No end in sight
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Sagar Rana has waited all night inside his car on a petrol line at Bhadrakali. It is now 9.30 AM on Thursday morning, the…
August 8-14, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Down to brass tacks
Ever since May 2002, all prime ministers in this country have been provisional. But we may not have to wait long now for a legitimate, elected…
Columns
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Slow-burn in the Tarai
If you do not deal with the youth bulge there will be conflict
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA
Be kind, rewind, rewatch, repeat
An ode to Hollywood blockbusters and a call for action charms and inspires
Backside by Ass
Sowing wild oaths
Notice how the hoo-ha about the Vices President swearing in Hindi died out as soon as it started? Even when VP Jha ignored the Supreme Court…
Nation
Interview
"Vocational training is the way to go"
ANUP PRAKASH Geoff Pines, Principal of Greenwich Community College in the UK, was in Kathmandu to speak about public-private partnership in…
Business
Review
A lucky Sherpa
"I guess you can call me lucky," says Lucky Sherpa, making a familiar joke about her name.
Tribute
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Business Briefs - Issue #412: LG-luck
LG-luckPurusottam Neupane recently won a TVS RTR ? 160cc Apache bike through a lucky draw on Call Kantipur, from LG's 'lawalaskar' offer that…
Letters
Letters - Issue #412: PORN WAVE
PORN WAVEPorn is not new in Nepal ('Porn wave', #411). In 1984, when I was living in Nepal, a house in my neighbourhood used to charge an…
In this issue:
No end in sight | Down to Brass Tacks | Editorial: Common maximum program | Nepal’s urban dystopia | Picture perfect | R oad to now here | Skin deep | Prachanda m eets Pushpa K am al | Party financing | Organic growth | Slow interest in fast food | Slow-burn in the Tarai | Economic Class | Sweat and tears | “Vocational training is the way to go” | The Gulag chronicler | Be kind, rew ind, rew atch, repeat | A lucky Sherpa | Backside: Sowing wild oaths