Issue #556

June 3-9, 2011

Headline

New countdown

New countdown

JANA ASENBRENNEROVA Like all other multiple-point agreements, the 5-point agreement was only useful in averting a constitutional crisis just…

Editorial

What are we waiting for?

What are we waiting for?

The failure of this country's rulers to once more meet the deadline for a new constitution is not as great as their chronic inability in the…

Columns

People, not power
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA

People, not power

The Madhesi alliance could end the dictatorship of the Big Three, but what does it mean for Madhesis?

Ecology is economics
My Two Paisa by PAAVAN MATHEMA

Ecology is economics

Green job is a hybrid answer to economic and environmental sustainability

Take your time
Backside by Ass

Take your time

Newly designed reclining seats for Constituent Assembly members so they can work day and night to finish the constitution in time.So now that it…

Nation

The village of the kidneys

The village of the kidneys

More than 300 people from one village have sold their kidneys to organ traffickers

SUNIL NEUPANE in KAVRE

Take care

Take care

Preventing kidney failure is better than expensive dialysis or transplants

ELIPHA PRADHANANGA

Review

Peri Peri

Peri Peri

MARCO POLLO Jhamel finally keeps it simple: chicken. Amid the fancy fare of courtyard dining along the upscale eatery row, the five-month-old…

SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO

Life Times

Head first into the Bhote Kosi

Head first into the Bhote Kosi

PICS: JANA ASENBRENNEROVA The early morning four-hour ride from Kathmandu to the Last Resort, is bumpy and full of hairpin bends. From the edge…

JANA ASENBRENNEROVA

Dal Bhat diet

Dal Bhat diet

For overweight people losing even small amounts of weight and increasing physical activity can prevent plenty of medical com-plications.…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

International

Sex and surveillance

Sex and surveillance

Public figures now have a higher chance of being caught on candid camera in compromising positions

NAOMI WOLF

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

New countdown | Editorial: What are we waiting for? | People,not power | The village of the kidneys | Take care | Ecology is econom ics | Head first into the Bhote Kosi | Sex and surveillance | Remote controlfor prosperity | Down on the farm | The CA on trial | No smoking | Save Everest | Backside: Take your time