TORRENT
King Gyanendra's whirlwind monsoon tour of far and mid-western Nepal brought thousands of people to the streets of towns across the region. Two…
MANMOHAN SWAR in KAILALI
August 26 - September 1, 2005
Headline
Editorial
Rollback now
Do the king and his praetorian guard realise they have gone too far in alienating the people and thumbing their noses at the international…
Columns
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Kadirgamar’s passing
Muted coverage of the assassination shows how far we have yet to go to attain true regionalism
State Of The State by CK LAL
The radical centre
The Koiralas can't keep operating the party like a family business
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Signs of return to normalitude
Your Loyal Highnesses, Honourable Ex-convicts, Fellow-skeletons rattling in the Cabinet, Heads of Extra-Constitutional Organisms, Captains of…
Nation
Palpa’s radio classrooms
Madanpokhara's FM station mixes education with information and entertainment
GUNAKAR ARYAL in PALPA
Business
Economy
Nepali Society
Hooked to books
Two years ago, a group of positive-minded Nepali luminaries including banker Himalaya Rana, former TU vice-chancellor Kedar Bhakta Mathema,…
Arts
Matthieu Ricard on the plateau
New York's new Himalayan art museum features the works of a Boudha-based lensman monk
DANIEL HARBER in NEW YORK
From The Nepali Press
Reporter’s diary from Pili
PILI-The terraces of paddy, millet and corn had been dug up with empty graves. We counted 51 of them. We asked Janam Malla who destroyed his…
Tularam Pandey in Kalikot, Kantipur, 22 August
Business Briefs
Lhasa bound
Sajha Yatayat is set to resume Kathmandu-Lhasa direct passenger bus service from 23 August. Shambhu KC, Sajha's traffic chief says the the…
New Products
Kids' play centre: Children's entertainment centre Punkie Universe recently opened in Hotel BlueStar Complex, Tripureswore. Designed to exercise…
Biz blitz slammed
Foreign embassies and chambers of commerce have condemned Maoist attacks and threats of violence against Nepali businesses for hurting the…
Chinese investors may be interested
Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey has said during his recent visit to China he convinced Chinese businessmen to take a look at Nepal as an…
Letters
Fidel's Cuba
C K Lal's analysis is sharp, his attacks are as ruthless as the armour of a revolutionary and his suggestions are profoundly pragmatic. However,…
People power
After reading 'People power' (#261) I wondered if any of the political forces in the country actually care what the Nepali people want? We've…
Vigilantes
The Guest Column by Hemlata Rai ('A peace vigil' #261) is ideological rhetoric strongly lacking pragmatism. I agree that anti-Maoist groups are…
Karnali
'Don't kill the Karnali with your aid' by Jivan Bahadur Shahi (#260) is perhaps the most encouraging piece I have read in Nepali Times recently.…
Retort to retort
Re: Bihari K Shrestha's reply (Letters, #260) to my letter (#259) on his write-up ('Support by default', #258). Politicians are corrupt even in…
GTZ and tea
Thank you very much for Mallika Aryal's report on Nepali tea ('A new leaf', # 261). However, kindly note that GTZ's leading role in promoting…
In this issue:
Torrent | Rollback Now | Editorial: Aceh and us | The radical centre | The art of diplomacy | A phoney business | Biz blitz slammed | Lhasa bound | Chinese investors may be interested | Fuel for fear | Reporter’s diary from Pili | ‘The age of kings is over’ | Power leakage | Foreign mobiles | Despondent Koirala | Tortured women | No regrets | Matthieu Ricard on the plateau | Tourism turnaround? | Palpa’s radio classrooms | Kadirgamar’s passing | Girls at the bat | Regroove your game | Hooked to books | Signs of return to normalitude 4