February 15-21, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Destination of the nation
Who is guilty for the Constituent Assembly election not taking place? (Seven party alliance means six parties plus the Maoists) A decade of war…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
The day of the pretenders
Stop posturing and get the elections over and done with
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA
No short shrift for shorts
Short films rarely get the respect as their feature-length brethren, passed over for distribution and often merely accompanying longer pieces in…
Guest Column by SUDHINDRA SHARMA
Rock and hard place
The Madhes and Pahad differ widely over state restructuring
Backside by Ass
It’s a circus out there
Everything they say in travel guides about Nepalis being a peace-loving and gentle people is true. In any other country they'd have set fire to…
Nation
"In god’s hands"
The closing of a hospital is proof that politics kills people
KUNDA DIXIT in DADELDHURA
Mushrooming orphanages
The use(lessness) of children's homes in Nepal
WILKO VERBAKEL and SUSAN VAN KLAVEREN
Smoke and dust
When smoke spews out of the chimney, the brick factory comes alive.
TEXT and PICTURES by SAM KANG LI
The grass is always greener
Dining out in Singapore, chances are the waiters will all be Nepali students on internships
SHEERE NG in SINGAPORE
Review
Voyages through film
Personne n'est parfait Kathmandu is no stranger to film festivals. From documentaries at Film South Asia to Aussie flicks at the Australian Film…
From The Nepali Press
"We couldn’t fight forever"
Excerpts from an interview with CPN-M chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Himal Khabarpatrika, 13- 27 February
In this issue:
Plan A | Destination of the nation | Editorial: Rock and hard place | The day of the pretenders | “In god’s hands” | Free drugs | Breaking the deadlock | “We couldn’t fight forever” | Splintered | Helpless NEA | Team India | Smoke and dust | Flood gates closed | Mushrooming orphanages | The grass is always greener | Epicentre Kathmandu | No short shrift for shorts | backside: It’s a circus out there