Monkey business
PICS: KIRAN PANDAY Following protests by animal rights activists, the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources this week directed the…
DEWAN RAI
February 27 - March 5, 2009
Headline
Editorial
JN's raison d'etre
MUKESH POKHREL With its closely-fought election out of the way, the UML now has an even bigger challenge: to prove its reason for being.…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Another letter from home
One year after agreement, lessons still haven't been learnt in the Madhes
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA
Waltzing on a wire
The Academy Awards always has a certain self-congratulatory ring, members and audiences applauding their own supposed good taste: on one hand…
Guest Column by JACQUES MOREILLON
Rules of war
Ratifying treaties is necessary, but to respect their obligations is indispensable
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
The centre can't hold
All the parties are competing to appease the militants
Backside by ASS
Where is Lenin?
Had we not got so used to seeing it being worn by officials, our daura suruwal national dress would look pretty ridiculous. It is a cross…
Nation
"If there is another movement, we will be back on the streets"
Kishori Mandal rides a rickshaw and is a UML member. Jadhu Paswan is the area committee chief of the Dalit Janajati Party. Ram Kapar was in NC…
Asylum in Hong Kong
Nepalis will pay to go to Hong Kong even to be declared refugees
DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA in HONG KONG
Interview
A strategic hydropower plan
New York-based lawyer, Jenik Radon, teaches international business and investments at Columbia University. He is a regular visitor to Nepal and…
Review
Himals in Holland
The Sixth Himalayan Film Festival at the Free University (VU) of Amsterdam on 14-15 February screened 50 films about the Himalaya to 2,200…
Constitution Supplement
Muslims want identity, representation...
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Although they make up 10 per cent of the population, Nepal's Muslims are under-represented at the decision-making level.…
...gender rights and education
KONG YEN LIN SCARRED: Hasron Idrishi's mother holds a picture of her daughter when she was admitted to hospital after her husband set her on…
KONG YEN LIN in NEPALGANJ
Climate Change
The gods are angry
Rolwaling villagers say climate change is a result of divine wrath
KISHOR RIMAL in DOLAKHA
GREEN BUSINESS
Going natural
PICS: KONG YEN LIN Nepal's Himalaya is a rich storehouse of herbs, many of them rare and with medicinal properties. The irony of it is that…
PAAVAN MATHEMA
Music
"A visceral, core joy"
New York jazz singer Sachal Vasandani is praised for the way he bridged jazz and pop in his debut album, Eyes Wide Open. He is performing on…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Business Briefs - Issue #440: Milky way
Milky wayHimalayan Bank has signed an agreement with the Dairy Development Corporation to provide simple credit to cooperatives involved in the…
Letters
Letters - Issue #440: DIASPORA
DIASPORACK Lal calls extreme the viewpoints of the Nepali diaspora without any basis or evidence ('Rise of the diaspora, #439). Lal shows more…
In this issue:
Monkey business | Rules of war | Jacques Moreillon | The centre can’t hold | ”If there is another movement, we will be back on thestreets” | Barricades to growth | A strategic hydropower plan | A long wait | Failure to pay | Ten promises | Muslims want identity, representation... | ...gender rights and education | The gods are angry | Asylum in Hong Kong | Organic growth | “A visceral, core joy” | Himals in Holland | Backside: Where is Lenin?