June 20-26, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Prime Minister Dahal
Enough is enough. If it takes two months after an election verdict to form a government and three weeks after the declaration of a republic to…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Begin at the beginning
The disappearances, impunity and terror started 23 years ago
Nepalipan by RUBEENA MAHATO
Children of the revolution
A cult of martyrdom persists in a Rolpa primary school
Eyewitness by PRANAYA SJB RANA in MAHARASTRA, INDIA
Juggling with young lives
Nepali child slaves face a brighter future after rescue from Indian circus abuse
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Work in progress
Let the rule of law be the king in the new republic
Backside by Ass
A suitable president
Thanks to loyal readers in Derbyshire for alerting the donkey to the Maoist Summer Camp in the Peak District on 4-8 July. Book early because the…
Nation
Nepal's silent food emergency
The soaring cost of food has turned an already precarious situation into a full blown crisis
KUNDA DIXIT
Food crisis epicentre
Jajarkot, Achham and Dailekh are the worst hit by the nationwide food crisis
RAMESWOR BOHARA
Reading, writing, arithmetic and revolution
The Maoists' model people's schools in Rukum and Rolpa seem an anachronism in post-conflict Nepal
PRAKASH MAHATARA in RUKUM
Review
Silk Route detour via Mt 8848
When Robin Sitoula of Party Nepal met Indian singer Mohit Chauhan in Delhi two years ago, they agreed that Chauhan would come to Nepal to…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Business Briefs - Issue #405: Mercantile express
Mercantile express Mercantile has introduced a four-hour Express Service for Acer notebook users. Now Mercantile can have Acer notebooks…
Letters
Letters - Issue #405: SAME TO SAME
SAME TO SAMESeems like Kunda Dixit is pretty sure that things are certain to go wrong ('Same to same', #404). Why the pessimism? Let's stop…
In this issue:
Same old Nepal | Prime Minister Dahal | Editorial: Veering off course | Begin at the beginning | Food crisis epicentre | Nepal’s silent food emergency | Work in progress | Next president? | Narayanhiti to Nagarjun | Who controls the army? | Juggling with young lives | Children of the revolution | Reading, writing,arithmetic and revolution | CHINDIA | A class struggle | Silk Route detour via Mt 8848 | Backside: A suitable president