Remote control
What will the restoration of democracy mean to Nepal's remote regions and marginalised people? Will the Karnali and mountain districts that are…
May 26 - June 1, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Momentous month
It has been a month, yet the implications of these past weeks are just beginning to sink in. Who would have said in early April that a restored…
Columns
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Lest we forget
Plenty of democrats and peoples' warriors have the peoples' blood on their hands
Comment by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Imagining a New Nepal
A national conference in July seeks to chart the road towards peace, reconstruction and development
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Lights are the border
The biggest barrier is the closed minds of our decision-makers
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
From the fire into the frying pan
After the past month of turbulence and turmoil when many of us had to go without regular Friday nights out at the neighbourhood watering hole…
Nation
Humla’s road to progress
Restoration of democracy revives hopes for development in Nepal's remotest region
KUNDA DIXIT in HUMLA
Blood, sweat and tears
Nepali workers in Qatar toil to keep their families and country afloat
DAMBAR K SHRESTHA in DOHA
Interview
Review
Against all odds
Pristina, Kosovo, 31 December 2003. Four years after NATO bombed Kosovo continuously for 77 days to end the Balkans war, the UN has officially…
Sports
Mountain marathon man
The headwind from Lhasa to Kathmandu nearly blew away a Swiss runner
MARTY LOGAN
Nepali Society
Still speaking for women
Then Taranath Ranabhat resigned as speaker of the House of Representatives, word got around that his replacement would be none other than acting…
Update
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
New Products
Sanitary Pads: Safety Sanitary Pads are now available in Nepal. Produced by Jasmine Hygiene Products, a sister company of Sarada Group, the pads…
Great guide
Shes Kanta Sharma (aka KC Bhuwan), a guide for Mountain Travel, has been nominated for The Paul Morrison Guide Award 2006 as the world's top…
Letters
Justice
The violence on the streets of Kathmandu on Monday was completely uncalled for. But the blame-game of pinning it on the Maoists or the…
Defanging
After reading Kunda Dixit's 'Touching a raw nerve' (Under My Hat, #298) about tooth extractions I realised that there is rather a lot of…
Time to talk
The outcome of the people's movement has generated much hope after the confusing political turmoil that was engulfing the nation. The Maoist…
Whose democracy?
The Maoist leadership has repeatedly said that absolutism too would be acceptable if it was created by a constituent assembly. It has also…
In this issue:
Remote control |Momentous Month |ditorilal: Lest we forget |A republican monarchy |Imagining a New Nepal |Moral police needed |“We salute the Nepali people...” |ndustry shut |Be patient |Secular strife |Maoists push IDPs |Talks soon |Humla’s road to progress |Blood, sweat and tears |Food for the Karnali |Mukesh’s Movement |Lights are the border |Mountain marathon man |Against all odd |Still speaking for women |From the fire into the frying pan