October 27 - November 2, 2006
Headline
Editorial
Hurry up
Now that the holidays are over, it is time for the seven-party alliance and the Maoists to inject some momentum into the peace process. To…
Columns
Comment by JEFFREY D SACHS
Nature's fury
To manage conflict, we need ecological solutions, not just military ones
Backside by Ass
Stop sending us all that booze
Most members of the Kathmandu media knocked themselves unconscious this season drinking all the free booze they were gifted by Kathmandu-based…
Nation
Trafficking tactics
A new bus route and employment dreams are getting women in trouble
RAMESHWOR BOHARA
Closer to home
A new satellite tv channel offers the growing Nepali diaspora a link to home
SANGITA MARAHATTA in LONDON
Interview
Review
Barbara beats around the bush
The cover of Barbara Adam's Nepal: Crisis Unlimited depicts a visibly frail Ganesh Man Singh sitting uncomfortably behind an imperious-looking…
Comrade Parvati’s verbal violence
A multi-storey building of the Nepal Engineers' Association (NEA) at Pulchok is now almost complete, towering over modest structures in the…
Back at Sundarijal
BP Koirala's English diary from his second incarceration in the 1970s has just been published in Nepali. The diary, which he wrote during his…
Nature
Nepali Society
Young saviour
NARESH NEWAR Eight-year-old Resmi Gupta is rebellious and defiant. And to the children of Baskhora village, Kapilbastu, she's a hero. Resmi has…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Certified
NIC bank has become Nepal's first commercial bank to receive the ISO 9001:2000 certification from the United Registrar of Systems, an authorised…
New Products
FAIR GAME: Emami has launched two new additions to its fairness cream range, Fair and Teen for adolescents and young skin, and Fair and Ageless…
Letters
Food for thought
CK Lal has hit the nail on the head in stating that the country's farmers can't wait for complete resolution of the conflict ('Food for…
Reconcilation
Although it was really good to be able to come home for Dasain, even briefly, much of what is happening amazed me. The political factions spout…
Numbskulls
Upon returning for my summer holidays, I was amazed to see that nearly all pillion drivers were no longer wearing helmets. After the…
Franchise for all
It is sad to see the stalemate in the peace process and that the Maoists have to take the onus for sticking the sore thumb. The government has…
King
I have serious reservation about the article 'King in Crisis' (From the Nepali Press, #319). It is true that the Nepali monarchy has been made…
Illegal
On Monday, Nepal saw yet another banda called by the FNCCI. Visiting their homepage, you will see their vision, objectives and mission are well…
In this issue:
Lit Fuse |Hurry Up |Editorial: Constitutional ability |Outside looking in Far from home, Nepalis in Japan cling to their roots |Trafficking tactics |At any cost |“It all comes down to service” |Interim |Lawlessness |Active king |Death row |The heat is on |Nature's fury |Money and happiness |Sideswiped |Closer to home |Barbara beats around the bush |Show some gratitude |Back at Sundarijal |Comrade Parvati’s verbal violence |Hope swings |Young saviour |Backside: Stop sending us all that booze