Quaking
Of late, global events have resonated strongly in Nepal. The uprisings in the Middle East reminded some of our recent past; the earthquake in…
Columns
Kalam by RABI THAPA
Riding up a storm
Nirakar Yakthumba's cycling resort outside Hetauda is a call to arms for all those Nepalis with bikes that don't see the mountains
Guest Column by VIJAY LAMA
Grounded too long
Let's unshackle our national airline from the clutches of politicians once and for all
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Dysfunction, Inc.
Corrupt politicians grease the cogs of our dysfunctional political-economic system
Backside by ASS
Here today, GON tomorrow
All this week, Speaker Name Bang must have felt like a school principal. Out of the 597 members in his august house, a head count showed that…
Nation
Images of the other Maoist war
Indian photojournalist Mustafa Quraishi captures the reality of everyday life for Naxalite guerrillas
Business
Review
Black Pepper
For me, Jhamel arrived not when St. Mary's Lane was overwhelmed by the attack of the restobar clones. It happened when trendy Black Pepper Cafe…
SOMPLACE ELSE by NEPALI KUKUR
Life Times
Free cancer treatment?
In 2001, Dr Mark Zimmerman, then director of Patan Hospital, was left flabbergasted when a patient of his insisted that free treatment for his…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Gau jau
Jhallu Baba...our Prime-Monster is busy all day …trying to make them everyone happy! And now he has come up with a new 'idea'...if you received…
GUFFADI
Nepali films in...Toronto
Nine Nepali documentaries, shorts and experimental films shine at Toronto Nepali Film Festival
SURENDRA LAWOTI
Economy
International
Quakes and nukes
Japan's natural disaster preparedness was offset by man-made perils
JEMIMA SHERPA in HACHINOHE, JAPAN
From Hiroshima to Fukushima
The horrible and heartbreaking events in Japan present a strange concatenation of disasters. First, the planet unleashed one of its primordial…
JONATHAN SCHELL in THE NATION
Environment
Bamyan awakes
In 2001, Bamyan made the news when the Taliban destroyed huge 6th century statues of the Buddha. The province, home of the Hazara people, is now…
GREEN SCENE by PAAVAN MATHEMA
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Business happenings of the week
Business talkPradeep Kumar Shrestha, Ex-President of FNCCI, led an 11-member business delegation to the 25th Confederation of Asia Pacific…
In this issue:
Editorial: Quaking | Dysfunction, Inc. | Grounded too long | Student discount, please! | Body Language | Nepali films in...Toronto | Gau jau | Free cancer treatment? | Riding up a storm | Bamyan awakes | Quakes and nukes | Madhes media politics | Off to the villages | Dr Shanti | Kids launch book | Images of the other Maoist war | Backside: Here today, GON tomorrow