Issue #278

December 23-29, 2005

Headline

Prachanda’s new path

Prachanda’s new path

With less than two weeks to go before their ceasefire extension expires on 3 January, the Maoists say they are now training their sights on the…

Editorial

Hapless new year

Hapless new year

Unlike other members of the royal regime, Tulsi Giri talks to the press only when he has something important to say. That is why there was much…

Columns

Janatas and juntas
State Of The State by CK LAL

Janatas and juntas

The Nagarkot massacre was a reminder that reform in the military is long overdue

The Lahure of Kot Kangra
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT

The Lahure of Kot Kangra

The legendary fort where Gorkha expansion came to a halt and the Lahure tradition was born

Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT

Security beefed up again

I have heard some of you taking recourse in the right to freedom of expression enshrined in the 1990 Constitution to moan and groan incessantly…

Nation

Slow and steady

Slow and steady

Neglect and conflict push Pyuthan farmers to self-help

ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY in PYUTHAN

100 nonviolent ways

There are effective methods to register protest without resorting to violence and threats

Business

Pull up.Pull up.

Pull up.Pull up.

Like others before it, Cosmic Air has run into severe turbulence

NARESH NEWAR

Review

Kong comes to Kathmandu

Kong comes to Kathmandu

After the worldwide success of the Lord of the Rings, movie buffs and Peter Jackson fans did not expect the celebrated director to give up…

MALLIKA ARYAL

Leisure

Heritage

Baby's day out

Baby's day out

Traditional Newari baby massage is re-invented in Switzerland

AARTI BASNYAT

Technology

Happenings

From The Nepali Press

Betrayal

Political scientist Shastradatta Panta in Rajdhani, 19 December

Business Briefs

New Products

New Products

PC photo 'frame': Philips has released the 7FF1AW Digital Photo Display, designed as a showpiece for pictures stored on PCs. The Display's 5.4 x…

Soaltee board

Soaltee Hotel Limited CEO and Director Dinesh Bahadur Bista was elected new executive chairman of the company at its AGM Wednesday, the company…

Bank grows

Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited continued to grow in the past year despite the economic challenges facing the country, it announced at its…

Melamchi talks

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Monday it is continuing talks with donors on ways to resume the Melamchi Drinking Water Project. The…

Letters

Wrench

I was saddened after reading the Special Editorial on your online edition 'Don't play with fire' (#277). There were finally hints of a smile on…

One track

Kanak Mani Dixit writes well, but his articles are always one track and seem to tow readers in a particular direction ('Country at the…

Betrayal

We Nagarkotis condemn the heinous and cowardly act of the lunatic gunman who killed unarmed, helpless, innocent devotees at the Kali Debi Temple…

AIDS in Doti

Thanks to Rita Thapa for her Nepali Pan column, 'Letter from Doti' (#276). Since I come from Doti I can identify with the situation she so…

Still crazy

The Strictly Business column by Ashutosh Tiwari ('Crazy as a strategy') on taking upredictable decisions as pioneered by Thomas Schelling was…

Nagarkot

We Nagarkotis condemn the heinous and cowardly act of the lunatic gunman who killed unarmed, helpless, innocent devotees at the Kali Debi Temple…

Innuendos

In his last State of the State column ('Cliches in the corridors of power', #277) CK Lal claims there is 'a self-defined category of Nepalis…

In this issue:

Prachanda’s new path | Hapless New Year | Editorial: 100 nonviolent ways | Janatas and juntas | Slow and steady | “To Kathmandu” | Home remedies for trade | Pull up…Pull up… | “We carry the king’s agenda” | Nobody again | Betrayal | “Talak, talak, talak.” | Greetings, anti-carbon bipeds | The Lahure of Kot Kangra | Baby’s day out | Windows of opportunity for Nepali computing | First swings | Kong comes to Kathmandu | Security beefed up again