In full retreat
ALTON BYERS KUNDA DIXIT Kathmandu sees a slew of international meetings on climate change this week as scientists confirm that the effects of…
August 28 - September 3, 2009
Headline
Editorial
Climate climax
In the run up to the Copenhagen Summit in December there is going to be a flash-flood of media attention on climate change. And, as is often the…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
100 days of solitude
Since no one expected much from his government, Nepal hasn't disappointed anyone
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA
"The most complete human being of our age"
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary and international statesman, has morphed into a catch-all left and counterculture…
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Highway blues
Travelling on Nepali roads is tough because of bad drivers, a dysfunctional government, and irresponsible businesses
Backside by Ass
Love triangles
The Irrigation Minister, of all people, has decided that he doesn't like the international security call signs used by his bodyguards and…
Nation
"Nepal is a potential winner"
Andreas Schild, Director General of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), spoke to Nepali Times this week about climate change and how it will affect Himalayan livelihoods.
Climbing to keep the Himalaya alive
DAWA STEVEN SHERPA WARMING UP: Dawa Steven Sherpa on the summit of Chomolungma this year, sees evidence of climate change everywhere in the…
RABI THAPA
GROUNDED!
Nepal is behind schedule on a global agreement to phase in digital passports by 2010
DEWAN RAI
Che chic
On 9 October, 1967 a Bolivian army communiqu? from La Paz announced that Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, the Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary…
MAURICE ISSERMAN
Review
Shabana Azmi to play
Renowned Indian actors Shabana Azmi and Farooque Shaikh will be staging the acclaimed play Tumhari Amrita in Kathmandu on 16 September as part…
Constitution Supplement
Federal model
Himalkhabar Patrika organised a discussion on the model of federalism in Charikot two weeks ago. People from diverse backgrounds participated in…
Star Gazing
September surprise
If you look out the window this month and notice that the sun is setting in a different place every day, don't worry, the earth is not…
KEDAR S BADU
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Nabil is 25
Nabil Bank is marking its 25th anniversary this week. It was the first foreign joint venture bank in Nepal when it started operations in 1984…
Letters
Letters - Issue #466: REINVENTING TIJ
REINVENTING TIJMallika Aryal's 'Reinventing Tij'(#465) is misleading. Tij is part of our religious and cultural heritage and can never be used…
In this issue:
In full retreat | Climate Climax | Swearing in Hindi | 100 days of solitude | A climate for change | “Nepal is a potential winner” | Climbing to keep the Himalaya alive | “Third revolution” | Maoist gameplan | Tharu citizenship | Whipping it up | Federal model | Che chic | “The most complete human being of our age” | Grounded! | Vanishing hope | Ever wondered about these ads? | Highway blues | September surprise | Shabana Azmi to play | Backside: Love triangles