Issue #385

February 1-7, 2008

Headline

Top heavy

Top heavy

Let down twice, Nepalis are sceptical about polls

KUNDA DIXIT in DANG

Editorial

Beg, borrow or steal

Beg, borrow or steal

SAM KANG LI Nepalis have come to expect shoddy treatment from their rulers, whether democratic, autocratic or feudal. Preoccupied as this…

Columns

State Of The State by CK LAL

India can help

Our neighbour has influence but in the end the buck stops with Mr Koirala

Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Political youth

Our ageing politicians neglect the young at their own risk

Backside by Ass

Social lavatory

Many have described Nepali politics as a theatre of the absurd. But in Ass' scatological opinion, it is more of a social lavatory. In all this,…

Nation

Do it yourself

Do it yourself

Palpa's villagers don't suffer power cuts because they generate their own electricity

GOVINDA LUITEL in PALPA

A-DRESSING THE NATION

A-DRESSING THE NATION

Aspiring designers at the IEC School of Art and Fashion turn their paper dreams into reality

WONG SHU YUN

Star Gazing

Moving Target

In this issue:

Top heavy | Beg, Sorrow or steal | Editorial: Things fall apart | India can help | Do it yourself | Political youth | “The PLA will not be used as security guards” | Any answers? | Still unconnected | Kids of Cosmandu | Back from breakdown | War trauma | Ganatantra at 30,000ft | Who owns the world? | Bloody capitalist | Backside: Social lavatory