Issue #575

October 21-27, 2011

Headline

Delhi revisited

Delhi revisited

BIKRAM RAI On the eve of his visit to India, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai wrote an article in The Hindu in which he claimed the visit had…

Editorial

New Nepal to New Delhi

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is in New Delhi this week for the first time as head of government. The sights and sounds of the Indian capital…

Columns

Don't ask, don't tell
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA

Don't ask, don't tell

Everyone has skeletons in their closets, so no one wants to open any of them

Not a free for all
My Two Paisa by PAAVAN MATHEMA

Not a free for all

If you are parking at your own risk, what are you paying for?

Nepalipan by AKRITI RANA

My way home

How to make a soft landing for those who decide to come back to work in Nepal

Out, out damn spot
Backside by ASS

Out, out damn spot

The irony of seeing Health Minister Rajinder Mahout washing his hands in public during a World Hand-washing Day photo-op a week after bribing 50…

Sports

Not seeing is believing

Not seeing is believing

The world's first national blind cricket team transforms the lives of Nepali women

LOCHANA SHARMA in POKHARA

Soldiering on

Soldiering on

Major Pawan Ghimire lost his sight during the conflict, he has now devoted his life to helping blind sports

Life Times

The Jimi from Kathmandu

The Jimi from Kathmandu

Ashesh and Nekhvam, a blues rock sensation from Nepal has just returned from its 70-day New Spirit Europe Tour 2011 in Norway, Scotland, England…

Transient Ischemic Attacks

Transient Ischemic Attacks

Forty eight year old Ram Bahadur Lama tried to get up from bed to go to the bathroom at night but found, much to his distress, that he had a…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

Salt and Pepper

Salt and Pepper

The newly opened Salt and Pepper is the latest addition to the long row of cafes and pubs in lakeside Pokhara. The self-styled 'resto-lounge'…

SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Business happenings of the week

Good business Nepal has improved its ranking on Doing Business indicators in Doing Business 2012: Doing Business in a More Transparent World, an…

In this issue:

Delhi revisited | Editorial: New Nepal to New Delhi | Don’t ask, don’t tell | Been there, done that | Not a free for all | My way home | Transient Ischemic Attacks | Baburam returns to Delhi | Not seeing is believing | Soldiering on | Blind Cricket Rules | Soccer’s blind spot | "I am first lady" | The untouched | The other victims | Openly opaque | Backside:Out, out damn spot