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:…
December 4-10, 2009
KIRAN PANDAY It is pretty obvious what all the petrol queues, the harvest seizures, land grabs, extortion and hotel strikes are leading up to:…



Eat and drink what you please, but don't pretend it's caviar if it ain't
While the titans battle it out, we have no choice but to watch and wait
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…
BILLI BIERLING PEAKING ATTENTION: A Buddha figure on the summit of Chomolungma earlier this year. Mountaineers say climate change has made…
While pilgrims thronged the killing fields of Bariyapur, Bara, and local merchants in Janakpur lamented the low turnout at the Vivah Panchami…
The Maoist party plans to declare federal autonomous states from 11-18 December. Last week, the party announced that the federal autonomous…
NEW PROLETARIATThis is an interesting article ('The new proletariat', #478). I agree that living abroad widens people's horizons, and brings…
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