CEASEFIRE!
"You will see everything will start happening within ten days." - Girija Prasad Koirala
RAJENDRA DAHAL IN POKHARA
January 26 - February 1, 2001
Headline
Editorial
Get on with it
Just as well that tourism is in a deep slump. Pokhara needed to keep its hotel rooms full, and it reaped a bonanza from the Congress…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
In the jungle raj
Despite its poverty and squalour, Bihar has the lowest suicide rate in India. It seems those who expect nothing are never disappointed.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Can Nepal Do IT
There may be millions of global players, but there's always room for a hundred speciality players.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
White man's burden
I've been to some gatherings lately where the talk among foreigners was pretty discouraging. You'd think that these people were actually affected by the things they were complaining about-bandhs, shortages, the WAY THEY DRIVE!!!
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
A multi-steakholder approach
Madame Chair, Their Excellencies, Their Highnesses, His and Her Eminences, Honourable Donors, Honorary Self-appointed Guardians of this…
Nation
FM as the bogeyman
The government ban on news on FM radio is seeing a backlash led by a parliamentary committee.
HEMLATA RAI
To climb or not to climb
Banning climbing only because the mountain is beautiful has no rationale. The prettiness or otherwise of the mountain cannot determine whether it should be climbed or not.
Civil Disobedience in the west
This is the first time that free, poor, indigenous yet landless people have issued a frontal challenge to the government.
-ASHUTOSH TIWARI in Dhangadhi
A devotional marathon
The Swasthani Brata is one month of fasting, prayer and penance. Not to mention the walking and rolling.
SALIL SUBEDI
Red, Green and Blue
There is no military solution to this crisis. Pursuing that option will destroy the country, and may ultimately cost us our sovereignty.
Dr KANAK BAHADUR KC
Culture
The water gardens of Balaju
The new pools are stagnant, their fountains refuse to play. The flowerbeds try valiantly to battle the press of people.
DESMOND DOIG
Literature
OUR MISTAKEN PAST, OUR MISTAKEN PRESENT- Bhupi Sherchan
When Kathmandu erupted in riots end-December, I got a request to write about Bhupi Sherchan's Yo Hallai Hallako Desh Ho-'This is a Country of…
MANJUSHREE THAPA
Technology
CAN Info-tech Ver 7.0 (Pentium IV required)
The 7th CAN Info-Tech trade show this week focuses on value-added services.
GAURAB RAJ UPADHAYA
The Internet on the roof of the world
November 2000 was an important month for the history of the Internet in Nepal since it marked the publication of the International…
MARK TURIN in LEIDEN
Nepali Society
PAC Man
Subhash Newwang, a soft-spoken MP from Ilam, strikes terror in the hearts of corrupt government officials
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Chintan convalescing
Well-known human rights activist and lawyer Gopal Siwakoti "Chintan", attacked by unknown assailants on the night of 17 January, says the police…
More work disruption
New Year's was a strike and so was the day after. Now there is the threat of more disruption, the only consolation is that this time there'll be…
Makings of an epidemic
Nepal has begun to show signs of the being gripped by a major HIV/AIDS epidemic, says the National AIDS and STD Control Centre. Though the…
Business Briefs
Vague prescription
The Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has decided what it believes should be done with the ailing Nepal Bank Limited (NBL) and…
Power for power
Nepal and India have agreed to sell more electricity to each other. The Nepal-India power exchange committee that met in Kathmandu last week…
Kerosene cheaper
The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) announced a major reduction in the price of kerosene last week but shortages of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)…
Dry Port nears completion
Nepal's largest Inland Container Depot (ICD) or dry port, at Alahu near Birgunj, will be ready for operations mid-February-11 months behind…
Letters
P Sainath
Thank you for publishing P Sainath's excellent article "Rationalism and nationalism" (#26) which is one of the most cogent and well-argued…
Anil Shah
I am not someone who writes letters to editors, but I was prompted to do so after reading Anil Shah's bold and forthright piece on the current…
Less politics, please
I am a recent reader of your impressive colourful weekly. Nepali Times' lack of sensationalism fills a gap in sane journalism. The silent…
Apocalyptic
I smiled when I read your editorial (#25) claiming that it is now time to look on the bright side of things, see the silver lining etc. Here we…
In this issue:
Ceasefire! | Get on with it | Editorial: In the jungle raj | Red, green and blue | FM as the bogeyman | White man's burden | To climb or not to climb | Civil Disobedience in the west | Can Nepal Do It | Employers' blues, actually | CAN Info - tech Ver 7.0 | The Internet on the roof the world | Branding news | A President without precedent | Estrada, friend to a fault