'B' for Budget
DAMBER KRISHNA SHRESTHA LOOKING UP TO GOVERNMENT: Children walking to the Mane Danda Primary School in northern Dolakha last week. Friday's…
KIRAN NEPAL
September 19-25, 2008
Headline
Editorial
Molars and tusks
PRASHANT JHA In Nepali there is a saying about elephants having tusks outside for show and the real chewing teeth hidden inside the mouth…
Columns
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Policing sleaze
The world's newest republic cracks down on the world's oldest profession
Backside by Ass
Dirty dancing and national security
We start our weekly backside recap with this debriefing on the prime minister's visit to India. There was a security alert half-an-hour before…
Nation
Toilet trained
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Bindeshwar Pathak is immaculately dressed in a Nehru coat, sitting at the table of the executive suite at a Kathmandu…
Music for a cause
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA The vibrant monsoon song 'Ab ke sawan aise barse' is probably the first thing that comes to mind when the name Shubha…
Voice and sarangi
NAYANTARA GURUNG KAKSHAPATI When Barta Gandharva sings, her voice carries a startling note of struggle that stands at odds with her stature and…
Stylish spine
It isn't just any other trophy. Made out of crystal and spectacularly cut, the new trophy for SIRC (Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center) 6th…
Criminal copycats
Most Nepali singers, composers and writers are ignorant of the country's copyright law?or if they do know about it, they have long given up…
Business
International
From The Nepali Press
"Flood-control, irrigation, hydropower"
India's union water resources minister Saif Uddin Soz speaks to Navin Singh Khadka BBC Nepali Service, 12 September
Business Briefs
Business Briefs - Issue #418: Open for business
Open for businessPrime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal concluded a reasonably successful visit to India assuring India's business elite that Nepal…
Letters
Letters - Issue #418: WELCOME TO INDIA
WELCOME TO INDIAMr Ambassador, what is so confusing about the concept of equidistance in the context of Nepal's relations with India and China…
In this issue:
‘B’ for Budget | Molars and Tusks | Editorial: Goodwill hunting | National rage | Chain reaction | Open for business | Dasain ayo | Policing sleaze | “Flood-control, irrigation, hydropower” | Cash from trash | Toilet A trained | Music for a cause | Still fighting | Drying up | Stylish spine | Criminal copycats | Backside: Dirty dancing and national security