All for one, one for all
PICS: MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA With less than two weeks to go for the CA to come to the end of its extended term, Nepal's politics is once again…
KIRAN NEPAL
August 19-25, 2011
Headline
Editorial
Descent into dystopia
DIWAKAR CHETTRI Few will be staying awake this time till three in the morning on 1 September to follow the cliffhanger of the Constituent…
Columns
Chalo Dilli by JYOTI MALHOTRA
Taking the people for granted
Just because Anna Hazare can't challenge an elected government, doesn't mean Delhi can dismiss the anti-corruption activist
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Lumbini as geopolitical ping pong
A mystery project to transform Buddha's birthplace becomes even more mysterious
My Two Paisa by PAAVAN MATHEMA
Not non-profit
Social entrepreneurs are businessmen with motives beyond money
Comment by MANJUSHREE THAPA
The stuff of intellectual life
Nepal now has a literature festival, and not just one
One World by PETER SINGER
A planet for all apes
Our closest relatives could serve to bridge the moral gulf between humans and other animals
Backside by Ass
You scratch my back, I'll scratch your eyes out
BIKRAM RAI One of the many indications that Nepal may be headed the North Korea way besides the fact that we now call ourselves a Democratic…
Nation
From poppies to paddy
Farmers in Parsa have found better cash crops than opium and marijuana
RUBEENA MAHATO in PARSA
In the land of the Buddha
Maoist involvement in Chinese-backed plan to develop Lumbini raises suspicion
Review
Manny's
MARCO POLLO What do Charlie Chaplin, tapas, siu mai, and Thai food all have in common? Manoj Basnet, better known as Manny, leaves us stumped.…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Life Times
The Chinese are coming
There has been a sharp rise in the arrival of Chinese tourists to Nepal
CAI YUN
The Tarai's tusker terror
As their habitats shrink and human settlements expand, wild elephants collide with people in the eastern plains
KRISHNA SINJALI in JHAPA
The Big C
When we were studying medicine we refereed to cancer as the "Big C". Recently the New Delhi-born Siddhartha Mukherjee's debut book 'The Emperor…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Business happenings of the week
Branded surfingNokia Browser has been launched to ease internet browsing in Nokia series 40 devices. The browser has been first launched in…
In this issue:
All for one, one for all | Editorial: Descent into Dystopia | Taking the people for granted | Lumbini as geopolitical ping pong | In the land of the Buddha | Not non-profit | The Chinese are coming | The Tarai’s tusker terror | The stuff of intellectual life | The Big C | Little big ones | From poppies to paddy | “I was determined to do it” | A planet for all apes | Elusive consensus | Where is the leader? | Farewell Subhash Darnal | Backside: You scratch my back, I’ll scratch your eyes out