May 29 - June 4, 2009
Headline
Editorial
Action now
The perpetrators of last week's fatal blast at the Assumption Church in Dhobighat were terrorist, pure and simple. No religion preaches…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Towards a praetorian republic
Nepal maybe the only place where Huntington will be proven right
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
From the Middle Kingdom
Figuring out China is what contemporary statecraft in Asia should be about
Backside by Ass
Right Honourable Makunay
Somehow it doesn't feel right calling the right honourable prime minister by his Nepali initials 'Makunay' anymore. Despite being a communist,…
Nation
Taking a path less trodden
"We don't want to make Nepal's mistakes" is a phrase you hear often in Bhutan
KUNDA DIXIT in THIMPHU
The resistants
The fight for equality opened doors for the Gurkhas to settle in the UK, but the towns back home are now deserted
SITA MANDEBA in DHARAN
Leisure
A night of Stevie Wonder
We is the king of the 'last slow dance' and no romantic compilation album would be complete without 'I just called to say I love you' while many…
Constitution Supplement
Star Gazing
From The Nepali Press
"Armed struggle is not a hobby"
Excerpts of interview with Comrade Sushil from the Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) in Lal Salam Blog
"We will not stay in this new mechanism"
Interview with Maoist leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha (Prakash) In Janadisha, 25 May
Letters
Letters - Issue #453: ACT OF TERRORISM
ACT OF TERRORISMI was shocked to read on your site (www.nepalitimes.com) that a church in Kathmandu had been bombed killing two people and…
In this issue:
Eyes right | Towards a praetorian republic | Action Now | MKN’s checklist | Beat the heat | “Armed struggle is not a hobby” | “We will not stay in this new mechanism” | Act of cowardice | One year to go | “Federalism doesn’t suddenly bring development” | Taking a path less trodden | The resistants | From the Middle Kingdom | A night of Stevie Wonder | Summer skies | Backside: Right Honourable Makunay