is gold