Columns
Guest Column by BIRAJ BAHADUR BISTA
Engage the monarchy
Better to engage the monarchy culturally than risk it being exploited by dangerous ideologies
Fourth Estate by CK LAL
Full circle FM
The influence of community radio is now on the wane, but some are diversifying their portfolio to survive
Politically Cracked by INDU NEPAL
United we fall
Our leaders sold us a Ponzi scheme. Can we trust them to run the country?
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Just questions
We all know the answers. How about some questions for the Constituent Assembly and its members?
Backside by Ass
Two seconds to midnight
All the tv coverage this past week of ex-kingji being chased by paparazzi in Nepalganj, and giving tv interviews, made some fellow-Asses…
Nation
Urban crush
Haphazard real estate development threatens environmental disaster
DEWAN RAI and SUVAYU DEV PANT
Robbing Karnali
Karnali's valuable herbs are only benefiting unscrupulous traders and corrupt officials
TOOFAN NEUPANE in JUMLA
Blow-by-blow
The timeline of events in the 48 hours before midnight of 28 May gives an indication of just how precarious the three-point resolution was
DHRUBA SIMKHADA
Publisher's Note
Politics abhors a vacuum
Till press time on Thursday afternoon, the politicians of Nepal's three main parties were doing what they do best: bicker on the brink. For a…
Life Times
Reaching America
Manjushree Thapa's latest novel will speak to those who have sought a destiny apart from what the Nepali milieu offers them
RABI THAPA
Sandcastle city/ quicksand nation
DANIEL WRIGHT (on the banks of the river, naked children are building houses of sand – Sarubhakta) Dank cries, interrupted prayer,even the…
WAYNE AMTZIS
International
African women deserve more
Women are a force for reconciliation after civil conflict, but haven't been rewarded for their efforts
GRACA MACHEL
Constitution Supplement
Whither constitution writing?
Contrary to popular belief, the CA members have actually done a lot of work. It's their leaders who are mostly to blame for the CA's failure
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
New appointments, World Cup deals and more
Himalmedia CEOEffective 1 May 2010, Sunim Tamang has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Himalmedia Pvt Ltd. He will lead the company's…
In this issue:
Ready, steady, no? | Politics abhors a vaccum | Engage the monarchy | Flex-ible | Urban crush | Full circle FM | Just questions | Reaching America | Love and betrayal | Circus slave | United we fall | Robbing Karnali | African women deserve more | Bangkok’s lesson | Hands off | Donations from birth | Whither constitution writing? | Backside: Two seconds to midnight