Destination unknown
KIRAN PANDAY A young woman looks out uncertainly from the window of a bus. It is not known where she is headed. She could be the Nepali nation…
Columns
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Undermining UNMIN
Government should know better than to blame UNMIN for sticking to agreements it signed itself
Kalam by RABI THAPA
Public enemies
Next time you call your cuz to expedite your flight, you might want to consider your kinship with disgraced minister Kushwaha
Guest Column by RABINDRA MISHRA
Junk journalism
The idea of public service in journalism deserves deeper scrutiny
Backside by Ass
%$#@& country!
Last week's Cursing Festival in Parsawa has put Nepal on the [expletive deleted] world voodoo map. News that villagers gather around at holi to…
Nation
Brave new world
Disqualified combatants, and those compelled to leave for other reasons, find the new Nepal they were promised looks very similar to the one they left behind
Coming of AGE
The difficulties of caring for a disabled child are compounded in Nepal, but some are making a genuine effort to help
CLARE HARVEY
Publisher's Note
Ticking away
Nearly four years into the ceasefire, Nepal's peace process is stuck. Constitution-writing has ground to a halt. There seems to be a real danger…
Life Times
Call of the wild
Two movies to bring out your inner child? Inner animal, more likely
A. ANGELO D'SILVA
Video night
When the sun goes down, no life or light in town, it's time to boot up that laptop and slip in a DVD. Life Times picks out some favourites
Constitution Supplement
Never too late?
If the political parties act on their commitment to resolve contentious issues, Nepal can still have a new constitution on time
DEWAN RAI
From The Nepali Press
"Winning an election a disadvantage"
Interview with former state minister at the Home Ministry Mohammad Rijwan Ansari in Kantipur, 11 March
Biz Brief
Economy check
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission was in Kathmandu recently to conduct 2010 Article IV Consultations. The mission took note of…
In this issue:
Destination unknown | Ticking Away | Undermining UNMIN | Patna panegyrics | Brave new world | Buddha is back | Whose law is it anyway? | Public enemies | Not so hip | Junk journalism | Coming of AGE | “Winning an election a disadvantage ” | Never too late? | Backside: %$#@& country!