What we think
A nationwide public opinion poll has shown that Nepalis are cautiously optimistic about the way things are going, but are divided on whether to…
September 22-28, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Cantonment commitment
The Nepali polity treats the international community with ambivalence. On one hand we ask that ambassadors keep off the national political turf,…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Getting this thing unstuck
It's now up to Dahal and Koirala to make sure we untie the knot
Backside by Ass
The UN is going places
Whoever in the United Nations decided to paint the organisation's mammoth SUVs with large blue 'UN' signs must have graduated from the same…
Nation
Leisure
Nepali Society
Bamboo master
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY For a 63-year-old on dialysis, Punya Poudyal is bursting with energy. Both his kidneys have failed him, but he continues to…
Travel
Update
From The Nepali Press
Justice
Suman Adhikari in Himal Khabarpatrika, 17 September-1 October. The author's father, teacher Muktinath Adhikary, was tied to a tree and killed in cold blood by Maoists in early 2002.
Business Briefs
New Products
Chevy: With Chevrolet's new SRV and Tavera both hitting the Kathmandu streets, there's plenty to choose from. The stylishly sporty SRV is a…
Letters
Maina
Two weeks ago you bravely published a translation of the Kantipur article 'How Maina was killed' (From the Nepali Press, #313). Shocking though…
CK Lal
CK Lal ('Big gamble,' #315) seems to have no knowledge of how the Nepal Army functions. His gibberish that the choice of Katuwal was…
Image problems
The article 'KU's quality education' (#315), appears to glorify Kathmandu University management without proper background research. The author…
Kamlari
Your report on 'Kamlaris in Dang' (#315) tells the true story of Tharu girl-children being used as housemaids. Kamlaris are even considered a…
Power plight
Your article 'Electric switch' (#313) was a grand promotion of electric cars backed by statistics, cost analysis, and presentation of future…
Salt figures
The salt prices in 'Salt of the earth' (#314) are incorrect. Free-flow 30 ppm iodised salt ex-factory, Gandhidham in Gujarat, India, is Rs…
Backside
Considering that two paragraphs of the first "buzz" ('What's the buzz, what's happening', Backside, #312) were about me, I thought that it is…
Nepali hero
For once I wholeheartedly agree with your editorial, on Dr Ruit ('The vision thing', #313). Ten years ago Dr Ruit cured a chronic eye problem…
In this issue:
What we think |Contonment Commitment |Editorial: No whipping boy |Getting this thing unstuck |High-wire |Child abuse |Violations |Branding business |Undiplomatic |Saboteur |Kids in crisis |President GP |Justice |Optimists, pessimists |Conflict vs conservation |Optimism, certainty, and ambivalence |Thailand after Thaksin |Source to sea |Bamboo master |Backside: The UN is going places