All in a day's work
Not much has changed for Nepali overseas labour since 1 September 2004
DAMBAR K SHRESTHA
September 1-7, 2006
Headline
Editorial
The vision thing
Sanduk Ruit was born in Olangchungola, an area so deprived and remote that the nearest school was a week's walk away. There were no health…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
DDR, SSR, RRR and the SPA
Let's oppose all foreign interference except the UN's
Meanwhile by SUMAN PRADHAN
Three-way trust
Maoists will take the government seriously only if it is backed by a strong army
Backside by Ass
His (pretend) Majesty and real royals
Satirist Manoj Gajurel has been a hit this Gai Jatra season with his accurate impersonations of a pot-bellied Pushpa Kamal Dahal and a jowly…
Nation
Electric switch
Why isn't the government promoting electric cars by giving them tax breaks?
KUNDA DIXIT
My 10-point transport agenda
MIN BAJRACHARYA Nepal has nearly 18,000km of roads, but every year new roads are being built. The percentage of Nepal's 26 million people living…
BHARAT BASNET
Them and Us
KIRAN PANDAY Shangrila Tours, Himalyan Journeys, Rum Doodle For over 35 years Shangrila Tours and Himalayan Journey's, run by Hanji and Yukiko…
Interview
Nippon-Nepal
Tsutomu Hiraoka, Japanese ambassador to Nepal, talks about the history of bilateral cooperation as well as Japan's assessment of Nepal's peace process.
Star Gazing
Downsizing the solar system
Two eclipses and Pluto's expulsion from planetary membership
KEDAR SHARMA BADU
Update
From The Nepali Press
Ian Martin on BBC Nepali
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's personal representative to Nepal Ian Martin in an interview with Navin Singh Khadka of the BBC Nepali Service,…
Letters
Bad gamble
CK Lal ('This way or that?', #312) wrongly implies that King Gyanendra decided to seize power on February 1, 2005 because he 'began listening to…
Whose atrocities?
Hari Roka ('Switching camps', #311) seems to be offended by the Nepal Army for no apparent reason in his op-ed you translated from Kantipur. He…
Barefoot doctor
Thank you for introducing us to Panchthar's wonderful district health officer ('Barefoot doctor', #312). General practitioners like Gunaraj…
In this issue:
All in a day's work |The Vision Thing |Editorial: October revolutions |DDR, SSR, RRR and the SPA |Three-way trust |“If you close the door they will leave through the window.” |Oily ruckus |Hague unlikely for Maoists |How Maina was killed |Resettlement trap |Next conflict |Electric switch |My 10-point transport agenda |Downsizing the solar system |Nippon-Nepal |Them and Us |Going strong |Classic concerts |Backside: His (pretend) Majesty and real royals