Time to take off our masks
Of the intrigue and back-stabbing that has always characterised Nepali politics, it is still true what they used to say 150 years ago: you will…
June 29 - July 5, 2001
Editorial
The gates foundation
Dear Mr Bajracharya,We are writing to you as mayor of our fair city of Patan to ask what on earth you are doing at the Bagmati Bridge taking two…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
An unquiet peace
More than the Public Security Regulation, it is the terror of unfreedom in the Nepali hinterland that should engage those in their safe perches in Kathmandu.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Health is a human right
"No point in expecting bad governments to change and start doing the right thing, they don't care and they never will. We need to do it ourselves."
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The world’s second-oldest profession
It is beginning to worry us in the journalism profession that the press gets bad press. Without beating the bush around it would be fair to…
Nation
The leadership mirage
The 20th session of parliament is a time of crisis and opportunity. Which path will our lawmakers choose?
HARI ROKA
Can’t hide drug abuse anymore
The royal tragedy of 1 June has spotlighted the growing drug abuse problem among Nepali youth.
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
How were children affected?
Children probably coped better than adults in the aftermath of the royal tragedy.
HEMALATA RAI
Tears and roses
Cameras can lie. Parachute journalists who wield them have a pre-conceived notion of the talking heads they need, and what they want the grief-stricken to say.
RUPA JOSHI
Karnali’s salt caravans
In Nepal's roadless and remote Karnali, the march of time and "development" have finally killed the salt caravans.
CHHAKKA BAHADUR LAMA
Climbing with Jamling
MIAMI - You can imagine my reaction when I found out that Jamling Tenzing Norgay was coming to Miami. My reaction was: "Who?" Then I found out…
DAVE BARRY
Business
Trading places
As the Nepal-India trade treaty comes up for renewal, business on both sides wants it to stay in place-with a few safeguards.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Book Worm
The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain-
Popular Pilgrimage and Visionary Landscape in Southeast Tibet Toni HuberOxford University Press, New York, 1999 Rs 1,500 This study documents…
Deities of Tibetan Buddhism
The Z?rich Paintings of the Icons Worthwhile to See Martin Willson, Martin Brauen, eds, Robert Beer, drawings. Wisdom Publications, MA, USA,…
Violence and Compassion
Dialogues on Life Today His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, with Jean-Claude Carri?re Doubleday, New York, 2001 Rs 560 Two formidable thinkers discuss…
The Seven Sisters of India
Tribal Worlds between Tibet and Burma Aglaja Stirn, Peter van Ham Prestel Verlag, Munich, 2000 Rs 2,400 The first comprehensive publication on…
Arts
Korean images
The contemporary Korean art exhibition The Dialogue With Nature touring internationally is now in Nepal. Viewers have been thronging the show…
AJIT BARAL
Nepali Society
Back to Mangal Man
60-year-old Mangal Mohan Shrestha is proud of the love and care the Nepali royal family have given him. Mangal, whose father and grandfather…
Technology
Iconfess
"The Internet is an excellent instrument for evangelisation and religious dialogue, but it cannot be turned into an online recycle bin for sins…
STEVE BODOW
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Show cause
That was the Supreme Court's response to writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of the recently promulgated Public Security…
Monsoon belly
This monsoon has already proved as fatal as previous ones and not just because of flooding and landslides. More than 75 people have died in an…
Make it snappy
They're talking again-for the eleventh time. The Bhutanese government has agreed to hold further ministerial level talks with Nepal in Thimpu at…
Indo-Nepal trade
Business lobbies from Nepal and India met in New Delhi last week and averted a major crisis in bilateral trade. India accuses Nepali companies…
Trading places
As the Nepal-India trade treaty comes up for renewal, business on both sides wants it to stay in place-with a few safeguards.
404,000,000
Update on the official tally in rupees for cash and valuables looted by Maoists so far from banks and rural savings schemes. Independent…
Letters
The real consporacy
Dr Upendra Devkota's theory that "There is a conspiracy in this country to turn our youth into drug addicts. Even the royal family is not safe"…
CK Lal
CK Lal in "Regal to royal" (#48) provokes debate by making the point about tradition and the need to change it. Indeed, we should discard what…
Chakari?
I have been reading all the news reports on websites on the brutal royal massacre in Nepal. Yours is the only paper confidently reporting and…
Hari roka
Hari Roka's "Nepal's tripod of stability" (#47) was illuminating and contains a thorough and in-depth analysis of the present political…
Kryptonite
Thank god Nepali Times has run out of its sturdy staples, the major dampener of enthusiasm and breaker of finger nails every Friday morning.…
Correction
l Due to a layout error, Nepali Weather (#48), contained an earlier forecast and was not the satellite picture or forecast for the week 22-28…
In this issue:
It's the economy, stupid | Time to take off our masks | Editorial: An unquiet peace | The leadership mirage | Can’t hide drug abuse anymore | Health is a human right | How were children affected? | Tears and roses | Weather it will … | It’s the economy | Trading places | Karnali’s salt caravans | When trade fades, so does the Karnali’s economy and social Karnali’s economy and social fabric | Privatise Everything | The tidal wave of memory | Slippery quarry | After the hype, what? | Decision-making, Congress style | Dipendra and Devyani | Poudel on Maoists | A temple to Ravana’s memory | Korean images | Back to Mangal Man | The world’s second oldest profession