February 10-16, 2006
Headline
Editorial
The Long War
GOVINDA LUITEL IN FLAMMATORY: The hisotric Tansen Darbar burns on the morning of 1 February after a Maoist attack , just as King Gyanendra was…
Columns
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State Of The State by CK LAL
Hapless, hopeless, helpless
The parties must turn the apathy of Nepalis into outrage
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
War is peace, ignorance is strength
Unceremonial Chairman, Respective Vice-chairmen, Comrades-in-Arms, Fellow Despots of the Great International Proliferate Revolution,…
Nation
Ten year timeline
NARENDRA SHRESTHA13 February 1996 Maoists attack a police post in Holeri, Rolpa signalling the launch of their 'people's war'. Earlier, Baburam…
"Every revolution demands its quota of sacrifice"
Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai returns to these pages to answers our questions on whether the past ten years of conflict have been worth it, on the 12-point agreement with the parties and on the relevance of Maoism in this day and age.
A revolution that devours children
Deb Lal Bhandari, Anil KC and Manoj Mahato are the latest child victims of this ten-year war
DHRUBA SIMKHADA
Business
Bungling on bundling
Under donor pressure, the government is readying a royal ordinance to unbundle the electricity utility into three pieces
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
"Unbundling may not solve load-shedding"
Ratna Sansar Shrestha, a former board member of Nepal Electricity Authority, speaks to us about the effects of the new electricity ordinance…
Economy
Bungling on bundling
Under donor pressure, the government is readying a royal ordinance to unbundle the electricity utility into three pieces
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA
"Unbundling may not solve load-shedding"
Ratna Sansar Shrestha, a former board member of Nepal Electricity Authority, speaks to us about the effects of the new electricity ordinance…
International
Schizophrenic Nepal policy
India should send the message that India would prefer a republic to monarchy if the king doesn't restore democracy
KULDIP NAYAR
Sports
Happenings
Happenings - Issue #285: BULLET BATTERED
BULLET BATTERED: Pots and pans battered in Palpa after the Maoist attack on security force on 1 February. Pic: BIBI FUNYAL PROTECTIVE CUSTODY:…
Nepali Society
The healing touch
TOM BELLIn a region featuring some of the harshest mountain environments on the planet, for centuries they have been the doctors. But a wide…
Update
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Park privatisation
The government is all set to 'privatise' the management of national parks and wildlife reserves via ordinance. One was issued recently to amend…
Not bankrupt
The economy is on the right track and there is no risk the government will go bankrupt, State Minister for Finance Roop Jyoti said Tuesday,…
A bank that cares
Laxmi Bank employees on 27 January donated belongings and basic necessities to the children of Conflict Victims' Orphans Support Centre (CVO),…
New Products
Incoming cash: Western Union Financial Services Inc has tied up with the Golchha Organisation (Hulas Remittance) to provide inbound money…
Letters
Hammer and nail
Your editorial ('Hammer and nail', #285) hits the nail on the head. The threat to democracy in Nepal was never the monarchy but the Maoists'…
Karnali neglect
As Indu Nepal highlights in 'Ten lost years' (#283) Jumla has been more ravaged acutely by the on-going conflict in the country than any other…
Lost world
Conservation International's Rapid Assessment of the Barun Valley was called off ('Turf war wrecks expedition' #275) because of opposition by…
In this issue:
Which way? |The Long War |Editorial: Hapless, hopeless, helpless |Bungling on bundling |“Elec-shun!” |Electing violence |Tragicomedy |State failure |Amusing election |Royal bathroom |Quiet Ian Martin |Tough nut |“Every revolution demands its quota of sacrifice” |A revolution that devours children |Violence and vengeance |The return of the vigilantes |Don’t be evil (unless it hits the bottomline) |Schizophrenic Nepal policy |Double the fun |Female hoopsters |The healing touch |War is peace, ignorance is strength