Issue #487

January 29 - February 4, 2010

Headline

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

KIRAN PANDAY SEARCHING: Treasure-hunting in the Sali River in Sankhu, Tuesday It's been a fortnight since the High Level Political Mechanism was…

Columns

Security sureties
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Security sureties

The Nepali political class needs to understand where it fits into the renewed Indian focus on securityhe Nepal Army chief visits India, the…

Disaster journalism
Fourth Estate by CK LAL

Disaster journalism

The media has a role beyond updating body counts when it comes to covering disasters

Celebrating life
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Celebrating life

An action packed literature festival

Envy thy neighbour
Kalam by RABI THAPA

Envy thy neighbour

India Shining, for all its woes, has more reality than New Nepal

The Fifth Phase
Backside by Ass

The Fifth Phase

Makunay went visiting Kishunji the other day and immediately apologised that he couldn't bring along a bottle. The grand old man of Nepali…

Nation

The Sherpa in me

The Sherpa in me

The tree's roots are in the earth but its branches are all over

DUKSANGH SHERPA in KHUMBU

Our friend Vidhea

Our friend Vidhea

A friend is someone who allows us the space and freedom to be

KUNAL LAMA

Business

Coffee Culture

Coffee Culture

"What you do is not important, how you do it is important."

FOO CHEE CHANG

Review

More than mountains

More than mountains

A Himalayan festival in London is a chance for Nepalis there to get closer to home, and their neighbours

BLOGS

Jaipur journey

Jaipur journey

Literature blossomed in the desert state of Rajasthan

RABI THAPA

Life Times

Sports

Damage control

Damage control

Nepal's hockey team fears a record rout at the South Asian Games

SURESH RAJ NEUPANE

Constitution Supplement

Publisher's Note

In a state of paranoia

Pushpa Kamal Dahal has done it again. He is once more blaming the messenger, the 'big media houses', for undermining his party. Usually when a…

From The Nepali Press

Logging

Shankar Acharya in Kantipur, 27 January

Biz Brief

Techno-passports

It's not official yet, but if a proposal discussed between Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Sujata Koirala comes to fruition,…

In this issue:

Waiting for Godot | In a state of paranoia | Security sureties | Disaster Journalism | The Sherpa in me | Our friend vidhea | Celebrating life | Jaipur journey | Othello, Sen of Nepal | Kurchi Dasgupta’s The Mahabharata: An Impression | More than mountains | The Irish are coming | Envy thy neighbour | Damage control | CA business | Back to the gun | Identity or prosperity? | “There are caste systems within all ethnic communities” | Backside: The Fifth Phase