Silver lining?
This isn't Darfur, it is a sandstorm hitting the desertified Kosi after the river was diverted to its previous channel. For the 60,000 people…
May 22-28, 2009
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Editorial
Start again
The political deadlock continues because Nepal's rulers either have no idea what they are doing or have no concern for what is at stake:…
Columns
Comment by Achyut Wagle
Cash crunch
Printing bank notes without tackling the real malaise will inflame inflation
Here And There by Daniel Lak
New beginning in Sri Lanka
The Tigers may have been defeated, but has the war ended?
Critical Cinema by A Angelo D'Silva
The final journey
Probing our unease with death, Departures explores the catharsis of ritual and the dignity of work
Backside by Ass
Federal express
Rate we are going, the new federal constitution of Nepal is looking more and more like a mirage. The closer we get to it, the more it recedes.…
Nation
New Nepal
Barring new complications, Madhav Kumar Nepal is being voted Nepal's new prime minister. The stalemate that paralysed parliament for over two…
Where the buffalos used to roam
Correcting the impact of the Kosi flood means addressing the needs of the wildlife reserve
SITA MADEMBA in DHARAN
Flood of babies
Another monsoon is around the corner and newborns in Kosi's refugee camps are more vulnerable than ever
KONG YEN LIN in BENI
Stolen children
After the Kosi breached its embankments last year, there has been a rise in the abduction of children by Indian human traffickers. If the…
The medium is the massage
There is plenty of room for Nepal to capitalise on spa tourism
Business
Review
Three- minute democracy
A couple of friends were surfing on youtube when they came across a site posted by the US Department of State announcing a short three minute…
Picture freedom
When the photography exhibition Chobi Mela first launched in Dhaka in 2000, most in the region knew very little about non-western photography…
Economy
Constitution Supplement
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
On top
On his 19th climb to the summit of Everest on 21 May, Apa Sherpa put up a banner proclaiming 'Stop Climate Change?Let the Himalayas Live!'. This…
Letters
Letters - Issue #452: USEFUL IDIOTS
It is disingenuous of you to use Lenin's famous words, 'useful idiots', to describe only the political parties of Nepal ('Useful idiots,' #450).…
In this issue:
Silver lining? | Start Again | Past imperfect | A time to heal | Cash crunch | Soaring on tourism | Positive partnerships | Matters of procedure | Coming back empty-handed | Housing the landless | Division of sovereignty | Naturally Nepal | The medium is the massage | Where the buffalos used to roam | Stolen children | Flood of babies | New beginning in Sri Lanka | Three- minute democracy | The final journey | Picture freedom | Backside: Federal express