Issue #554

May 20-26, 2011

Headline

Anti-climax

Anti-climax

BIKRAM RAI With one week to go for the deadline, the country is headed for another constitutional anti-climax. The four main parties have…

Editorial

Avoid a void

Avoid a void

As the country heads into another constitutional failure next week, it is tempting to join the chorus of outrage. The best thing said these days…

Columns

Left to themselves
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA

Left to themselves

Lessons Nepal's left can learn from the defeat of communists in India

Calculated Social Respect
My Two Paisa by PAAVAN MATHEMA

Calculated Social Respect

CSR has been misused so much it is time to drop the acronym altogether

Into hot air
Kalam by RABI THAPA

Into hot air

Civil servants committed to serving tourists better would do more for NTY 2011 than civil servants committed to being tourists

What comes after May 28th
Backside by Ass

What comes after May 28th

CA Chairman Name Bang is getting sick and tired of being asked whether or not the constitution will be written in time. So, he has started…

Nation

We, the people

We, the people

Nepalis are willing to give the politicians one last chance to reform themsleves

KIRAN NEPAL

"No"

"No"

Three-fourths of 4,000 people polled two weeks ago thought ethnic federalism is a bad idea

J B PUN MAGAR

Interview

Learning to bank

Learning to bank

Former senior VP of HSBC Bank, William Westgate, talks about the banking training program he plans to conduct in August for Nepali bankers.

Anti-nuclear mayors

Anti-nuclear mayors

Tadakashi Akiba, ex-Mayor of Hiroshima and Tomishisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki, recipients of the first Gautam Buddha International Peace Award.

Business

Review

A feathered frenzy

A feathered frenzy

MARCUS BENIGNO Studio 7's latest offering, The Conference of the Birds, directed by Sabine Lehmann, presents a fitting allegory of Nepal's…

MARCUS BENIGNO

Bhumi Restaurant and Bar

Bhumi Restaurant and Bar

Much like some of our students, entrepreneurs would love to get first dibs at the questions diners ask of their establishments. Too often they…

SOMEPLACE ELSE by NEPALIKUKUR

Life Times

Ani's school

Ani's school

A school for apprentice nuns helps Ani Choying spread her compassion

TSERING DOLKER GURUNG

Cholera controversy

Cholera controversy

Cholera like typhoid is spread by fecal oral transmission and is endemic in Nepal. The bacteria, vibrio cholerae, produces a potent toxin which…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Business happenings of the week

Godrej in NepalEOL, an enterprise of Chaudhary Group, has joined hands with Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company to launch Godrej's…

In this issue:

Anti-climax | Editorial:Avoid a void | Left to themselves | Learning to bank | Linking out | Calculated Social Respect | Songs of peace, harmony and devotion | A feathered frenzy | Cholera controversy | Into hot air | We, the people | To extend or not to extend | Lumpen proletariat | Anti-nuclear mayors | Backside: What comes after May 28th