Lean on me
BIKRAM RAI Sunday's 6.9 magnitude quake left at least 11 dead and displaced more than 1000 families. Thousands lost their homes in eastern…
September 23-29, 2011
Headline
Editorial
Dress rehearsal for the Next Big One
BIKRAM RAI We are probably not going to learn any lessons from Sunday's quake. Just like we didn't learn from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in…
Columns
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Key questions
Handing over the keys to weapons containers has sparked an open mutiny in the Maoist party
Nepalipan by VIJAY LAMA
Plane speaking
There are enough of us in the airline who have abandoned neither Nepal nor Nepal Airlines
Kalam by RABI THAPA
Mindquakes
The Kathmandu Literary Jatra held through rain and shine, but did its impact match up to the earthquake at the end?
Backside by Ass
Revolution is peace
The government's crackdown on adulterated food stuffs ahead of Dasain has been so effective that the concerned authoritarians are running out of…
Nation
"We don't regret laying down arms"
Ex-fighters are determined to see the integration process through, despite opposition from hardliners
DEWAN RAI
The next People's War?
A significant faction of the Maoist party remains committed to armed revolution
SIMON ROBINS in BARDIYA
Their souls march on
Families and friends of those killed in the Ghunsa helicopter crash five years ago are helping nurture a new generation of Nepali conservationists
BHRIKUTI RAI and STUTI SHARMA
Interview
"Our feelings are hurt"
A few days after Baburam Bhattarai became prime minister last month, the keys to weapons containers were handed over. To gauge the mood in the…
Review
Yin Yang
Next week, Yin Yang turns 15. The traditional Thai restaurant holds fast to its antiquated décor but has withstood the vicissitudes of the…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLA
Making A Difference
Life Times
Documentary.doc
Film South Asia 2011 is in its eighth year and the prestigious regional documentary film festival will showcase 36 finest shortlisted films next…
Tashi Delek
With a name like Buddha, it may be presumptious to be guiding travellers around these sacred monasteries of Tibet, but such is life. From…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Special
Dasain escapism
Are you one of those for whom Dasain is just too much of a chore? Do you hate being forced to pay respects to relatives you don't respect? Is it…
From The Nepali Press
"Am I a Lin Piao?", Naya Patrika
Self-criticism by Maoist leader Ram Bahadur Thapa at the 2005 Chunwang Meeting reprinted, 18 September
Biz Brief
Business happenings of the week
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In this issue:
Lean on me | Editorial: Dress rehearsal for the next big one | Key questions | Plane speaking | An iron will | Getting rich is glorious | Tashi Delek | Mindquakes | The next People's War? | "We don't regret laying down arms" | Am I a Lin Piao? | Their souls march on | Backside: Revolution is peace