May 5-11, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Testing the truce
KUMAR SHRESTHA It took the seven party alliance nearly a week to cobble together a skeleton five-member cabinet. But the decisions it took at…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Purple rhodoendron revolution
Mixing the red of the left with blue of the centre against the yellow of the right
Guest Column by DANIEL LAK
How foreigners can help
Listen to the people and maybe you'll learn something.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Right royal mess
Now that we find ourselves in the cusp of a new Nepal, it has been ordained that all relics of our royal past be replaced with even older…
Nation
The west is hungry
Just as the political crisis cools down word of a serious food shortage in the Karnali
NARESH NEWAR
"Let us not be na?ve about how difficult this process is going to be."
The head of Nepal's UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHCR), Ian Martin, spoke to Nepali Times on how the UN can act beyond…
Interview with Erik Solheim
WEB EXCLUSIVE | Posted on 6 May 2006 Nepali Times interviewed Norwegian Minister for Development Cooperation, Erik Solhem who was also the…
It’s perfectly (eco)logical
Godavari's unique appropriate technology theme park trains farmers from across the Himalaya
Voting with their feet
Many trekkers devoted extra time and energy to hit the trails for democracy
WANDA VIVEQUIN
Nepali Society
Happily helping
KIRAN PANDAY Married at 13, Indira Sapkota was happy staying at home taking care of her family. Some 11 years and three children later, she…
Update
From The Nepali Press
Mistaken
MISTAKEN: Member of Parliament of CPN-UML Pradeep Gyawali being manhandled by protesters outside Singha Durbar on 2 May. Narendra Shrestha in…
Business Briefs
New products
Gorkha Beer: Gorkha Brewery, makers of Carlsberg, Tuborg, and San Miguel beers in Nepal have launched their proposed flagship brand, Gorkha…
Tourism toppers
The Nepal Tourism Board has bagged a top prize from the Pacific Asia Travel Association. NTB's promotional cd on Nepal won the Gold Award in the…
Letters
Democracy begins at home
It is one thing to decide that you no longer want the budget for the royal family to come out of the threadbare pockets of the Nepali public. It…
Blog
Mallika Aryal's informative article correctly highlights Nepali blogs' role in providing an invaluable alternative news angle to the outside…
Paper Crown
Congratulations for the front-page picture ('Paper crown', #295). This time, it's really "under your hat"!! Anonymous,by email
In this issue:
Seat of power |Testing the truce |Editorial: How foreigners can help |Purple rhodoendron revolution |Megawealth |The west is hungry |Democracy 2.0 |Mission accomplished |What unity? |Royalists hiding |Unconditionally |Voting with their feet |What now, where next? |No easy struggle |It’s perfectly (eco)logical |China’s roadmap |Hit well every time |yphenated children |Europe Day 2006 |Happily helping |Right royal mess