Issue #346

April 27 - May 3, 2007

Headline

Coils of fear

Coils of fear

BARBED COMMENT: Despite a year of ceasefire, the country is still crisscrossed by barbed wire and many Nepalis are trying to get on with their…

Editorial

A public republic

A public republic

KIRAN PANDAY Loktantra Day on Tuesday was supposed to be a celebration, but it warned us about the danger of replacing one form of dictatorship…

Columns

Best and brightest
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Best and brightest

Instead of yearning for 'the best' leaders, we should try make those we do have more accountable

The X factor
Here And There by DANIEL LAK

The X factor

Politics is what separates human from beast

State Of The State by CK LAL

The price of radicalism

The MJF has created a political vacuum it can't fill any time soon

Guest Column by ASHRAF GHANI

A new order

Use the smarts of the Nepali people

Gheraoed a rostrum today?
Backside by Ass

Gheraoed a rostrum today?

The maoists and madhesis may be at each other's throats in the tarai, but in parliament they are shoulder to shoulder raising fists and shouting…

Nation

Hard knocks

Hard knocks

Children need a lot more help staying in school than getting there

NARESH NEWAR in BARA

Review

Same-same

Same-same

A new study says South Asia's political parties are a) similar and b) could learn from each other

Leisure

Staging history

Staging history

There's a vibrant theatre movement on in Nepal, and this month some of the best companies are performing in Kathmandu

PRANAYA SJB RANA

Star Gazing

Life outside Earth

Life outside Earth

An intriguing new planet is discovered and the asteroid Vesta puts in a must-see appearance

KEDAR SHARMA BADU

Happenings

From The Nepali Press

Business Briefs

Letters

Letters - Issue #346: LAST CHANCE

LAST CHANCE Yash Ghai's 'One more chance' (Guest column, #345) hits the right note on the delayed, postponed, what-have-you elections to the…

In this issue:

Coils of fear |A public republic |Editorial: A new order |The price of radicalism |Still in the crosshairs |Best and brightest |Media boom |Un-democratic |Touchy Giri |House divided |Staging history |The X factor |Hard knocks |Let’s stay together |Broken promises |Loose change |Same-same |Life outside Earth |Backside: Gheraoed a rostrum today?