Nepal's turn?
After marathon meetings and shuttles all week, it now looks more and more likely that the UML-NC+15 small parties combine can reach the magic…
May 15-21, 2009
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Editorial
There they go again
Countries in fragile political transition have to be governed differently from stable democracies. Transitional politics require a unity of…
Columns
State Of The State by CK Lal
The master manipulator
PKD has united his flock by playing up Indian meddling
Here And There by Daniel Lak
Operation Democracy
Nepal needs to look beyond South Asia at how democracies manage their armies
Guest Column by Kul Chandra Gautam
The jury is out
What an irony that a party that hasn't renounced violence and keeps its own army wants "civilian supremacy
Strictly Business by Ashutosh Tiwari
Office politics
In Nepal, it's not just the government that is politicised
Khaire Bhai by Tom Owen-Smith
Not red enough
International communists weigh in on the Nepal revolution
Backside by Ass
Civil society supremacy
Stalwarts of the civilian society have been demonstrating their supremacy by joining nationwide protests by krantikari buffalos this week. But…
Nation
Semi-automatic autonomy
The suspension of the Tharu agitation gives the Tarai some respite
ANALYSIS by KUNDA DIXIT
Close to the edge
The Kusunda are not just facing poverty and alienation, but extinction
KONG YEN LIN in BENI
Alternative investment
Prithvi Bahadur Pand? is no stranger to those acquainted with the Nepali banking sector having worked first at Himalayan Bank and now as CEO of…
Culture
A generation awakens to hip hop
ALL PICS: CHONG ZI LIANG STEP UP: (l-r) Nepali b-boy Naresh Darlami performs an 'elbow freeze'; a Thai judge demonstrates a move at a b-boying…
Leisure
Electric 'car'-nival
Most of Kathmandu's battery-operated vehicles will be joining a charity electric car rally next month to raise money for the rehabilitation of…
Constitution Supplement
What about Dalits?
Ethnicity has taken the central stage in the debate on federalism. Languages and regional criteria have also been mooted.Janajati are pushing…
Yam Bahadur Kisan
Many tongues, one voice
Language and ethnicity are at the heart of federalism, not just geography
AMAR KANTA JHA
From The Nepali Press
Batsayan in Kantipur, 10 May
We thought it was a machine to build roads, turns out it is to establish people's supremacy! Sign: People's supremacy Newspaper: NC and UML…
Biz Brief
Seamless banking
All 29 branches of Everest Bank now operate as a single bank with online communication and transfer of data as the company has upgraded its…
Letters
Letters - Issue #451: VIDEO FIASCO
We have now heard from the horse's mouth about the real strength of the Maoist PLA? somewhere in the vicinity of 7,000 combatants. This number…
In this issue:
Nepal’s turn? | There they go again | The jury is out | The master manipulator | Do or die | Hard nut to crack | Office politics | Alternative investment | What about Dalits? | Many tongues, one voice | Semi-automatic autonomy | Close to the edge | Not red enough | The Tharu | Operation Democracy | Electric ‘car’-nival | Festivals of the Valley | Nepal to the Nile | Backside: Civil society supremacy