Issue #357

July 13-19, 2007

Headline

Dog days

Dog days

Nepal's monarchy was separated from its political and military links in the past year, now its cultural ties to festivals and rituals are also being taken away.

Editorial

Four months to go

Four months to go

MIN BAJRACHARYAIt's not by chance that the budget presented to parliament on Thursday is being received with a big national yawn. The people…

Columns

Future sights
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Future sights

There's a whole new world out there if you can look ahead creatively

State Of The State by CK LAL

Communist quicksand

Pushpa Kamal Dahal can save the peace process from the various leftie threats to it

Guest Column by SUDHINDRA SHARMA

Unceremonial monarchy

The state should keep itself out of the religious realm

Towards a cashless society
Backside by Ass

Towards a cashless society

Good to know that Doha's The Peninsula in its Saturday edition prominently carried the news that Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani had sent…

Nation

Poll-itical solution

Poll-itical solution

For a credible election , the government must fix the tarai's security mess

JOHN NARAYAN PARAJULI

Pressing need

Pressing need

Why a free press matters for Nepal

OPINION by JASON MIKLIAN

Interview

Review

Learned behaviour

Learned behaviour

The stage doesn't translate perfectly into cinema-and that's not always a bad thing

DIWAS KC

POETRY

Prachanda's 'Song of the endgame' The game is going very well, Prachanda HMK. Your little ploy is racing on as no fool sees the ground you've…

Leisure

An unholy holy river

An unholy holy river

Pollution and encroachment have destroyed the Valley's historic river

PRANAYA SJB RANA

Moving Target

Planet Hong Kong

Planet Hong Kong

Huge signboards hang precariously above streets teeming with pedestrians, all miraculously obeying the traffic signals, as double-decker buses…

FOREIGN HAND

Happenings

From The Nepali Press

Forest and trees

Forestry expert Narayankaji Shrestha in Himal Khabarpatrika, 1-15 July

Business Briefs

Letters

Letters - Issue #357: MONARCHIES

MONARCHIES In the Guest Column '2007 to 2007' (#356) the text made reference to the top and bottom 20 countries ranked by the 2006 HDI scores,…

In this issue:

Nepal’s monarchy was separated from its political and military links in the past year, now its cultural ties to Nepal’s festivals and rituals are also being taken away. |Four months to go |Editorial: Unceremonial monarchy |Communist quicksand |Poll-itical solution |Future sights |“Fitting reply to those who call us terrorists…” |Forest and trees |State of confusion |An unholy holy river |“I was never for a royal revival” |Pressing need |Planet Hong Kong |Road to recovery |Embracing Empire |Prachanda’s ‘Song of the endgame’ |Dhoopee |All fall down |Learned behaviour |Backside: Towards a cashless society