Will 2008 be any different?
January 2007 The tarai ignites. UNMIN begins work in cantonments. February Kathmandu dithers on the madhes. People wait for the peace dividend…
December 28, 2007 - January 3, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Peace train
BILASH RAI Nepali lefties have always had a flair for pompous rhetoric. Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Babu Ram Bhattarai insist on using a paragraph to…
Columns
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
The year of the madhes
2007 transformed the tarai, Nepal will never be the same again
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
New year revolutions
Fingers crossed that 2008 will see an economic turnaround
Backside by Ass
Happy new ears
So Nepal is now a quasi-republic, a pseudo-monarchy and an ersatz democracy all rolled into one. We still have a king, but we don't have a…
Nation
In search of reconciliation
Peace is the highest common denominator for former warriors
TEXT AND PICTURES BY NAYANTARA GURUNG KAKSHAPATI
Chemo or yeti?
HELLA BINNENDIK Yeti hunters would do better to look after endangered Himalayan bears An American TV crew searching for yeti footprints found…
HELLA BINNENDIK IN LHASA
His master’s voice
The Maoists are returning to the Information Ministry that controls the state media
DHRUBA SIMKHADA
Review
Forgiving, but not forgetting
The investigations on Shivapuri and a new documentary force us to remember the disappeareds
MEGAN GREELY
Star Gazing
Staring into space
We complete another circle around the sun and 2007 is over Astronomers around the world celebrated 2007 as International Helio-physical Year.…
KEDAR P. BADU
Travel
Everest by air
Welcome the new year by flying past the highest mountains in the world
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA at 25,000FT
Update
From The Nepali Press
"The royal massacre was a conspiracy"
Excerpts of interview with Bibek Bikram Shah, Military Secretary at Narayanhiti during the royal massacre of 1 June 2001 in Nepal.
In this issue:
Will 2008 be any different? |Peace Train |Editorial: The year of the madhes |Happy new Nepal |A real state developer |New year revolutions |“The royal massacre was a conspiracy” |Airport attack |Not again |Welcome move |Everest by air |Chemo or yeti? |In search of reconciliation |Staring into space |Man or monster? |Forgiving, but not forgetting |Outside the box |Happy new ears |His master’s voice