Issue #403

June 6-12, 2008

Headline

The middle way

The middle way

"The Maoists still have to reassure the other parties that they are a democratic, non-violent force"

Editorial

No half way

No half way

MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Like pregnancy, one can't be half-democratic, especially in a country like ours that has lived through and fought against…

Columns

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Who'll blink first?

Spare a thought for voters who thought they'd see change

Backside by Ass

Jana-Gana-Mana-Tantra

After Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's message of felicitation was read out to the first session of the Constituent Assembly, some…

Nation

Full citizens

Full citizens

Sexual minorities are moving towards recognition

WONG SHU YUN

Interview

Sports

From The Nepali Press

Competent

Competent

Jayapuri Gharti Magar in Naya Patrika, 4 June

Witch-hunt

Editorial in Nepal Samacharpatra, 2 June

Business Briefs

Letters

In this issue:

The middle way |No Half Way |Editorial: Who’ll blink first? |Chairman becomes premier |Country air and singing bowls |Tranquility amidst the chaos |Pressuring the press |Crude words |Witch-hunt |Competent |Still hand to mouth |Peacetime in a war zone |Stopping the haemorrhage |Great Firewall coming down? |Sobering thought |Full citizens |“Nepal shows it is possible to de-link from US imperialism” |Backside: Jana-Gana-Mana-Tantra