Issue #499

April 23-29, 2010

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Columns

Guest Column by UPENDRA MAHATO

Homeland

It is in my own self-interest to make Nepal prosperous

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Blustering reality

Those who dismiss Maoist threats should know they usually do what they say they will

Fourth Estate by CK LAL

Columnist's curse

The recent suicide of a popular columnist may have something to do with the state of the profession in Nepal

Kalam by RABI THAPA

Rabi rocks! (The sun god, that is)

It's easy to be blasé, but solar energy really is magic of the highest order

Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Destination overhaul

We need to change the way we think about tourism

Backside by Ass

Bowtick carbuy

'Visit Nepal, And We'll Squeeze Every Last Penny From You' should be the slogan for 2011. Visa fee, ticket to enter Bhaktapur, ticket for Patan…

Nation

False alarm?

The World Food Programme was a scapegoat last year, but government negligence and unhygienic local practices will be firmly in the spotlight in the event of a diarrhoea outbreak this year

DEWAN RAI and RABI THAPA

ID-ing Nepal

A national ID card system is cause for both good cheer and fear

INDU NEPAL

Interview

Untangling banks

"Just because we're Nepal, it doesn't mean we're behind where banking is concerned"

Publisher's Note

Gandhians without guns

In her lengthy field report from India's Chhatisgarh state just before 75 federal paramilitary were massacred by Indian Maoists on 6 April,…

Life Times

Mobile nation

The world is in your palm. Laptops have become passé, as smartphones are the lightweight champions of the world.Smartphones went mostly…

AHMAD ISKANDAR

Smartphone smarts

It's all too easy to feel left behind in the frenetic information age. Smartphones are more than up to the multi-task. Nepali Times rounds up the hottest smartphones in town.