Sword into ploughshare
Maoists are on a public relations offensive out west
RAMESWOR BOHARA in SURKHET
August 4-10, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Peace riddle
There is a Nepali folk riddle that goes something like this: a farmer needs to take a goat, a tiger and a pile of grass across a narrow bridge…
Columns
Guest Column by PRAVIN RANA
Nepal’s high noon
The reel life relevance of the classic western to today's Kathmandu
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Capital flight
Are we losing the fire in our bellies? Are we slacking off and allowing lethargy and ennui to obliterate the fervour of the April Uprising? The…
Nation
Mission (partly) accomplished
Stalemate makes de Mistura mission leave with work half finished
SUMAN PRADHAN
Re-inventing Nepal TM
Our exceptionality is scattered everywhere and nowhere
PRANAV BUDHATHOKI in LONDON
Review
From guns to grown-up jobs
Women and children are vulnerable to the effects of conflict, but are more resilient than expected
MARTY LOGAN
Culture
Newari Dance
ALL PICS: CARLEY PETESCH Below the stoic, humbling mountains that ring Kathmandu Valley, the chaos of life and the lively people who create it…
CARLEY PETESCH
Nepali Society
A gift of sight
MIN BAJRACHARYA Sandak Ruit, ophthalmologist, was pleased, but not surprised to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award this week. The soft-spoken…
Update
From The Nepali Press
"This movement will not end until we have a democratic republic."
Interview with civil society activist Dr Debendra Pandey Himal Khabarpatrika, 1-16 August
Business Briefs
Some win, some lose
Hospitality industry trade unions had a busy week, forcing two Indian staff to leave the Casino Everest at The Everest Hotel and the country,…
All accounted for
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal commended Laxmi Bank and Ace Finance for Best Presented Accounts. This is the second year that…
New Products
Nissan Tiida - Dugar Brothers & Sons, authorised distributors of Nissan vehicles and spare parts have introduced the Nissan Tiida. The car,…
NTB in India
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Nepal's Consulate General organised a meet for press and tour operators in Kolkata last week to talk about tourism…
Letters
Civil society
It is good news for Nepal that its civil society has woken up and started realising the responsibility of keeping government-of-the-day in…
Rana Rinpoche
Being a Rana myself, I'm at loath to encounter bigoted behaviour among Ranas. They strongly cling to the vestiges of their autocratic past, and…
Garbage in
Your front page picture ('Waste management', #308) is proof of the Nepal government's lack of interest in public issues. It is shameful that a…
Which Nepal, when?
Nepal existed a long time before Prithbi Narayan Shah, contrary to what Bharat Basnet thinks ('Prithbi Narayan's message', #308). It was centred…
Intellectual power
Kunda Dixit writes 'even if the right decision is taken today, we'll still have eight hours of winter power cuts daily till at least 2013' ('The…
Nigerians in Nepal
There are valid points raised about Nigerians visiting Nepal in your translated item (From the Nepali Press, 'Nigerian Watch', #308). Having…
From the bad to verse
You editorial, 'Super parliament' (#309), mentioned Grey Shirts, which led me to pen this little diatribe: SHADES OF GRAY Prologue: Blown by the…
In this issue:
Sword into ploughshare |Peace Riddle |Editorial: Nepal’s high noon |The elusive formula |Not plane dealing |Visit Nepal, again and again |Kolkata Kathmandu |Re-inventing Nepal TM |King wants to talk to Prachanda |Knowing Koirala |Envoy selection |Garbage politics |“This movement will not end until we have a democratic republic.” |From guns to grown-up jobs |Life in a nondemocracy |Unfriendly fire |Once and future champions |Stop the band-aid treatment |Mission (partly) accomplished |A gift of sight |Capital flight