Issue #378

December 14-20, 2007

Headline

Reversed roles

Reversed roles

India's Naxalite wars are hotting up just as Nepal's Maoists holster their weapons

PRASHANT JHA

Editorial

Ceremonial prime minister

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala had UN Secretary General's Special Representative Ian Martin and the United Nations Resident Representative…

Columns

The tarai card
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

The tarai card

New madhes front may help resolve political deadlock

Outrageous conditions
Nepalipan by RITA THAPA

Outrageous conditions

You can't help feeling furious about the neglect of Jumla's women

Riveting realism
Critical Cinema by DIWAS KC

Riveting realism

A masterpiece of war and politics that left a nation reeling

Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Going nowhere

Why the elite love a good queue

Nation

Staying alive

Maternal mortality rates are falling but there's room for improvement

MALLIKA ARYAL

Review

Aussie action

Aussie action

Your chance to see some of the best films from down under

Music

Climate Change

Glacial negotiations

Glacial negotiations

Rich polluters won't cut emissions unless the poor do so as well

KUNDA DIXIT in BALI

Update

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Reversed roles |Ceremonial Prime Minister |Editorial: The tarai card |Shock and subterfuge |Red Crescent |Going nowhere |Don’t fear the press |Driven away |Plan abandoned |Outrageous conditions |Nepal cuts maternal mortality by half |Staying alive |Glacial negotiations |“Climate change will fundamentally change Nepal” |Riveting realism