Issue #382

January 11-17, 2008

Headline

Third time lucky?

Third time lucky?

Poll dates are set, but the reshuffle may not be enough to mollify all madhesis

SUBASH DEVKOTA

Editorial

Back to the SSR

Back to the SSR

BILASH RAI If there is one thing that symbolises how far we have come in nearly two years of the peace process, it is the sight of the newly…

Columns

The sigh of Susta
State Of The State by CK LAL

The sigh of Susta

Border issues are whipped up whenever rulers want to distract the public

Nepal, Inc.
Nepalipan by DHARMA ADHIKARI

Nepal, Inc.

We should be rebranding our nation in a more positive light

Share scare
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Share scare

The interim parliament and the stock exchange bear an uncanny resemblance to each other

Double billing
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA

Double billing

Technically a zombie movie, I am Legend smartly keeps its zombies out of sight until well into the movie, which serves to focus on the…

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Deadline pressure

Madhesi groups have set a 19 January ultimatum

Guest Column by ARUNA UPRETY

Dear Comrade

An open letter to Puspha Kamal Dahal

Backside by Ass

Long live Joketantra

What do Nepal and Naples have in common besides the fact that every year the postal service mis-directs thousands of letters with Nepali…

Nation

Kirtipur

Kirtipur

So near, and yet so long ago

SRISHTI ADHIKARI

A burning issue

A burning issue

Bir Hospital's burns unit does its best to provide top class care at rock bottom prices

MALLIKA ARYAL

Review

Aussie action

Aussie action

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

Update

From The Nepali Press

War games

War games

Bhojraj Bhatt in Kantipur Koseli, 5 January

Economic envoy

Excerpts from an interview with Vijay Kant Karna, Maoist-appointed ambassador to Denmark, Abhiyan, 7-13 January

In this issue:

Third time lucky? | back to the SSR | Editorial: Dear Comrade | The sigh of Susta | Deadline pressure | Spoiling for another fight | Share scare | Stagflation cometh | “If your stomach hurts, is it the king’s fault?” | Melamchi mirage | War games | Kirtipur | Nepal, Inc. | A burning issue | Double billing | Aussie action | Coming of age with Kagbeni | Backside: Long live Joketantra