Playing King
An unidentified boy plays king at traditional Gai Jatra celebrations at Basantapur on Thursday.(KUMAR SHRESTHA)
August 11-17, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Plains speaking
BIBI FUNYAL As if we didn't have enough problems already, the tarai is flaring up. While the ceasefire has restored relative calm over much of…
Columns
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Elephant in the room
Do we like what Nepal will look like if the Maoists have their way?
State Of The State by CK LAL
Saving ourselves from relapse
Good sense has prevailed, but the road ahead is still bumpy
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Guys jatra
Not even the most patriarchal male chauvinistic piglet in this country will begrudge parliament's recent proclamation to set aside 33 percent of…
Nation
Tarai tinderbox
There's a brush fire igniting in the tarai, but Kathmandu is too distracted to pay attention
SUMAN PRADHAN
We have a deal
Left to right: Home Minister Krishna Sitaula, Maoist spokesperson Krishna B Mahara, member of Maoist talks team Deb Gurung, and acting UN…
On the edge
"For the cost of helping one person here, you can help two people somewhere else in Nepal."
MARTY LOGAN in RUDIGAUN, BAJURA
Long way home
Nepal's child soldiers need to make the journey from war to peace, drill to class
NARESH NEWAR
Lebanon return
A Nepali army man helps rescue Nepalis from the Lebanese war zone
MALIKA BROWNE in DAMASCUS
Interview
"A unified Madhes"
Matrika Parsad Yadav, Maoist Central Committee member, Chairman of the Tarai Mukti Morcha, Chairman of the Tarai Autonomous Region
Nepali Society
Top of the class
KIRAN PANDAY The school's tin roof leaks during the monsoon and during summer months heats up, making the rooms unbearably hot. The school has…
Update
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
NGOs under pressure
Maoists in Arghakhanchi and Parbat districts want local and international NGOs working in the districts to register with their 'people's…
Janajati demands
World Indigenous People's Day was marked in Kathmandu on Wednesday with a two-day political conference on constituent assembly elections and…
Easier imports
India has revoked the 4 percent additional customs duty on specified goods manufactured in Nepal and exported to India. Exemption was given on…
New Products
SANITARY PADS: Jasmine Hygiene Products has introduced Safety Sanitary Pads Eco-Ultra. The new pad comes with dry net cover, gel core flow guide…
Letters
National myth
MIN BAJRACHARYA I agree with Bharat Basnet's worries on how to foster inclusive nationalism, if that is what he means by a 'stronger…
Disarm
Too much is made of managing the Maoists' arms. The seven-party government itsefl has lacked a cohesive opinion, and it is quite ridiculous to…
Barnyard wisdom
An alternative parable in place of the one you propose in your editorial ('Peace riddle', #309) might be the story of the frog and the scorpion.…
Truth-telling
The SPA, the Maoists, and other players lack sincerity, transparency, honesty, and unity. The political discourse now should be on what is right…
Wheeling dealing
The royal government, being what it was, may have ordered the two useless, outdated, and dangerous MA-60 planes for the army from China and paid…
Founding father
There have been efforts in the past to discredit King Prithbi Narayan Shah to meet vested political interests. Vandalising his statue was a…
In this issue:
Tarai tinderbox |Plains Speaking |Editorial: Clean up politics |Saving ourselves from relapse |Radio activity in Palpa |Go, go dancers |NGOs under pressure |Janajati demands |Easier imports |Elephant in the room |Unicameral legislature |No dream job |Madi waits |Leave for Pyar Jung |On the edge |Lebanon return |Long way home |Slow burn in the tarai |“A unified Madhes” |Cuba after Castro |The PC turns 25 |Monsoon madness? |Top of the class |Guys jatra