Issue #522

October 1-7, 2010

Headline

9 going on 10...

9 going on 10...

KIRAN PANDAY After the ninth abortive attempts to elect a new prime minister on Thursday, it doesn't look like the tenth vote on 6 October will…

Columns

Old leaders of New Nepal
Politically Cracked by INDU NEPAL

Old leaders of New Nepal

We are an incredibly young country, the leaders are incredibly old

Let sleeping dogs lie
Backside by Ass

Let sleeping dogs lie

After the roaring success of the Miss Aryan pageant, this week it was Mr Hill Handsome. The donkey's congratulations to fellow beauties Upendra…

Nation

This week

Major National Happenings of the Week

Publisher's Note

Merry go round

Merry go round

KIRAN PANDAY Here we go again. Nepalis will be forgiven if they feel like a hamster on a wheel. This is history repeating itself as a mockery of…

Life Times

Kite Runners

Kite Runners

Nepali changas at the Fighting Kite World Cup in France

Sita revisited

Sita revisited

Preview of 'In Search of Sita: Revisiting Mythology' by Malashri Lal and Namita Gokhale

Mountain warning

Mountain warning

The trekking season is upon us, and it would be wise to remind ourselves of the warning signs of altitude sickness. Consider acute mountain…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

LEDing light

LEDing light

When electroluminescence was discovered in1907, it was little more than a scientific curiosity. It took another 70 years for light-emitting…

GREEN SCENE

About town

This week's events, music, getaways and dining

From The Nepali Press

To the streets

To the streets

Interview with Maoist hardliner Mohan Baidya "Kiran" in Janadisha, 28 September

Biz Brief

Mobile internet

Ncell has launched an internet data card called Connect. The data card is priced at Rs 1,999 and the SIMcard at Rs 99. Once connected to the USB…

In this issue:

9 going on 10... | Merry Go Round | Unreported reportages | Chatting with my best friend | Kite Runners | Mountain warning | LEDing light | Old leaders of New Nepal | Once there was a leopard | Nepal’s year of the leopard | Gautam for president | Risking their lives to go to school | Till when? | MPs hiding pins | Madan Puraskar | To the streets | Politics free | Backside: Let sleeping dogs lie