Issue #528

November 19-25, 2010

Headline

Late bloomer

Late bloomer

KIRAN PANDAY In a week when government ministers and officials have been scrambling to accommodate a visiting multi-billionaire Saudi royal,…

Editorial

Damage done

Damage done

KIRAN PANDAY If all goes smoothly, we will have a budget today, whether or not the integration numbers are fixed or a 'real' government is…

Columns

Princely returns?
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Princely returns?

Investors will invest when they are ready, but we have to be ready for them

Flexi-Dahal
My Take by DAMAKANT JAYSHI

Flexi-Dahal

Chairman Dahal is on a tightrope, but it's best not to try push him off

Roll the dice
Politically Cracked by INDU NEPAL

Roll the dice

People should be allowed to be waste their money if they want to

Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

The notional enemy

GURGAON – Writing about the upcoming Maoist plenum from the capitalist hub of 'expansionist' India is not without irony. Corporate offices…

Royal pain in the ass
Backside by Ass

Royal pain in the ass

Nepal may be a republic, but it still has a massive royal hangover. And any royal will do, even a itinerant Oil Sheikh. How does one explain…

Nation

Resurrection Achham

Resurrection Achham

Nyaya Health is making the right to health a reality for the people of Achham

PAAVAN MATHEMA

Losing lives to save them

Losing lives to save them

The recent crash of a Fishtail chopper has highlighted the human costs of daredevil rescue missions

DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA

Marathon man

Marathon man

"You're almost there!" said a spectator's sign at the two-mile mark

ABHAYA SHRESTHA

This week

Budget budgesThe Council of Ministers on Wednesday endorsed the decision of the major three parties to present a full budget in parliament on…

Interview

Death on the mountain

Death on the mountain

Lakpa Rita Sherpa talks of his cousin, 19 time Everest climber Chhewang Nima Sherpa who went missing following an avalanche on Baruntse

Life Times

Aboriginal art

Aboriginal art

There's something innately colourful and vibrant about indigenous art. The Balgo paintings that come from the western part of Australia capture…

Naturally high

Naturally high

What does a Nepali drinking milk (and getting the usual upset stomach) have common with a Nepali running up a mountain? It's not in the stars,…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

Crafts for care

Crafts for care

SHAHANI SINGH Another addition to the vibrant Mandala Street of Thamel is the shop Recycling for Goodness, stocked with intriguing products…

GREEN SCENE by SHAHANI SINGH

International

Stalin, our contemporary

Stalin, our contemporary

Eighty years ago, in the autumn of 1930, Joseph Stalin enforced a policy that changed the course of history, and led to tens of millions of…

TIMOTHY SNYDER

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Luxury hire

Sixt, an international mobility service provider, has opened its first branch in Nepal. In addition to regular car rentals, Sixt offers…

In this issue:

Late bloomer | Damage Done | The notional enemy | Resurrection Achham | Princely returns? | Flexi-Dahal | Real people, real drama | Naturally high | Crafts for care | Roll the dice | Marathon man | Stalin, our contemporary | Losing lives to save them | Death on the mountain | Spinning for consensus | Kamalari to teacher | Local efforts | Speaker act | Date expired poison | Finalise understanding | Backside: Royal pain in the ass