Issue #390

March 7-13, 2008

Headline

Poll drama

Poll drama

Candidate, cash and caste will decide Madhes vote

PRASHANT JHA IN BIRGANJ AND RAXAUL

Editorial

Half the sky

Half the sky

KUNDA DIXIT The real revolution that has swept Nepal in the past 12 years is not of the political kind. It is the dramatic strides this country…

Columns

The American dream
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

The American dream

Maintaining a topdog position is always challenging

Backside by Ass

Dummy candidates

Nepal's tourism planners decided three years ago to hire a rather horny-looking Rhino Dai as its frolicking brand ambassador with the suggestive…

Nation

No men’s land

No men’s land

Rural Nepal survives on remittances, but at what cost?

WONG SHU YUN in MYAGDI

Interview

Nepal still in crisis

Nepal still in crisis

KIRAN PANDAY David Seddon is the author of Nepal in Crisis. This Wednesday in Kathmandu he presented a discussion of the same name, examining…

'Truly Asia' cuisine promo

'Truly Asia' cuisine promo

WONG SHU YUN Dato Mirza Mohammad Taiyab Beg, Director General of Tourism Malaysia, shares his views on the marketing of destinations and the…

Culture

The Dutch connection

The Dutch connection

MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Erna Anema came to Nepal from the Netherlands for the mountains, but she fell in love with Kathmandu's art. Anema was…

Women's Day Special

Treating pain and shame

Treating pain and shame

Mobile clinics in remote western Nepal provide relief, but are a drop in the ocean

MALLIKA ARYAL in BAJHANG

Deepa, Pushpa, Sita and Maiya

Deepa, Pushpa, Sita and Maiya

ICRC LEFT ALONE: Sunamati, whose husband is missing since the war. Deepa Pandey lives in Surkhet, Pushpa Chaudhary is from Kailali, Sita Thapa…

From The Nepali Press

Naumule now

Naumule now

Tila Bhandari in Himal Khabarpatrika,28 February-13 March

Rival

Interview with Sanu Kumar Shrestha, UML candidate from Kathmandu-10 in Sanghu, 3 March

In this issue:

Poll drama | Half the sky | Editorial: No matter where | History and geography | No men’s land | The American dream | Truly Asia' cuisine promo | Naumule now | Don’t forget | So near, and yet so wild | Waiting for spring | Treating pain and shame | Giving credit where it’s due | Deepa, Pushpa, Sita and Maiya | Nepal still in crisis | The Dutch connection | Oriental affectation, Occidental disaffection | A new way of thinking | Levelled fields | Backside: Dummy candidates