Issue #517

August 27 - September 2, 2010

Headline

Searching for answers

Searching for answers

SRIJANA ACHARYA ONE JOURNEY IN PAIN: The husbands of Laxmi Devi Khadka and Devisara Wali were disappeared by opposing sides during the war, but…

Columns

Central concerns
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Central concerns

The way forward will be defined by the approach adopted by the Maoist Central Committee

Against the flow
Kalam by RABI THAPA

Against the flow

Reclaiming something of our pastoral past need not be a foolish dream

Comment by RAM KUMAR BHANDARI

Stolen lives

The Disappearances Commission should ensure justice, not obstruct it

Definitely indefinite
Backside by Ass

Definitely indefinite

The Ass has an idea. And it's a brilliant one, if I may say so myself. Lately there has been a hungama about the breeding centre to export lab…

Nation

Same road

Same road

Their husbands were taken away from them by opposing sides during the conflict, but they journey in pain together

SRIJANA ACHARYA IN BARDIYA

Take me home

Take me home

Nepali children are rescued from the streets in India and placed in children's homes, from where they need to be rescued once more

PAAVAN MATHEMA

Power to India

Power to India

It's folly to think Nepal can replicate Bhutan's model of hydropower development

RATNA SANSAR SHRESTHA

Publisher's Note

In a dangerous state

In a dangerous state

Politicians playing their parlour games don't seem to care less what the country is coming to, or what becomes of its citizens. If they did,…

Life Times

Beating malaria with a stick

Beating malaria with a stick

The term 'Jesuits' Bark' does not denote Catholic priests mimicking dogs. Rather, it is the bark of a tree (quinine, see pic), originally from…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

Buy organic

Buy organic

Organic food in Dilli Bajaar from 1 September

From The Nepali Press

Hanging on

Interview with ex-crown prince, Paras Shah, in Nagarik, 25 August

In this issue:

Searching for answers | In a dangerous state | Central concerns | Power to India | United we brawl | Delivering libraries | Take me home | Patan’s crown jewel | Beating malaria with a stick | Against the flow | Same road | Stolen lives | The disappeared | Who were they? | Slipping into security | Hanging on | Suicide in Lebanon | Between extremism and opportunism | Three-way split | Backside: Definitely indefinite