Issue #488

February 5-11, 2010

Headline

Patched up

Patched up

KIRAN PANDAY I'M WITH YOU: Maoist party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal reaches out to Baburam Bhattarai at a function at the Nepal Academy, Friday…

PRASHANT JHA

Columns

Language politics
Fourth Estate by CK LAL

Language politics

Maithili finds itself between a rock and a hard place

Great Leap Backward
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Great Leap Backward

The 'basic stuff' continues to elude our investor-unfriendly politicos

Open wounds
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL

Open wounds

The nature of reconciliation is such that government itself has to be involved, and doling out cash compensation won't cut it

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

United we stand tall

"Twenty million out of twenty-seven million Nepalis are with the Maoists"

Wrestling gold at SAG
Backside by Ass

Wrestling gold at SAG

No one should have been surprised by our sagging fortunes at SAG in Dhaka. The whole thing was jinxed from the start. The falling lift, the…

Nation

Snailport

Snailport

Congestion at Tribhuvan International Airport

DEWAN RAI and SUVAYU DEV PANT

Rolling good times

Rolling good times

The passion of two men on wheels has given children across the world a taste of freedom

AHMAD ISKANDAR

Publisher's Note

Life Times

Education

Middle ways

Middle ways

Cooperatives, private donors and charities can offer alternatives to shoddy state services and their costly private counterparts

SUVAYU DEV PANT

Constitution Supplement

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Nepali oil

A Scottish company that hopes to find oil in the Tarai has given a cautious vote of confidence to Nepal. Cairn Energy has announced it is ready…

In this issue:

Patched up | United we stand tall | Language politics | Snailport | Rolling good times | Great Leap Backward | Middle ways | Bamboo school | Head, heart and hands | Open wounds | Wolfish game | Finalising the federal structure | Muslims want identity | Backside: Wrestling gold at SAG