Issue #537

January 21-27, 2011

Headline

There's no looking back in Nepal

There's no looking back in Nepal

BIKRAM RAI COLOURFULLY NEPAL: Tarai women after their dance performance at the launch of Nepal Tourism Year at Dasrath Stadium on 14 January.…

Editorial

Dahal on war path again

Dahal on war path again

BILASH RAI Judging from Pushpa Kamal Dahal's latest outburst, you'd be forgiven for thinking war, in the form of a people's revolt, was…

Columns

Fork in path in Nepal
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

Fork in path in Nepal

It is time for Dahal to pick up the phone and make peace with Bhattarai

Bipalis should innovate
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED

Bipalis should innovate

NRNs can start by ending the ritual of garlanding everyone on the podium

Question for Comrade Lohani
My Take by DAMAKANT JAYSHI

Question for Comrade Lohani

Can you force your Chairman from taking his grand-daughter out of her private school? Bet not.

"Off with his head"
Kalam by RABI THAPA

"Off with his head"

Corruption is a many-headed Ravana, cut one off and another will take its place

Post-UNMIN chow min
Backside by Ass

Post-UNMIN chow min

It all started with Jhallu Babu yawning away at the Nepal Tourism Year official launch at the stadium. Then Ram Chunderji started nodding off on…

Nation

New home

New home

Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, and those resettled in New Zealand

Interview

"We will struggle for full democracy"

"We will struggle for full democracy"

President of the exiled Druk National Congress, Rongthong Kuenley Dorji, talks about his exile, his party's future and the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

Review

Gross national misery

Gross national misery

Tek Nath Rizal's prison memoir narrates Bhutan's crimes against humanity in the court of world history

CK LAL

Life Times

Moulding a childhood

Moulding a childhood

With Nishan Rai's sculptures, you can remember how your baby used to be, quite literally

Cholera vaccine, too

Cholera vaccine, too

Almost the only group that drug companies target for a cholera vaccine is travellers from developed countries to underdeveloped ones. Ironically…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

Jhamel's green oasis

Jhamel's green oasis

MICHEAL COX With power cuts cutting any chance of a warmer future, perhaps Kathmandu could take a leaf out of a Jhamsikhel bed and breakfast and…

GREEN SCENE by MICHEAL COX

From The Nepali Press

Seeds of hope

Seeds of hope

Subodh Raj Pyakyurel in Himal Khabarpatrika, 15-29 January

Biz Brief

Letters

Letters - Issue #537: Not if

Not ifAppreciate the timely article on earthquake preparedness ('Not if, but when, Kunda Dixit, #536). The future damage of life and properties…

In this issue:

There’s no looking back | Editorial: Dahal on war path again | Fork in the path | They should have just killed me | Bipalis should innovate | Question for Comrade Lohani | Extreme Annapurna | Moulding a childhood | Cholera vaccine, too | Jhamel’s green oasis | “Off with his head” | New home | Gross national misery | “We will struggle for full democracy” | Think outside the box | Who will die for Prachanda now? | Ice breaker | Seeds of hope | War of words | Backside: Post-UNMIN chow min