"We will flush them out"
A month after vigilantes went on the rampage, villages near the birthplace of the Buddha are still in shock. In Hallanagar, 25 km west of…
NARESH NEWAR
March 25-31, 2005
Headline
Editorial
It ain’t broke
Politics make headlines. And when the struggle for power turns violent as it has here over the past decade, it makes even bigger headlines.…
Columns
Chelis by ROSY CHHETRI
Make peace, not love
The Chelis take one look at the cabinet, despair and boycott lovemaking
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Compartmentalisation of grief
On 18-19 March, a weather front moving east from Iran dumped a lot of rain on the Afghan desert. The cloudburst brought death and all-around…
State Of The State by CK LAL
The statutes of liberty
The state must restore press freedom, not for us, but for its own sake
Guest Column by ARUNA UPRETY
Unhealthy war
The conflict is injurious to the health of Nepalis, especially women
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Yes sir, yes sir three bags full
In this editorial today we will be making some very important, timely and relevant points, if we may say so ourselves. So it is advisable that…
Nation
Nepali ama
The number of women dying in childbirth exceeds the number of Nepalis killed in conflict many times over
NARESH NEWAR
Interview
Respecting rules of war
The Delegate General for Asia-Pacific of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Reto Meister was in Kathmandu last week. He met…
Literature
Five poems by Wayne Amtzis and Purna Bahadur Vaidya
BLOODSCRIPT We share a cage, a cliff, a country. A diminishing ground draws us in as it sinks and surrounds. Walls stand, roofless, sky-lights…
Arts
Sports
Sweat it out
Sports clubs are the rage in Kathmandu to serve as all-in-one workout stations
AARTI BASNYAT
Nepali Society
Pabitra and Pat
She is 12-years-old, works as a domestic help in Patan and writes poetry. Many of the poems that Pabitra has penned since coming to Kathmandu…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Green stuff
JG Entertainment has launched Green Productions to produce radio and television program focused on media awareness in Nepali and English. Its…
New Products
EDITION OPTRA: Vijaya Motors has introduced 1,600cc and 1,800cc Chevrolet Optra NY Edition in Nepal. This model with the new look was…
Letters
Hyper Empire
Saubhagya Shah in 'Hyper Empire and Hindu Kingdom' (#238) hits the nail on the head. Given the incessant political instability Nepal went…
Something to hide?
I couldn't agree more with your editorial 'Party Nepal' (#239). To sum it up in one sentence: had our so called political leaders kept the…
Other half
The quote 'Nepal is a garden of four castes and 36 races' has been repeated to death. CK Lal brings it up again in his State of the State column…
Not Peru
It seems obscene to look to Alberto Fujimori's horrid reign as an example for Nepal's counter insurgency ('Moving on to Peru', #237) as Ashutosh…
18th Brumaire
Is Dr Baburam Bhattarai wishing a long reign to His Majesty? His latest writing posted on Krishna Sen Online quotes 'Le dix-huit Brumaire de…
Man O Man
Rameswor Bohara's report on women playing cricket ('Bowled over by girls', #239) said Mangal's captain Nairi won the 'Man of the Match award'.…
Distasteful
I read the distasteful interview with the British ambassador (#239). Britain was the first country that Nepal established diplomatic relations…
In this issue:
“We will flush them out” | It aint broke | "Respecting rules of war | "Editorial:The statutes of liberty | Unhealthy war | Nepali ama | Looking for problems | Democratise parties first | Rights abuses | Worried about us | Border inspection | aburam, in or out? | Great leap sideways | Make peace, not love | Happy Holi week | China’s second coming | Compartmentalisation of grief | Life’s a golf game | Sweat it out | Pabitra and Pat | Yes sir, yes sir three bags full