July 17-23, 2009
Headline
Editorial
Audacity to hope
Forget the politics. Nepal is in crisis because of the stagnating economy, falling farm productivity, a rising population and negative job…
Columns
Guest Column by KUL CHANDRA GAUTAM
Rollback violence
Let us build a grand alliance to put pressure on groups that incite violence
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA
Moonwalker
A wacky, but poignant and fitting, tribute to MJ's life that MJ himself created
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
India confused by Nepal's confusion
Conflicting objectives have led to a drift in India's Nepal policy.
Backside by Ass
Multiple choices
By now, it is pretty clear that even the Right Honourable Makunay doesn't know whether he is coming or going. In fact, the only place he's going…
Nation
Nepal's take
KIRAN PANDAY Madhav Kumar Nepal's government lacks credibility due to the second-rank leaders sent to it, including many who did not win…
Earning greenbacks by greening Nepal
We can cash in on our community forestry success, but first we need to get our act together
DEWAN RAI
Phone-in to have your future foretold
The switchboard is lighting up at tv astrology programs as the total solar eclipse approaches
SABHYATA TIMSINA
Up close and personal with the eclipse
Take a unique flight next Wednesday to see darkness after sunrise over Mt Everest
Interview
"There is no reason why Nepal can't prosper"
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Guy Ullens is a Belgian businessman. In the early 1970s, he took over his family's food empire, and turned the troubled…
International
Constitution Supplement
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Easy trade
To facilitate trade, finance and remittance between Nepal and China, Everest Bank in association with the Bank of China has opened a Nostro…
Letters
Letters - Issue #460: EAST-WEST
EAST-WESTIt brought tears to my eyes reading Kunda Dixit's travel-blogs 'A State of Lawlessness' (www.nepalitimes.com). The piece describes just…
In this issue:
Keep door open | Audacity to hope | Rollback violence | A flailing state | India confused by Nepal’s confusion | Earning greenbacks by greening Nepal | Bad joke | “There is no reason why Nepal can’t prosper” | Incomplete budget | Action now | Right priorities | Kinglike | Fragmentation danger | “Elected to write, not quarrel” | K9-Friendly | Up close and personal with the eclipse | Phone-in to have your future foretold | Treason in the air | Climate change bailout | Moonwalker | Backside:Multiple choices