Issue #526

November 5-11, 2010

Headline

Bright lights

Bright lights

KASHISH DAS SHRESTHA The sun's still shining but the nights are perceptibly colder, and once we breast the coming wave of Tihar and Chhat…

Editorial

Back to work

Back to work

XINHUA Dasain has been busy for those of us travelling to be with family. It's also been busy for those travelling away from family, namely, an…

Columns

Election hangover
My Take by DAMAKANT JAYSHI

Election hangover

Obama's rebuke at the hands of the public mirrors the experience of the Maoists in Nepal

Let's talk about porn
Politically Cracked by INDU NEPAL

Let's talk about porn

The clumsy attempt to ban internet porn reveals the idiocy of those in charge

Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Humla's no Siberia

Humla and Humlis really aren't all that different from the rest of Nepal

Eat, bray, love
Backside by Ass

Eat, bray, love

We have the eating part all sorted out this Tihar. Love is taken care of because the parties are all pretending to have intercourse. It's the…

Nation

A new life

A new life

A photo exhibition on the lives of Bhutanese refugees resettled in the US

KASHISH DAS SHRESTHA

Business

Billing Boards

Billing Boards

They may be ugly, but billboard advertising is a huge and growing business

RUBEENA MAHATO

Life Times

Growing wellness

Growing wellness

Nepal has the potential to develop into a spa destination

PAAVAN MATHEMA

Plastic-free Ilam

Plastic-free Ilam

Ilam Municipality has banned the use of plastic bags in the city

GREEN SCENE by PRABHAT BHATTARAI

From The Nepali Press

Guru of tea

Guru of tea

Dambar Krishna Shrestha in Himal Khabarpatrika, 2 October-1 November

Biz Brief

Eco exchange

Him electronics has announced that a customer can get Rs 15 off on every purchase of a Himstar CFL bulb, by bringing in an ordinary bulb in any…

In this issue:

Bright lights | Editorial: Back to work | Election hangover | Billing Boards | Humla’s no Siberia | Growing wellness | Help! I’m on Everest | Let’s talk about porn | A new life | Guru of tea | Budget, when? | Missing goats | Cleaners gathering dust | American dreams | Backside: Eat, bray, love