Issue #478

November 27 - December 3, 2009

Editorial

Parliamentary supremacy

Parliamentary supremacy

KIRAN PANDAY It is the curse of Nepali politics that a party boasts about its democratic credentials by 'allowing' parliament to function for…

Columns

Jaded Jaleshwar
State Of The State by CK LAL

Jaded Jaleshwar

Over-zealous planners would do well to accommodate businesses

Politics of aid
Guest Column by RABIN SUBEDI

Politics of aid

Donors violate their own international commitments

Banking basics
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Banking basics

Banks need to be savvy to research and self-development

Silent soldiers
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL

Silent soldiers

Little changes actually transform the society

Backside by Ass

High-level political mechanics

So they're going to set up another high-level political mechanism to sort out the political deadlock. Great idea. Maybe the previous high-level…

Nation

K-Wave

K-Wave

Korean films are so popular DVD sales rival that of Hindi movies

SHAILEE BASNET

Jhankri science

Jhankri science

Why get surgery when you can have a tumour beaten out of you?

DEREK MA

Constitution Supplement

Star Gazing

December sky

December sky

Celebrate the New Year with the eclipsed blue moon

KEDAR S BADU

Your View

Can we reduce aid dependency?

This week, in 'Politics of aid', Rabin Subedi says: "More than 60 per cent of Nepal's development budget comes from foreign aid, but a Finance…

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Golf players

Surya Nepal Khelparyatan and Nepal Golf Association as per the Surya Nepal NGA Youth Golf Coaching Programme selected Dinesh Prajapati, Sanjiv…

Letters

Letters - Issue #478: INHUMAN

INHUMANGadhimai Mela is nothing but a barbaric and inhuman tragedy ('Animal fights', #477). The people who carry out the slaughter are…

In this issue:

Killing fields | Parliamentary Supremacy | The new proletariat | Jaded Jaleshwar | Politics of aid | Suffer the children | Banking basics | Whatever Sujata wants | Long-distance runner | Staged affair | Show disrupted | Substance, not form | “Maoists made CA inclusive” | “Everyone’s despairing” | Silent soldiers | More than mountains | Jhankri science | Sherpa in Alaska | Love in the time of Mad Zombie Disease | December sky | Backside: High-level political mechanics