Issue #421

October 17-23, 2008

Headline

Editorial

Terrain warning

Terrain warning

SURAJ KUNWAR Nepal is one of those places in the world where a traditionally fatalistic society that hasn't had time to adjust to the outside…

Columns

Maoist road show
Here And There by DANIEL LAK

Maoist road show

"Is he really a Maoist?" one American communist muttered.

The theatre of war
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA

The theatre of war

Chicago 10 and Battle in Seattle revisit protests

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Talk the talk

The government and Madhesi militants are talking not because they want a solution, but to be seen as striving for one

INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL

The Gurkhas and Lahore

In the city where it all started, they don't even know who Lahures are

Backside by Ass

Judge a party by its tea party

The Baddies-led government is leaving no stone unturned to restore a semblance of normalcy to this nation by clearing squatters from the…

Nation

Water world

Water world

Three months after the Kosi changed course, Bihar and Nepal are joined by tragedy

LINE WOLF NIELSEN in BIHAR PHOTOS by SUMIT DAYAL

Interview

Culture

Doctor dogs

Doctor dogs

MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Mango and Tara are at the Bal Mandir for their monthly play time and seem to enjoy it as much as the children do. Mango…

Bohemian Nepalis

Bohemian Nepalis

As the Nepali diaspora expands, it is getting difficult not to see a Nepali restaurant in the world's big cities. But Nepalis can now be found…

International

From The Nepali Press

Business Briefs

Letters

In this issue:

Back to work |Terrain Warning |Editorial: Talk the talk |The Gurkhas and Lahore |Local impact of global gloom |“Capitalism has degenerated into a casino” |Maoist road show |Ashok died for a better future |Dependency |Gang politics |Water world |Thailand’s elite revolutionaries |Bohemian Nepalis |Backside: Judge a party by its tea party