The UN, India and Nepal
Why India's lobbying for a Security Council seat could be a window of opportunity to resolve the Nepal crisis
KUNDA DIXIT
July 22-28, 2005
Headline
Editorial
Writing on the wall
The more things change, the more they remain the same. That is all we have to say on last week's expansion of the ministerial council. Much has…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
This state in a state
Five years later, we are still going round in circles
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Starting from scratch
Political parties need to recast their image as solution-driven leaders
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
No noose is good noose
Now that all lorries in Kathmandu Valley are obediently following the new traffic regulation to cover their cargo with blue plastic sheets we…
Business
Review
‘The poorer the people, the more revolutionary they are’
Getting to know the unknown story of Mao Zedong
H FORSTER-LATSCH
Economy
Arts
Nepali Society
Chaturman, the grass man
True to his name, Chaturman Tamang is clever, hardworking and tenacious. This 45-year-old farmer from Ryale VDC in Kabhre has become something…
From The Nepali Press
Letters
Jesters
Nepal is engulfed in political turmoil and is on the verge of economic bankruptcy. That did not stop his majesty's birthday from being…
Titanic
The other day while going to collect my air tickets from my travel agent's in Nag Pokhari, I noticed the signboard of another, newly-opened…
From scratch
Re: ('Democracy in Installments #256) When the king took over on February First, I dared to hope. While expats were skeptical, I stood by the…
Miracle
Thank you for publishing the article about System of Rice Intensification (SRI), ('The miracle is it's no miracle', #256). I could also hardly…
Brown
'Brown Man's Burden' by Kanak Mani Dixit (# 256) reminded me of how America has changed in the last 20 years. When I was in America's heartland,…
Herojig
I love your Herojig cartoons, they make me laugh every time - well, not every time- sometimes I don't get it and keep reading and reading until…
In this issue:
The UN, India and Nepal | Writing on the wall | Editorial: The silent majority | This state in a state | “Ample space for innovative players” | Starting from scratch | Ground to a halt | Corrupt captain | No books | Injustice | Kamaiyas | New cabinet appointments | Cast in stone | Polishing up the past | ‘The poorer the people, the more revolutionary they are’ | Cowdung takes the cake | Mao wasn’t uniquely evil | Bombs, books and bucks | Tiger roars again | Really, it’s over | Chaturman, the grass man | No noose is good noose