January 21-27, 2005
Headline
Editorial
All together now
Constitutional forces of Nepal, unite. You have nothing to lose but your very existence. The bane of Nepali politics has always been…
Columns
Postcard from Lakeside
Pokhara has survived the insurgency but who will save it from itself?
Looking at Nepal from New Delhi
Kathmandu and Delhi need to work together on establishing democracy and development
The beat within
Atul Gautam was one of those rare souls, happily productive
The more the merrier
Yet another wedding season is upon us and the nation is busy clearing up the backlog of couples patiently waiting their turn to tie the knot.…
Nation
‘Six armed Maoists killed in encounter’
Newspaper headlines don't distinguish between hardcore rebels and villagers forced into the militia
REBATI SAPKOTA
Seeing is believing
There is unprecedented interest in earthquake preparedness among Nepalis after the Asian tsunami
AARTI BASNYAT
Interview
"Local groups can deliver service"
Madhab Prasad Ghimire, Heads of Foreign Aid Division at the Finance Ministry.
Business
Development dilemma
Caught between an ineffectual government and Maoist threats, donors wonder if they should pull out or go on
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
Review
Technology
Getting into the fast lane
High-speed broadband has become the new status symbol in Kathmandu
NARESH NEWAR
Sports
Nepali Society
Atul’s dream
Hundreds wait outside the Jivan-Jankai Ashram near Pashupati to bid farewell to Atul Gautam, the tabla maestro. As family members carry his body…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Extradition treaty with India
The fate of a dozen Nepali Maoist rebels held in India rests on the revised Extradition Treaty agreed on between Nepali and Indian home…
High ranking visits
Louise Arbor, the UN high commissioner for human rights is visiting Nepal on 23 January to assess the human rights situation in the country. She…
Letters
Not underground
Pranav Budathoki in 'Nepalis go underground in Britain' (#230) has levelled serious charges against me by trying to entangle my status with…
Win-win
The win-win idea that you provide to cut Nepal's fossil fuel imports ('Oil and politics don't mix', #230) is an excellent way out of the present…
Default
Having worked four years ago at Pokhara's Hotel Fulbari owned by Piyush Bahadur Amatya, I was intrigued to read his interview ('Why only pick on…
Drongos
I enjoyed Kanak Mani Dixit's Southasia Beat 'Porous societies, sealed frontiers' (#230). Unfortunately, there can't be any open border between…
Stop it
Kunda Dixit has been writing his column, Under My Hat, unfailingly each week for more than four years. Out of the 200-odd Under My Hat writings,…
In this issue:
Coming soon | All together now | Editorial: The angst of arches | Postcard from lakeside | Gloom and doom on the highways | Looking at Nepal from New Delhi | Royal Republics | Six armed Maoists killed in encounter' | Seeing is believing | Development Dilemma | " Local groups can deliver service" | The Beat Within | Legitimcy and elections | The best of enemies | Gaijatra | Resettlement | Military rule | Lack Leadership | Bunker terror | World wide waffle | Getting rough | The ultra - experience | The more the merrier