Press under pressure
The crackdown on Kantipur is to show the regime has teeth but it may have bitten off more than it can chew
KUNDA DIXIT
October 28 - November 3, 2005
Headline
Editorial
Not if, but when
There are only two positive things that could possibly come out of the unimaginable horror of the Kashmir earthquake of 8 October. One is that…
Columns
Tee Break by DEEPAK ACHARYA
Surya Nepal Masters
Tournament leads the push to expand golf tourism in Nepal
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
‘8/10’ and after
Amidst Kashmir's tragedy, we must prepare for the next big quake in the Himalaya-Hindukush
Guest Column by NARAYAN B THAPA
Still silent majority
It is silly to deny the person who usurped power from you the chance to give it back
State Of The State by CK LAL
The end of imagination
Nepali professionals are crying out: we can't take it any longer
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Rights ravaged
A lax legal system allowed the government to victimise Kantipur's owners and those killed at Manipal Hospital
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Go to hell
Going to hell isn't as easy as it used to be. There is cutthroat competition for the limited slots available and you have to be really, really…
Nation
Do not take the mountains lightly
A leader of the rescue team details the search for victims of the Mt Kang Guru avalanche
PADAM GHALE
Nepal’s war widows see red
Red is no longer just the colour of revolution, it also a symbol of women's empowerment
MANISHA ARYAL
Surkhet’s displaced have only memories
"It is inhuman to separate mothers from their children"
GOMA GURUNG
We heard it on the radio
Kathmandu Valley residents have come to rely overwhelmingly on FM stations for news
Interview
"How long can we go on ?"
The coordinator of the citizen's movement says a constituent assembly should be the next step
Review
Google eyes
The famous internet search engine now lets you spy on your friend halfway round the world
JIGME GATON
Leisure
Jazzing up the valley - Jazzmandu 2005
Jazz seems to be the new rock n roll in Kathmandu. With popular bands such as 1974 AD also dabbling in jazz, the genre is all poised to set the…
The Music of Surprise
What is jazz? Good question! Louis Armstrong said if you had to explain it to someone, they just didn't get it, just didn't dig it, in…
NEAL SELLARS
Star Gazing
Nepali Society
Football for fun, funds
The British School's TBS PTA charity football tournament returns to Dasrath National Stadium on Sunday, 30 October. Run by teachers and parents…
From The Nepali Press
Media ordinance
Ordinance Amending some Acts Related to the Media, Preamble: Whereas it is expedient to amend some Acts related to the media; and As there is no…
Holiday greetings
Interview with chief election commissioner Keshavraj Rajbhandari in Nepal, 23 October
Business Briefs
New Products
Cement released: Sri Cements Industries has released international standard Kalash cement in the Nepali market. Suitable for small and large…
Housing development
After its previous success in building community housing projects, the MS Group has launched another residential community?Sunrise Towers.…
Laxmi Bank upgraded
Laxmi Bank has received the approval of the Nepal Rastra Bank to upgrade its Hattisar office into a full-fledged branch and corporate office.…
Letters
Darkness to light
Re: your editorial ('From darkness to light', # 269). What never ceases to surprise and sadden me is that despite this unprecedented national…
Wait
At least now people who read your story ('Step back and wait', #269) will be prepared for what they have to go through at Tribubhan…
El Salvador
CK Lal is right when he enumerates the lessons Nepal can learn from the Peruvian conflict (State of the State, 'A Peruvian parallel', #268). But…
In this issue:
Press under pressure | Not if, but when | Editorial; Still silent majority | The end of imagination | Do not take the mountains lightly | Rights ravaged | “How long can we go on ?” | Holiday greetings | Flouting the law | See the light | Media ordinance (excerpts) | November Sky | Google eyes | Nepal’s war widows see red | urkhet’s displaced have only memories | ‘8/10’ and after | Football for fun, funds | Go to hell