Issue #542

February 25 - March 3, 2011

Headline

Crossroads

Crossroads

BIKRAM RAI And I'm standing at the crossroads, believe I'm sinking down: Tripureswor evening rush, last Friday

Editorial

No safe ground

No safe ground

KIRAN PANDAY Only last week, we re-published an interview with Bob Parker, the Mayor of Christchurch in New Zealand. His city having come…

Columns

UN-Kul
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA

UN-Kul

Kul Chandra Gautam's candidacy for the UNGA's presidency tells us more about the Nepali state than about the ability of the Nepali people

Nepal Guest Year
Guest Column by HANS HOFER

Nepal Guest Year

Time to replace the word 'tourist' with 'guest'

The war's not over yet
My Take by DAMAKANT JAYSHI

The war's not over yet

"Either give us back our loved ones or tell us what you did to them"

Political wrestling
Backside by Ass

Political wrestling

Civil servants, led by the secretary of the PMO, are off to climb Mt Everest this season. Can't blame them, they probably got bored waiting for…

Nation

USEF at 50

USEF at 50

The Fulbright Program has been an 'asha kendra' - centre of hope - for thousands of Nepalis for half a century

MICHAEL GILL

Review

Momotarou

Momotarou

If you know Jhamel, you'll know Singma, the no-frills Singaporean-Malaysian eatery that's now branched out into Bhatbhateni. And if you've…

SOMEPLACE ELSE by NEPALIKUKUR

Life Times

Art of war

Art of war

Bardiya children cope with the loss of missing relatives by drawing what they witnessed during the conflict

Oh, that hurts!

Oh, that hurts!

Thirty-eight-year old Ram Bahadur woke to find his big toe red, tender, swollen and excruciatingly painful. Even the weight of the sheet…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

From The Nepali Press

Act soon

Editorial in Rajdhani, 23 February

Biz Brief

Business happenings of the week

Speed meterWorldLink has partnered with Ookla, provider of internet speed measurement website Speedtest.net which allows internet users to…

In this issue:

Editorial: No Safe Ground | UN-Kul | Nepal Guest Year | Scare tactics spoil NTY | The war's not over yet | Oh, that hurts! | Violence as a virus | USEF@50 | Maoists will join the government" | Act soon | Solar Darbar | Tea history erased | Stand by your words | Pokhara flies | Backside: Political wrestling