Issue #549

April 15-21, 2011

Headline

NEW FEAR

NEW FEAR

BIKRAM RAI NO RESPITE: Butwal bombing victim Basudev Shrestha recuperates at TU Teaching Hospital, Tuesday. The blast of 27 March killed two and…

Editorial

Working in-dignity

Working in-dignity

It's a depressingly familiar scene. But you'd be challenged not to shed a tear at the sight of a coffin being wheeled out of Tribhuvan…

Columns

No war, no peace
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA

No war, no peace

Lu 1 Kha 3666 Minibus that suffered the bomb explosion in Butwal In recent days, the violence in the Tarai has reached alarming levels. While…

Vaidya's medicine
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Vaidya's medicine

Does Suraj Vaidya mean business or will it be business as usual?

Free bod
Kalam by RABI THAPA

Free bod

Going freelance could be the most Nepali of things

My Take by DAMAKANT JAYSHI

Public opinion?

Without a roadmap, there is no point extending the term of the Constituent Assembly

JN hits beamer off deep square leg
Backside by Ass

JN hits beamer off deep square leg

As a country that prefers to eat cricket rather than play cricket, it's time to call a moratorium on all cricket metaphors describing current…

Nation

Feeding the Karnali

Feeding the Karnali

The Karnali can feed itself if its unique food resources are harnessed

RUBEENA MAHATO

Behind the headline

Behind the headline

The Madhesi people are pawns in the games their leaders play in Kathmandu

ANURAG ACHARYA

Interview

"We are a soft target"

"We are a soft target"

Binay Bohra, head of the Internet Service Providers Association of Nepal (ISPAN), which shut down web access nationwide for an hour on Sunday, spoke to Nepali Times

Life Times

Brittain in Nepal

Brittain in Nepal

BIKRAM RAI Ilsa Brittain has woven the entirety of her life into her layered paintings of the female formIlsa Brittain has always been an…

CLARE HARVEY

Nanette's Creperie

Nanette's Creperie

I t must be tough being a restauranteur in Kathmandu if you want to draw the locals in. A menu bereft of momos or chicken chilli is a tough…

SOMEPLACE ELSE by NEPALIKUKUR

Flower power

Flower power

BIKRAM RAI Until a few years ago, the small fountain next to the entrance of Patan Darbar Square was pretty much a massive dustbin. It was not…

GREEN SCENE by PAAVAN MATHEMA

Double whammy: heart attacks and infections

Double whammy: heart attacks and infections

Patients who've had heart attacks are a common sight in Nepali hospitals these days. Because most people have no insurance or receive state…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

International

No work, no study

No work, no study

Nepali students struggle in the UK after a cut in the number of hours they are allowed to work legally

CHARLOTTE BAILEY in READING, UK

From The Nepali Press

New mandate?, Kantipur

New mandate?, Kantipur

Nepali Congress General Secretary Bimalendra Nidhi is of the opinion that the present Constituent Assembly has lost its relevance and that…

In this issue:

Editorial: Working-in dignity | No war, no peace | “We are a soft target” | Vaidya’s medicine | Public opinion? | Brittain in Nepal | Flower power | Double whammy: heart attacks and infections | Free bod | No work, no study | Feeding the Karnali | Case against PM | The economy of energy | Backside: JN hits beamer off deep square leg