Patan's literary jatra
BIKRAM RAI The historical Patan Darbar Square is hosting a first-time literature festival over the weekend. More than 30 well known national and…
September 16-22, 2011
Headline
Editorial
Reality check
DIWAKAR CHETTRI A cross-section of Nepalis we spoke to on a swing through central Nepal this week were unanimous in their support for Baburam…
Columns
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Where justice is a game
Perpetrators of war crimes often assume power to use their positions to escape prosecution
This Is It by RUBEENA MAHATO
The new radio revolution
In the 14 years since Radio Sagarmatha became the first FM station to get a broadcasting license, Nepal's radio revolution has survived regime…
Backside by Ass
Something cooking in the kitchen cabinet
There are two ways to look at the prime minister's decision not to fly business on his trip to New York next week. One is to see this as proof…
Nation
A far-away rescue
Young girls from the remote mountains of northwestern Nepal who were trafficked to the southern tip of India are rescued this week
RUBEENA MAHATO in COIMBATORE, INDIA
The missing half
After decades of trafficking, there are no young women left in northern Nuwakot
KAPILDEV KHANAL in NUWAKOT
Karnali community
JUMLA - I was 16 and waiting for my SLC results when I made my first radio program for the Karnali's first radio station here in Jumla. It was a…
HARIDEVI ROKAYA in JUMLA
Review
Imago Dei
Imago Dei offers a glimpse of Kathmandu's well to do in mid-week play: broods straight from Stepford convene on comfy couches; clean-cut,…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Special
A pen between her toes
JANA ASENBRENNEROVA In her autobiography, Is Life a Thorn or a Flower? that won this year's Madan Prize, Jhamak Ghimire writes about her…
THOMAS BELL
Telling tales?
The Kathmandu Literary Jatra is in town. The glorious courtyards of the Patan Museum are set to play host to unprecedented intellectual…
RABI THAPA
Quicksand nation
Collection of Wayne Amtzis poetry looks at Nepal's war in the context of the unhappy peace that preceded and followed it
Life Times
Safe drugs
In Western medicine, there was a time when a famous doctor would proclaim the usefulness of a certain medicine and many of us in the medical…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
From The Nepali Press
"Baburam has betrayed us", Karobar
Interview with Maoist politburo member Netra Bikram Chand, 11 September
In this issue:
Patan%s literary jatra | Editorial: Reality Check | Where justice is a game | Sajha Sawal is 200 | Karnali community | The new radio revolution | A pen between her toes | Safe drugs | Telling tales? | A far-away rescue | The missing half | Peace first | "Baburam has betrayed us" | Ani's story | Quicksand nation | Backside: Something cooking in the kitchen cabinet