Issue #455

June 12-18, 2009

Headline

Editorial

Cop out

Cop out

KIRAN PANDAY Indoctrinated in the theory that power comes out of barrels of guns, former guerillas in the former government were understandably…

Columns

The ripe mango
State Of The State by CK LAL

The ripe mango

Now that Nepal is in the hot seat, he must use this historic opportunity

Law and disorder
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL

Law and disorder

A generation for which impunity is the norm

Poor Winston Churchill
Here And There by DANIEL LAK

Poor Winston Churchill

Nepal's communists need to see the defeat of India's left as an early warning

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

At the Forum

The MJF split makes politics even more unstable

Backside by Ass

22 rajahs

Even the Ass had underestimated just how serious the lust for power was going to be on the part of netas who wanna be in the new coalition. The…

Nation

ROADSHOW

ROADSHOW

Pokhara to Jomsom used to take five days to trek, now a day away by jeep, but not everyone is happy

TEXT and PICS by KIRAN PANDAY

Business

Review

'After the blood come the tears'

'After the blood come the tears'

When nepa-laya's picture book of the conflict, A People War, was released in 2007 it told in pictures the story of how the violence had affected…

Constitution Supplement

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Charity electric car rally

A convoy of 30 battery-operated cars, scooters and three wheelers will travel in an electric vehicle rally between the Maitighar Mandala in…

Letters

Letters - Issue #455: ETHNIC CARD

ETHNIC CARD"But there should be zero tolerance for incitement of ethnic intolerance and hatred for short-term political gain" ('The ethnic…

In this issue:

Close to the edge | Cop Out | At the Forum | The ripe mango | Crafted in Kathmandu | Lip service, or tongue lashing? | Turn by turn | What’s in a name? | Horse trading | Consensus, not confrontation | Class inclusive | A division of the spoils | Law and disorder | Hypocrite whole-timers | Individual spirit | ‘After the blood come the tears’ | Backside: 22 rajahs