Roadblock to peace
As a showdown looms, state security is busier foiling political rallies than hunting Maoists
RAMESWOR BOHARA in NEPALGUNJ
January 13-19, 2006
Headline
Editorial
The art of the possible
Politics, they say, is the art of the possible. If that is true then there is still the possibility of averting a dangerous confrontation…
Columns
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Road to ruin
It's time economists told the truth about Nepal's economic wreck
Nepalipan by KEITH D LESLIE
The Little Buddha of Bara
A young Tamang boy reaches the highest sacred realms of life
Herojig by
Herojig - Issue #281
State Of The State by CK LAL
Fixing something that’s broken
Unless the parties back a constituent assembly their opposition to municipal elections will have no meaning
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The Rousing Nepal
All World Leaders Felicitated At One GoRSSAs part of His Majesty's Government's efforts to streamline its activities, the Ministry of…
Nation
Torturing ourselves
Both sides to the conflict have tortured citizens, but now the monitors are watching
Business
Review
Man’s inhumanity to woman
War has shattered many Nepali women's lives but still they grow stronger
MARTY LOGAN
Economy
Nature
Getting ready for the Big One
Inner city communities in Kathmandu and Patan prepare for the earthquake that will surely come
AARTI BASNYAT and MALLIKA ARYAL
All Allah’s will
In Kashmir, a Nepali gets a glimpse of the aftermath of a future quake in his own country
ASIM SINGH MAHAT in MUZAFFARABAD
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #281: WHAT WOULD HE HAVE DONE
WHAT WOULD HE HAVE DONE?: A Royal Nepali Army honour guard during a ceremony to mark the 285th birth anniversary of King Prithibi Narayan Shah…
Nepali Society
Bobin’s mantra
An identity crisis during his university years in Japan pushed Bobin Bajracharya to take his interest in music more seriously. Growing up in…
Sports
From The Nepali Press
"The UN is very upset"
Interview with the representative of the United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, Ian Martin in Nepal on 8 January
Business Briefs
New Products
Formal wear: Peter England has launched its new lines of suits and blazers in the market. They include formal British Micros Business Suits,…
SNV Nepal’s silver jubilee
The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) celebrated its 25th year in the country recently, marking it with a seminar in which its partners…
Info highway opens
Nepal's first information technology (IT) highway, stretching almost the 1,200-km length of the East-West Highway, has opened. Officially dubbed…
Letters
Hear no peace
Re: your editorial 'Hear no peace, see no peace, speak no peace', #280. Although there has been an agreement between the Maoists and the parties…
Rebuilding democracy
Bihari Krishna Shrestha, reasserted his blurry position through his response (Letters, #280) to my critique of his Guest Column ('Rebuilding…
Bar men
If the honourable Chief Justice feels he has the authority to select the judges in the way he did ('Between Bar and Bench', #280). hasn't the…
Hats off
Kudos to Kunda Dixit for 'Indian Sinophobia' (#279). For the first time ever he has written something that makes sense. I just hope he gives up…
In this issue:
Roadblock to peace |The art of the possible |Editorial: Dirty games |Fixing something that’s broken |Wish you could live in a palace? |Road to ruin |Crew loyalty to Royal Nepal tested |Maoists preparing for squeeze |Maoist healthcare |Royalspeak |Euro Maoists |War mongers |“The UN is very upset” |Getting ready for the Big One |All Allah’s will |Man’s inhumanity to woman |Torturing ourselves |The Little Buddha of Bara |Give us back our sons |Hard truths about bird flu |the same thing as being wellBlogging one’s way to fame |Reason to hope |The Cup |Bobin’s mantra |The Rousing Nepal