Rain and shine
KIRAN PANDAY ENTIRE SPECTRUM: A rainbow arcs through monsoon clouds on Monday as the delayed rains finally arrive with a bang.When it rains it…
July 31 - August 6, 2009
Headline
Editorial
A visible hand
The spiralling prices of basic commodities in Nepal defy economic explanation. The delayed reaction of the global recession is only now being…
Columns
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Round and round
To think that the Maoists can be bullied into submission is na?ve
State Of The State by CK LAL
The VP's vow row
Ethnocentrism is an extremely risky proposition for a country as diverse as Nepal
Comment by HILTON L ROOT
Risky business
Countries can't develop without addressing the political, economic and social risks that endanger economic policy
Backside by Ass
Backward society
The low self-esteem of us Nepalis comes from the way we talk about ourselves. Someone, somewhere 60 years ago started calling Nepal a "tiny…
Nation
The art of escape
An exhibition of pictures by former street children shows off their talents and hopes
TEXT and PICTURES by MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA
Business
Review
Mutt tour
KIRAN PANDAY Less than two per cent of Asians adopt homeless and destitute mutts from shelters. In response, one-time street dog Oscar and his…
Constitution Supplement
Star Gazing
International
The Obama bug
The new president has restored Washington's global image to levels it enjoyed before Bush
JIM LOBE
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Tarai tigers
World Wildlife Fund stressed the need to renew tiger conservation efforts in response to the government 's announcement of an estimated 121…
Letters
Letters - Issue #462: THE GREAT GAME
THE GREAT GAMEYou say Nepal's foreign policy should begin with an appeal to India and China to lay off and let us be. (Editorial, 'The Great…
In this issue:
Rain and shine | A visible hand | Round and round | The VP’s vow row | Homes, sweet homes | Retail therapy | Medicines, not guns | Katawalspeak | Shame | “Disagreement is the main problem” | Nine months to go | “Leadership must untie the knots of problems” | The art of escape | Risky business | Waiting game | Too little too late? | Mutt tour | August sky | The Obama bug | Backside: Backward society