Issue #371

October 19-25, 2007

Headline

Editorial

Dasain wish

If things go on like this, Nepal will have only nuisance value for the international community. The reason foreigners interfere so much with our…

Columns

Uncertain no more
Guest Column by TANKA SUBBA

Uncertain no more

Nepalis outside Nepal are ashamed about the state of Nepal

Bogged down
State Of The State by CK LAL

Bogged down

Parliament and civil society must monitor donor activities

It’s a blog world
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

It’s a blog world

Three years ago, I used to read many books, magazines and reports to keep up with what was happening in the fields of economics, public policy…

Scapegoats
Nepalipan by TIRTHA B SHRESTHA

Scapegoats

It is morally wrong to torture fellow creatures, to do so in the name of religion is a sin

Tarai churning
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Tarai churning

Connecting the dots to make sense of madhesi politics is becoming much harder

Gobarment of Nepal
Backside by Ass

Gobarment of Nepal

It is when Comrade Pasang starts wearing a tie that you know it is only a question of time before the Maoists complete their transformation into…

Nation

Nepal’s real heroines

Nepal’s real heroines

Female community health volunteers bring medical care to the weak and sick in remote areas

NARESH NEWAR in DADELDHURA

Futile neutrality

Futile neutrality

Excessive timidity is eroding UNMIN's credibility

ANALYSIS by SIDDHI SUBEDI

Homeward-bound

Homeward-bound

Villagers displaced by war head home for dasain

RAMESWOR BOHORA in NEPALGANJ

Outsourced toons

Outsourced toons

Hollywood dreams could soon come true for Nepal's film animators

People in war

People in war

CHANDRA SHEKHAR KARKI When I read in a Birganj newspaper that the 'A People War' photo exhibition tour was being put up at the Birganj Chamber…

JOHN S SHILSHI in BIRGANJ

Review

Global warning

Global warning

How melting ice and snow will affect the Himalaya

NINA PRADHAN

Leisure

The other guy

The other guy

Prashant Tamang's fame eclipsed a talented and modest Amit Paul

ELIZABETH J GIBSON

Climate Change

Jamming in thin air

Jamming in thin air

If you are at Kala Pattar next week, drop in on the world's highest charity rock concert

An inconvenient peace prize

This year's Nobel Peace Prize justly rewards the thousands of scientists of the United Nations Climate Change Panel (the IPCC). These scientists…

BJORN LOMBORG

Moving Target

Speechless

Speechless

If you're not depressed these days you aren't patriotic

FOREIGN HAND

Update

From The Nepali Press

Inept

Arun Narsingh KC in Dristi, 16 October

In this issue:

The Big Thaw |Dasain Wish |Editorial: Uncertain no more |Bogged down |Nepal’s real heroines |Where there are no doctors |It’s a blog world |ot good enough |“I stand with the revolution” |Deadlock |Talk talk |Fear of China |Inept |Royal Maoists |People in war |Tarai churning |Himalayan meltdown |Too little, too late |An inconvenient peace prize |Receding glaciers |Global warning |Jamming in thin air |The other guy |Next time you chomp on a buff momo... |Scapegoats |Futile neutrality |Homeward-bound |Speechless |Outsourced toons |Backside: Gobarment of Nepal