Issue #456

June 19-25, 2009

Headline

Fresh start

One month after being elected prime minister by parliament, Madhav Kumar Nepal was still not able to complete his cabinet expansion despite the…

Editorial

Civilian parties

KIRAN PANDAY Confused by the political wrangling and back-stabbing? Frustrated and cynical about the political leadership? Let's try to simplify…

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Columns

State Of The State by CK LAL

Mutually assured demolition

The country lurches from one shutdown to another

Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Threatening move

Shutdowns violate the fundamental rights of citizens

Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA

Worlds apart

The pitfalls of meddling with fans

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Squeeze the middle

History is repeating itself, but not as a farce

Backside by Ass

A psychedelic Prithbi Narayan

That was one helluva successful bund. One of the most successful we've had in donkey's years. Monday's YCL bund was in fact so effective that…

Nation

Mount Everest often gets bad press for commercialisation and the lack of morality of its climbers. However, Nepali Times mountaineering correspondent and climber, Billi Bierling, saw a different side on the way to the summit this spring.

The power of a good example

A rare policeman in a far-flung district tries to do good

KUNDA DIXIT in ARGHAKHANCHI

Despite all odds

Biratnagar braves floods, crime and power cuts to keep on going

After surviving war, Achham battles Aids

KONG YEN LIN TRIPLE SETBACK: 50-year-old Jamuna Buddha lost her youngest son, a civilian police, during the conflict period in Achham when he…

KONG YEN LIN in ACHHAM

Khumbu after nightfall

ALEX TREADWAY THE LIGHTS OF EVEREST BASE CAMP ON THE KHUMBU ICEFALL IN MID-MAY. HIROYUKI KURAOKA CAMP 2 IN THE WESTERN CWM, WITH LHOTSE GLOWING…

Lounging around

If you are tired of Kathmandu's seedy airport, wait it out on the upper deck

Interview

"The east has potential"

After completing his MBA in Sydney in 2001, Roshan Bahadur Thapa returned to Nepal to start the South Asia School of Tourism and Hotel Management (SASTHM) in Biratnagar. Thapa was warned that Biratnagar was not a tourist-friendly city but eight years later, he says he made the right choice. Extracts of interview: