Meanwhile, the economy...
KIRAN PANDAY/GANESH PANDAY MAN FOR ALL 'TREASONS': Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has shown us how versatile he is, but what has he really…
December 18-24, 2009
Headline
Editorial
The golden middle
For those who are having a tough time deciding which political party is the least of all evils, there is a simple test. Just figure out which…
Columns
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
We're with you
Delhi appears to be throwing its weight behind the Nepal Army
State Of The State by CK LAL
The regal rubber stamp
The constituent assembly is still around, but its relevance is rapidly fading
Critical Cinema by A. ANGELO D'SILVA
Trip to freedom
Another Ang Lee tussle with freedom and repression hits the spot
Backside by Ass
Banned again
Have to give the Ostrich Trophy to this government for burying its head in the sand on national priorities. Makunay, who is still remembered as…
Nation
Review
Remembering our grandmothers
Much of Nepal's documented history lies within the scope of a few. In the feudal caste-based system that underlies Nepali society, this is no…
PRANAB MAN SINGH
Holiday Special
Eat, drink and be merry
PICS: KIRAN PANDAY Once again, it's that time of year, no points for guessing what. From delectable buffets to inexpensive trips to Dubai,…
DEREK MA
Constitution Supplement
Education
Decisive Decade
"We have to make a big leap?"
Interview in 2000 with Maoist Chairman Prachanda reprinted from the Revolutionary Worker. Pictured is the only likeness of the man available at that time.
" Ke gardeko?"
King Birendra released doves on his 53rd (and last) birthday on 28 December 2000 at Tundikhel. Taranath Ranabhat, parliament speaker and head of the commission of inquiry on the royal massacre, brandished at a press conference the Colt Commando rifle used by Crown Prince Dipendra. Post-massacre editorial in the Nepali Times:
Murderous middle ground
It was the civilians in the countryside who suffered the most during the conflict from atrocities by both sides.
SAGAR PANT in DANG
Offensive strategy
Columnist Puskar Gautam, a former Maoist commander for Okhaldhunga, analysed the breakdown of the second ceasefire and future Maoist strategy in this comment printed in September 2003.
PUSKAR GAUTAM
Bad blood in Beni
It is the morning after in Beni and a scene of utter devastation. The police station is a blackened wreck. The barbed wire had been clipped away…
THOMAS BELL in BENI
Hariyo ban Nepal ko dhan
This metaphorical Nepali Times editorial after King Gyanendra's coup on 1 February 2005 tried to circumvent the military censors by replacing the word 'democracy' with 'trees'. The newspaper came out with white holes where the censors had expunged paragraphs and cartoons.
Swords into ploughshares
After ten years of war, Nepalis welcomed the end of conflict, and some Maoists realised it was more important to build than to destroy.
RAMESWOR BOHARA in SURKHET
Smouldering anger in the Madhes
A field report from the Madhes three months after the movement that changed the face of Nepal and inspired other demands for autonomy.
KUNDA DIXIT in SIRAHA
Press for freedom
As attacks on journalists continued in 2008 and 2009, Nepali Times marked Press Freedom Day on 3 May with this editorial:
High noon at Himal
Dambar K Shrestha, Special Correspondent of Himal Khabarpatrika, recounted the attack by Maoists on 22 December 2008 in this article published in Nepali Times.
DAMBAR K SHRESTHA
From The Nepali Press
Letters
Letters - Issue #481: FORGET-ME-NOT
FORGET-ME-NOTPrashant Jha is right ('Forget-me-not', #480). He has correctly pointed out the Kathmandu mindset and attitude towards the emerging…
In this issue:
Meanwhile, the economy.. | The Golden Middle | We’re with you | Including the excluded | The regal rubber stamp | Sustainable development | Teaching teaching | Trip to freedom | Remembering our grandmothers | Xmas? Cheers! | Leaders speak | PM’s day out | Journalists on the frontline | “No need to panic” | Ethnic liberty first | Liberty of Limbuwan | Ethnicity is class | Backside: Banned again