Issue #461

July 24-30, 2009

Headline

Power struggle

Power struggle

So you thought last winter's load shedding was bad?

DEWAN RAI

Editorial

The great game

The great game

International geopolitics seem to always repeat themselves as a farce. Slaughters are justified in the name of empires, proxy wars raged during…

Columns

No dignity in death
State Of The State by CK LAL

No dignity in death

Every day, the bodies of three Nepali migrant workers arrive at Kathmandu airport

Actions speak louder
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Actions speak louder

Words alone will not attract foreign investors

Queering the pitch
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL

Queering the pitch

Celebration over Nepal's same-sex marriage legislation is a little bit premature

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Angry aftermath

'Encounter' killings escalate in the Tarai

Comment by ALOK K BOHARA

Confidence vote

Two families in Butwal who turned tragedy into hope

Backside by Ass

A totalitarian eclipse

here are many signs that we are regressing as a nation, and the latest was the government-declared solar curfew on Wednesday to celebrate the…

Nation

A flat life

A flat life

Kathmandu makes an uneasy transition to apartment-living

SUVAYU DEV PANT

Cabin fever

Cabin fever

Living so close to one another means everyone must make sacrifices

CHONG ZI LIANG

Review

Sacred valley

Sacred valley

Old Kathmandu is waiting to be a re-discovered

SONIA AWALE

Constitution Supplement

Gloomy verdict

Gloomy verdict

Political leaders, civil society members, professionals and intellectuals of Dang participated in a discussion on the constitution-writing process and state restructuring.

International

Loan lifeline

Loan lifeline

Sri Lanka gets $ 2.5 billion in credit from the IMF to bolster its sagging foreign exchange reserves

FEIZAL SAMATH

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Chitwan resorts closure "fishy"

Hotel concessionaires who operate resorts inside Chitwan National Park have said they find the timing of the government's closure of their…

Letters

Letters - Issue #461: INDIA-GAZING

INDIA-GAZINGPrashant Jha has done it again. Enjoyed his thoroughly perceptive analysis from the centre of the Indian Empire ('India confused by…

In this issue:

Power struggle | The Great Game | Angry aftermath | No dignity in death | Prepare now for a dark winter | Confidence vote | Actions speak louder | Rewarding the perpetrators | Cholera epidemic | I survived | Gloomy verdict | A flat life | abin fever | ueering the pitch | Out of the closet and proud of it | Sacred valley | Loan lifeline | Backside: A totalitarian eclipse