Issue #492

March 5-11, 2010

Headline

Columns

Junket journalism
Fourth Estate by CK LAL

Junket journalism

The bias of reporters is reflected in what they decide to report on, and how

Small help
INTERESTING TIMES by MALLIKA ARYAL

Small help

Getting children to school is the first important step

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Revisiting 1950

It may come as a surprise, but India feels the 1950 treaty is highly unfavourable to it

Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

What really matters?

An inability to stick to priorities is the sticking point for Nepal

Pataliputra who's who
Backside by Ass

Pataliputra who's who

PRASHANT RAVI At the India-Nepal Jamboree in Patna last week, Baburam seems to have had some sage advice for the Indian Baddies. Sit down for…

Nation

The real Bihar

The real Bihar

Perhaps we should be looking to the example of Bihar after all, rather than Singapore and Switzerland

PRASHANT JHA

Patchwork city

Patchwork city

Rising land prices have hit Kathmandu's farms hard

SUVAYU DEV PANT

Through his own eyes

Through his own eyes

A former youth member of the Maoist cultural wing makes a film about himself

TASSIA KOBYLINSKA

No land for us

No land for us

"There is so much land here, but there is not a single piece for us. Maybe it is not in our destiny."

PHOTO ESSAY by KISHOR SHARMA

Life Times

Inner living

Inner living

AHMAD ISKANDAR Interior design may be a new trade in Nepal, but traditionally, Nepali homes have always had a functional aesthetic. Today, the…

DUKSANGH SHERPA

Constitution Supplement

Provinces based on development regions

Provinces based on development regions

The constitution writing process is stuck in the debate of state restructuring. The Committee on State Restructuring and Sharing of State Power…

DURGA PRASAD POUDYAL

Publisher's Note

Working on Plan B

With 12 weeks to go for the constitution deadline, even the diehard optimists have given up on it being written in time. There is still too much…

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Casting shadows | Working on Plan B | Revisiting 1950 | Junket journalism | The real Bihar | What really matters? | Patchwork city | Small help | Through his own eyes | No land for us | Groundwork for revolt | “Can’t let go of the past” | Provinces based on development regions | Backside: Pataliputra who’s who