Issue #508

June 25 - July 1, 2010

Headline

Nepal resigns

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has announced his resignation

Columns

India changing
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

India changing

India has changed, and so has its self-perception. If only Nepali politicians could see it.

The lure of the national
Fourth Estate by CK LAL

The lure of the national

The press in the periphery is more interested in national than local events

Who's bad?
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Who's bad?

It's easy to bash INGOs, but how is your own company being run?

The failed people
Politically Cracked by INDU NEPAL

The failed people

If we complain about 'the way things are', then we cannot rule out a solution because of 'the way things are'

Best of the worst
Backside by Ass

Best of the worst

The donkey's buddies decided to watch Portugal-North Korea at one of several Korean restaurants in Kathmandu that are run by diplomatic license…

Nation

Tamakoshi bonanza

Tamakoshi bonanza

SN Power's Vice-President and Country Director Sandip Shah on the challenges and rewards for investors in Nepal

Publisher's Note

Been there, done that

Been there, done that

'Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his comrades in the bush want the present constitution scrapped. Presumably, they want to have a dictatorship of the…

Life Times

Have a tipple?

Have a tipple?

Nepali Times takes the plunge into the world of Nepali wines

Education

Feeling words

Feeling words

Visually impaired Nepalis limited to school curricula can now swim in an ocean of world literature

SURESH RAJ NEUPANE

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Winning and saving

Pepsi Mania Aswin Shrestha and Anish Shrestha won 32" Samsung LCD TVs in the fourth lucky draw of the Pepsi Football Mania campaign at Radisson…

Letters

Egoistic altruism

Last week, I went to a big five-star hotel to attend the presentation of the research findings of a Kathmandu-based NGO. In a few hours, ten…

In this issue:

Who needs politics? | Been there, done that | Egoistic altruism | India changing | Pragatinagar's progress | The lure of the national | Who's bad? | The failed people | Feeling words | Houses of suffering, not learning | Tamakoshi bonanza | Mutually beneficial | Migrant plight | Where have all the flowers gone? | Ostracised | Red cards for child employers | Musahar homes | Food adulteration | Backside: Best of the worst