Knocking on heaven's door
KUNDA DIXIT Talcha airfield in Mugu with Rara Lake above it. This unique wilderness area is threatened by greater accessibility, and the need of…
April 8-14, 2011
Headline
Editorial
The trade of aid
SAM KANG LI In recent decades, foreign aid has been taken for granted in Nepal. Much ink has of course been spilt on how this fosters dependency…
Columns
My Two Paisa by PAAVAN MATHEMA
To friend or not to friend?
It's tempting to reach out to everyone you know, but keep an eye on the boundaries you set
Guest Column by ANURAG ACHARYA
Won't take it lying down
Why Bishendra Pashwan ended up throwing a chair out of the window
Plain Speaking by PRASHANT JHA
Charting the times
Prashant Jha answers his critics in his final column with Nepali Times
My Take by DAMAKANT JAYSHI
Amidst the gloom
Tough tasks lie ahead for constitution writing, so Dahal's continued leadership of the sub-committee debating issues is important
Backside by Ass
Sky-diving over Baluwatar (parachutes optional)
Nepal has now broken the Guinness World Record by becoming the country with the most attempts to break world records in all kinds of…
Interview
Fund insecurity
World Food Programme's Country Representative in Nepal, Nicole Menage talks about impact of a funding crunch on the organisation's activities.
Review
Jalan Jalan
Back to the outskirts of Jhamel to a restaurant that preceded it. Jalan Jalan has been around for a while, surviving a change of management…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by NEPALI KUKUR
Life Times
Ama Ghar
Providing a home, a family and education to children, who otherwise may not have had the chance
TEXT & PHOTOS by NEIL DIXIT
Messner: the dog in the night-time
An epochal mountaineering feat was achieved by the Italian Reinhold Messner in 1978, when together with Peter Haebler of Austria, he climbed…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
S'long
British Gurkhas ko size pani ghatney bhayo! The UK Ministry of Defense plans to cut 700 soldiers from the Gurkha unit rey! Them goras still have…
GUFFADI
Tourism
Protecting Rara from the future
Nepal's most scenic wilderness area is located in its poorest district
KUNDA DIXIT in MUGU
From The Nepali Press
Hindi hangama Navin Jha in Himal Khabarpatrika
"We have decided to launch an awareness campaign nationwide to enlist the Hindi language, which unites the Madhes region, as a mother tongue or…
Biz Brief
Business happenings of the week
Sunny side upHimalayan Bank has collaborated with Winrock International, the Alternative Energy Promotion Center and Janachetana Commercial…
In this issue:
Knocking on heaven's door | Editorial: The trade of aid | Charting the times | To friend or not to friend? | Amidst the gloom | Ama Ghar | S’long | Messner: the dog in the night-time | Won’t take it lying down | Protecting Rara from the future | Hindi hangama | Fund insecurity | Backside: Sky-diving over Baluwatar (parachutes optional)