Issue #479

December 4-10, 2009

Editorial

Held hostage

Held hostage

KIRAN PANDAY It is pretty obvious what all the petrol queues, the harvest seizures, land grabs, extortion and hotel strikes are leading up to:…

Columns

King of sneers
Kalam by RABI THAPA

King of sneers

Eat and drink what you please, but don't pretend it's caviar if it ain't

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Struggle for existence

While the titans battle it out, we have no choice but to watch and wait

Backside by Ass

Red letter days

At this rate, expect a holiday for the festivals of all of Nepal's 103 ethnic groups, full moon days and bands. When the Maobaddies found out…

Nation

Dateline Everest

Dateline Everest

BILLI BIERLING PEAKING ATTENTION: A Buddha figure on the summit of Chomolungma earlier this year. Mountaineers say climate change has made…

Defrosted

Defrosted

The future of the Himalaya depends on Copenhagen

KUNDA DIXIT

Buddhists for nature

Buddhists for nature

While pilgrims thronged the killing fields of Bariyapur, Bara, and local merchants in Janakpur lamented the low turnout at the Vivah Panchami…

Review

A Boy from Siklis

A Boy from Siklis

Chandra Gurung's example is to be celebrated and emulated

PRANAB MAN SINGH

Constitution Supplement

Your View

On ethnicity and nationality

The Maoist party plans to declare federal autonomous states from 11-18 December. Last week, the party announced that the federal autonomous…

From The Nepali Press

Letters

In this issue:

Dateline Everest | eld Hostage | Struggle for existence | Bustling Janakpur | Unwanted in Achham | Back to labour woes | Anti-federal forces alert | The Maoist agenda | Vultures disappear | Preserving our heritage | “My enthusiasm has died” | “The rush of foreign wives and husbands to Nepal will stop” | Defrosted | King of sneers | Buddhists for nature | Manang sans Manangis | A Boy from Siklis | Backside:Red letter days