Issue #384

January 25-31, 2008

Headline

Getting there

Getting there

We have to get to 10 April as there won't be a fourth chance

ANALYSIS by KANAK MANI DIXIT

Editorial

Oil slick

Oil slick

The parastatal Nepal Oil Corporation is a parasite. But even by its dismal management standards, the decision this week to raise prices was…

Columns

Dark forces rising
State Of The State by CK LAL

Dark forces rising

With the Maoists now on board, it looks like someone else is causing trouble

Dreaming of home
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA

Dreaming of home

Jewish exiles struggle to adapt

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Another window

The government has bought itself a little more time to respond on the madhes

Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Misplaced concern

Capital flight and market liquidity are not Nepal's worries

Backside by Ass

Sri Paunch President

One thing this week's oil price riots did was distract the public's attention from the fact that we have finally been able to see the first…

Nation

SALT MOUNTAIN

SALT MOUNTAIN

How plastic bags and a drop of iodine bred success

GEORGE MCBEAN in MANANG

Nabil goes rural

Nabil goes rural

It's not just profits that is driving Nepal's first joint venture bank to venture out to the villages

Interview

Review

Drama in real life

Drama in real life

A riveting new radio series promises to spread a message of tolerance and peace

KUNDA DIXIT

Tribute

Family, friends and the future

Family, friends and the future

Sir Ed's state funeral celebrated his life with a determination to build on his remarkable legacy

JEMIMA SHERPA in AUCKLAND

On top of the world

On top of the world

Massive ice towers, torrents of water, crevasses and blistering snowstorms bar their path, but the climbers force themselves onward, scaling…

SANTOSH BARAILI

Moving Target

Technology

Magic gadgets

Magic gadgets

CAN InfoTech 2008, the 14th Nepal Information Technology Show and Conference, opens on 29 January at the BICC in Kathmandu. Nepali Times brings you news of the latest tools and toys that are hitting the stores in Nepal this year.

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Getting there | il Slick | Editorial: Another window | Dark forces rising | Misplaced concern | Street power | Sitaula the survivor | “Nepal is not a failed or failing state” | How plastic bags and a drop of iodine bred success | The benevolent mountaineer | Family, friends and the future | On top of the world | Dreaming of home | Drama in real life | Holiday in Kenya’s tarai | Nabil goes rural | Backside: Sri Paunch President