Waste management
KIRAN PANDAY While peaceniks are talking about arms management, there is an urgent need to sort out this mess. Kathmandu municipality has…
July 28 - August 3, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Super parliament
The national mood tends to swing from euphoria to hopelessness. We are swayed by media headlines that magnify the messy indecision of the seven…
Columns
Guest Column by BHARAT BASNET
Prithbi Narayan’s message
If citizens are empowered, the nation is strong
Tee Break by DEEPAK ACHARYA
Tiger roars again
with his british open defense, woods moves closer to nicklaus record
State Of The State by CK LAL
100 days of vicissitudes
The UN can use its clout to make parliament and insurgents see reason
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
My letter to Kofi
News that GP 'Sanubuwa' Koirala and PK 'Awesome' Dahal have sent letters to Kofi Annan has set off a chain reaction of letter-writing to the UN…
Nation
The country’s future is dark
Even if the right decisions are taken today, we'll still have eight hours of winter power cuts daily till at least 2013
KUNDA DIXIT
Special uneconomic zone
Every new budget reinvents the wheel with rehashed recycled programs
BINIT SHARMA
Communities making kids healthy
Local programs cut malnutrition at a faster rate than national ones
NARESH NEWAR in NAWALPARASI
Review
Love and longing in Kathmandu
The characters in Samrat Upadhyay's new book are a metaphor for the state of the country
Nature
In the rain shadow
Instead of telling tourists not to visit Nepal in the monsoon, we should be marketing it
BILLI BIERLING in MANANG
Monsoon sanctuary
ALL PICS; PARESH SHRESTHA They say it rains leeches during the monsoon here in the Sanctuary on the way to Annapurna Base Camp. With 3,700mm…
Star Gazing
Nepali Society
A Rana becomes Rinpoche
Sridhar Samsher J B Rana is the first non-Tibetan to be bestowed with the title 'Rinpoche'. Rana, whose interest in religion was sparked when he…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
New Products
Chevy Aveo: The Chevrolet Aveo will soon be available in Nepal. The car features a 1.6 or 1.4l engine, a six-speaker music system and a…
Black gold’ still buried
EDINBURGH-The three-month-old ceasefire has not persuaded the UK's Cairn Energy to resume its search for oil under the tarai. Two years after…
Letters
Greed and need
This year's budget is for the greedy, paid for by the needy ('Mirage', #306). From past experience we know that most provisions will never be…
Peace Process
I am astonished by the immaturity and lack of understanding the current political leaders are showing. They are damning the morale of the Nepal…
Girija
Your recent editorial ('Beyond Koirala,' # 305) is both timely and of vital importance to the nation. Nepalis have never been fans of GP…
Gnlf and Maoist
There is an eerie resemblance between the Maoists and the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) in Darjeeling. Agreed, it was at a different…
Sita and Anjana
Your page one picture ('Jumping the gun,' #307) of Comrade Sita, who said she was 18 years old on sentry duty, is tearfully emotional. The…
In this issue:
High hopes |Super Parliament |Editorial: Prithbi Narayan’s message |100 days of vicissitudes |The country’s future is dark |The real media story |Special uneconomic zone |Torture trauma |Nigerian watch |Palace generals |School soars |Maoist crimes |Forgotten Sushila |In the rain shadow |Love and longing in Kathmandu |“I will always be a disciple of this art, not its guru” |Communities making kids healthy |Happiness, money and giving it away |Celestial fireworks |Tiger roars again |A Rana becomes Rinpoche |My letter to Kofi