Issue #54

If we fight unthinkingly in the name of nationalism,

There's a new economic scheme to guarantee large-scale social unrest. And it involves the cream of our society.

Guns and ammunition flow freely from Bihar to Nepal. Freely and very easily.

Will we have the much-discussed polymer banknotes any time soon?

Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secrretary UML

Mahesh C Regmi Adroit Publishers, Delhi, 1999 Rs 480 This study analyses the policies and programs followed by the Gorkhali rulers to control…

Digital Achievement of Idea Marathon System (IMS) Takeo Higuchi Adarsh Books, New Delhi, 2001 Rs 400 Japanese manager Takeo Higuchi teaches you…

The Great Game and Tsarist Russia Tatiana Shaumian Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2000 Rs 872 Shaumian describes the features of Tibet's…

The Survival Strategy of Foraging Farmers in the Upper Arun Valley, Eastern Nepal Ephrosine Daniggelis Mandala Book Point/ The Mountain…

Kings, dictators, prime ministers and presidents have all turned gardener here. But never in the monsoon though. Leeches, people say. Slushy…

Only after the Maoists abducted 70 policemen in Rolpa was the army reluctantly deployed in Maoist-affected areas. Koirala was content with the…

we are told that the Prime Minister met His Majesty last Wednesday, and that the king was not terribly enthusiastic about the mobilisation of…

The Indian government has started building a dam in the area adjourning Rupandhehi district. This dam will displace thousands of people in…

Excerpts from an interview with Madhav Kumar Nepal, UML leader What changes do you expect the new prime minister to make? Let us all pray that…

The Delhi trip of the leader of the Sadbhavana party and the Kathmandu visit of former Indian ambassador Rajan just before Koirala's resignation…

Media experts have criticised the government policy of allowing foreign investment in media in Nepal, fearing it might ravage our sense of…

The death toll and loss from the Maoist insurgency as it stood on 26 July, the day prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office, three days…

It was expected for over a year and now it has happened. All users will pay an average of 10 percent more for power from mid-September onwards…

French investors in the Indo-Suez bank are said to be looking for buyers to sell their holdings and pack up. Newspapers have said deteriorating…

Hansraj Hulaschand have begun marketing Bajaj Auto's new four-stroke three-wheeler in Nepal. The authorised distributor of Bajaj vehicles in…

I am sending this note to you in the hope that someone will take action against the Nepali border police in Tatopani. A group of 13 tourists…

Kabindra Pradhan's comments "Do we need a Ministry of Agriculture?" (#51) could be true about every other ministry. There is no sector left…

This is to pitch for a King Birendra Foundation. Unlike the BP Koirala Memorial Trust, which is funded by a foreign country, let a part of the…

After six months in your country it is time for me to return to my own. Despite the unfathomable events I have witnessed in these past…

It is strange that in all the discussion of SLC results, no one has said the obvious-that this year there was a serious effort to stop cheating,…