Getting away with murder
BIKRAM RAI NO PARDON: Ram Kumari Shrestha, 80, mother of Ujjan Shrestha protests on Wednesday against the prime minister's decision to get a…
November 11-17, 2011
Headline
Editorial
Social security vs military security
BIKRAM RAI In the early days of the peace process back in 2006, a lot of the negotiations were around semantics. The Maoists did not want their…
Columns
Comment by KANAK MANI DIXIT
The lords of impunity
The allegedly upright prime minister of Nepal has surrounded himself with unreformed bandits and murderers
Comment by KUL CHANDRA GAUTAM
The way ahead
The 1 November agreement breathed new life into the Comprehensive Peace Accord five years after it was signed.
Comment by YURIKO KOIKE
Obama and Asia's Two Futures
TOKYO. Despite the relentless shift of global economic might to Asia, and China's rise as a great power – the central historical events of our…
One World by PETER SINGER
Should We Ban Cigarettes?
PRINCETON – US President Barack Obama's doctor confirmed last month that the president no longer smokes. At the urging of his wife, Michelle…
Backside by Ass
PKD upgrades to iPad 2
The last person to reprimand everyone about junketeering would be Auntie Suzie, but there she was this week poking fun at all the netas who are…
Nation
Review
Picnic
PICS: MARCO POL0 Among the Korean options in Thamel, Korean Kitchen Picnic is the cheapest but least Korean. No tabletop grills for kalbi…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Life Times
Himalayan Blues Festival
The spirit of Nepali folklore harmonises with the rhythm of blues for the fifth annual Himalayan Blues Festival. Since its inception in 2007,…
Incidental findings
The legendary founder of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs, died of pancreatic cancer. This diagnosis was an "incidental" finding. Jobs was being…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Making A Difference
Not just a business
SOCIAL FABRIC: Anin Rajbhandari and his wife, Jolly, are actively involved in training the sixty women that they employ at their pashmina…
From The Nepali Press
In this issue:
Getting away with murder | Editorial: Social security vs military security | LIVING OFF THE FARM | The lords of impunity | The extra-ordinary in the ordinary | Change is constant | Incidental findings | Not just a business | Quest for gold | New ministers | Eyewash | Non-returnable | Flying smugglers | I beg your pardon | Backside: PKD upgrades to iPad 2