January 18-24, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Madhes checklist
SAM KANG LI It's time someone gave the Prime Minister a wakeup call on the madhes. Two NC ministers who should be warning their boss about the…
Columns
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
The real world
The 'market' is not a theoretical concept but the phone call from a customer
Backside by Ass
Arrest the Ass
With power cuts soon to go up to 11 hours a day, the Ass would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the staying power of our rulers.…
Nation
Learning all about the birds and the trees
RESOURCES HIMALAYA BIRDERS: Gokarna Khanal and Kapil Pokharel of Chitwan's Bird Education Society take visiting students on a trip to identify…
PRIYA JOSHI in CHITWAN
Last trek to Jomsom
It may not be long before you can drive a Mustang to Mustang
Text and Pictures by MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA in JOMSOM
Feet on the pedals
A dedicated British couple teach Nepali teachers
DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA in BIRATNAGAR
Review
Update
From The Nepali Press
Tibet train to the border
Excerpts from an interview with Zheng Xianglin, Chinese ambassador to Nepal, in Nepal, 20 January
In this issue:
Going for broke | Madhes checklist | Editorial: Just do it | Family business | Entering another dimension | The real world | “I couldn’t just be a spectator anymore” | Uncivil society | Tibet train to the border | Song of unity | Last trekustang to Mustang to Jomsom | Feet on the pedals | Learning all about the birds and the trees | Sins of the sister | Not lost in translation | Backside: Arrest the Ass