Early warning
DAMBAR K SHRESTHA TILLING FIELDS: Paddy terraces in Panchkhal that by now should have been thick with rice, were just being planted this week…
August 7-13, 2009
Headline
Editorial
Yearning to be free
Even though Nepal was itself wracked by years of war, it has provided safe haven for people fleeing conflict in other countries. As Nepalis…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Nepal goes to India
If the PM's goodwill visit ends on a feel-good note, that will be achievement enough
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
The success of failure
Reviewing The Ten Comandments of Business Failure
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL
Confusion in the time of cholera
Stop the witch-hunt, send medicines and address the cause of infections
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Eyes on the ball
Kathmandu still fails to understand the Madhesi angst and the changing dynamics of Tarai politics
Backside by Ass
The baddies are revolting
Yup, the Maobuddies are revolting again. They agreed to a Supreme Council headed by Girija the Grand Ayatollah and are still dangling…
Nation
Mist-ical monsoon
No place better than Pokhara to soak in Nepal's rainy season experience
LISA SCHWOERER
Interview
"Disaster in the making"
Richard Ragan, the Nepal country representative of the UN's World Food Programme spoke to Nepali Times about the food emergency threatening the country and what can be done about it.
Review
Designer furniture
RESHU ARYAL DHUNGANAFrom the days when furnishing was solely done by local artisans of Bagbazar, we've come to times when ornately customised or…
Constitution Supplement
Brewing resentment
Politicians, intellectuals, lawyers, artists, students and representatives of ethnic and indigenous communities discussed the constitution writing process, the federal system and 'one Madhes one Pradesh' in Janakpur last month.
From The Nepali Press
Letters
Letters - Issue #463: ROUND AND ROUND
ROUND AND ROUNDI shuddered at the bitter facts showcased by Prashant Jha about the contemporary politics ('Round and round', #462). Needless to…
In this issue:
Early warning | Yearning to be free | Eyes on the ball | Nepal goes to India | Electric city | Plug-in bicycles | The success of failure | Medieval republic | Enslaved | Women show the way | A day in Girijababu’s life | rewing resentment | “I’m losing sleep” | Mist-ical monsoon | Confusion in the time of cholera | Less food, more mouths to feed | “We’ve given up violence for the time being” | Bricks in the wall | Cuisine art | Backside: The baddies are revolting