Issue #330

January 5-11, 2007

Headline

Healing touch

Healing touch

Using music to spread the message of peace and tolerance

KALYAN SHARMA in LAHAN

Editorial

Born-again democracy

Nepal never fails to surprise as it goes through the pangs of nation-building. Extreme, even exhilarating, diversity is the leitmotif of this…

Columns

Draw the line
Eyes Wide Shut by SHEETAL KUMAR

Draw the line

It's not just pahadis that need to change their mindset

Envoy envy
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Envoy envy

An embassy is not a reward, it's a job

Here And There by DANIEL LAK

Hope amid pessimism

The short-term outlook aside, things are looking good for Nepal

Animal Farm in 1984
Backside by Ass

Animal Farm in 1984

Is it just me or does everyone get the feeling that after the original 40-point Demand, the 12-point Agreement, the 8-point Accord, and finally…

Nation

Getting away with it

Getting away with it

There's no justice for victims of the state and the Maoists in the draft interim constitution

NARESH NEWAR

Up in the air

Up in the air

Chaos on the ground and above it at Kathmandu airport

KALA PRADHAN

Conventional wisdom

Conventional wisdom

The challenge is following conventions after they've been ratified

MALLIKA ARYAL

The face of a revolution

The face of a revolution

KIRAN PANDAY Post revolutions have an iconic figure. The first People's Movement had Durga Pokhrel, and the second has Krishna Bahadur Thapa.…

NARESH NEWAR

Time lost, lessons unlearnt

Time lost, lessons unlearnt

DAMBAR K SHRESTHA It's been over three years since 18-year-old Prajwal Raj Gyawali started marking off every school day that's been disrupted by…

Review

How do you say?

How do you say?

Talking to Hill Peoples, or Pahadi Bolichali, is an amusing diversion from the slew of academic and otherwise weighty books which set forth a…

MAKING SENSE OF IT

The gun had a need now to be fired. It had a will to be taken in hand It had a power among many to lead them together. It had binding force It…

WAYNE AMTZIS

Culture

Empty, stately Thapagaun

Empty, stately Thapagaun

The Thapas of Muga must act fast to preserve what the past has gifted them

HIMALI DIXIT in DHANKUTA

Moving Target

Xenophobia

Xenophobia

On 'outsiders', Nepal is lurching into the 20th century

FOREIGN HAND

Nepali Society

Stamped

Stamped

There's a Nepali face on one of a series of six British Post stamps released to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross. The VC,…

From The Nepali Press

Mixed signals

A day after a meeting between Kathmandu-based donors and the top leadership of the CPN-M, the World Bank's Nepal Representative, Ken Ohashi,…

Syndicated

Himal Khabarpatrika, 31 December 2006 - 14 January 2007

Business Briefs

Concrete rewards

Concrete rewards

Vishwakarma Cements and Gorkha Cements' new Lakhpati Dhamaka scheme gives every customer who purchases 20 bags of cement a scratch card with the…

One more

One more

Together Fashion Store has opened a new store in Khichapokhari, their fourth in Kathmandu Valley. Together say their emphasis is on sourcing the…

New Praoducts

New Praoducts

ADVANCING: The new Toyota Avanza features a five-speed manual drive, petrol VVT-I 1298cc engine, high ground clearance, and a spacious cabin…

Shut down

Citing “recent threats, unreasonable demands, and disruptive activities of Maoists”, Dabur Nepal has decided to close down its greenhouse for…

Cricket coupons

The Sarbagun Sampanna Wai Wai range, which includes chicken, vegetarian, and tom yam flavours?has introducing the new Wai Wai Hot Shot scheme,…

Letters

Lal and Lak

I want to congratulate Nepali Times and CK Lal for writing such a wonderful review of 2006 which is right in every sense ('A year of living…

Propaganda

What you forgot to mention in your editorial was the influence of foreign forces active in the country. We are not idiots, intellectual…

Inclusive

Hats off to Sheetal Kumar for addressing such important questions in his Eyes Wide Shut column ('Open your eyes', #329). But I wonder if his…

Asset

I've become quite a fan of your backpage Ass. As he says, 2007 BS was an eventful year for us all. So will 2007 AD be, if we are ready for Three…

Diverted

Loved your toys, expensive and unavailable in Nepal though they might be ('Play the winter away', #329). You caused some serious problems in the…

Correction

The website for Kosmandu in 'Clear skies, fresh start' (Stargazing, #329), should have read www.kosmandu.com .

In this issue:

Healing touch |Born - Again Democracy |Editorial:Draw the line |The trouble with the election |Hope amid pessimism |Getting away with it |Envoy envy |Up in the air |“The royal threat is still here.” |Troubled tarai |Empty, stately Thapagaun |The face of a revolution |Conventional wisdom |Time lost, lessons unlearnt |Xenophobia |Victors’ justice |Women on top |How do you say? |Stamped on history |Backside: Animal Farm in 1984