April 3-9, 2009
Headline
Editorial
Wake up
We have the unenviable task of trying to wake up rulers pretending to be asleep. It is now only a question of time before dashed hopes turn into…
Columns
Guest Column by INDRA MOHAN SIGDEL
Objective situation
Nepal's revolution has international significance
State Of The State by CK LAL
30 years of struggle
It has been one long, hard struggle since April 1979
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Bias in business
Non-logical factors that can lead the decision-making process astray
Backside by Ass
Knational knife
Only in Nepal will activists belonging to a party that controls the Ministry of Water Resources go out into the streets to protest the shortage…
Nation
Basantapur by night
Among throngs of people and bustle of market, the old town square is still a place of peace
ROMA ARYAL
Peace is yet to be
The end of war hasn't yet brought justice and equality in Dang
KONG YEN LIN in DANG
Enlisting in the revolution
Despite the Supreme Court's decision to block recruitment, many line up to join the Maoist army
CHONG ZI LIANG in SURKHET
No change
You don't have to go far from Kathmandu to gauge the disillusionment
MALLIKA ARYAL in KABHRE
Business
"I did the calculations, and took a calculated risk"
Tashi Sherpa returns to set up an international adventure gear manufacturing unit in Nepal
KUNDA DIXIT
Review
From artisan to artist
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Most of Aymeric Hamon's paintings are visions of complete serenity: a Buddha from a temple carving, an old man with eyes…
Thunder, hail and jazz
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Based on their performance on 27 March at the Army Club auditorium, Ozma, the French quintet jazz band should add the word…
Economy
"I did the calculations, and took a calculated risk"
Tashi Sherpa returns to set up an international adventure gear manufacturing unit in Nepal
KUNDA DIXIT
Constitution Supplement
"We are all Nepalis first"
Residents of the Tamang-dominated Kakani Bhanjyang of Sindhupalchowk gather to discuss the issues that the new constitution should address.
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Empty seats
Figures released by the Tribhuban International Airport indicate that tourist arrivals by air this month, compared to March last year, have…
Letters
Letters - Issue #445: PARAS OFFENSIVE
PARAS OFFENSIVEYour contributor in the web edition Eric Ellis has taken it upon himself to attack the journalistic integrity of Singapore's The…
In this issue:
Time to kill | Wake up | Objective situation | 30 years of struggle | Damage control | “I did the calculations, and took a calculated risk” | Bias in business | Splits within splits | Religious revival | Fire Alarms | People smarter | Non-indigenous | “We are all Nepalis first” | The judiciary in a federalism | Basantapur by night | No change | Peace is yet to be | Enlisting in the revolution | Don’t eat fish, let them eat you | Jim Edwards, 75 | From artisan to artist | Backside: Knational knife