King G’s 100 days
King Gyanendra wants to be a pro-active monarch, and is trying to feel the nation's pulse.
BINED BHATTARAI
Columns
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
No laughing matter
Just as we had suspected all along, the Nepal Tourism Boar has shown that it takes itself very seriously. A member has taken strong umbrage to a…
Nation
Narayanhiti whodunit. Who cares?
Whether to absolve Dipendra or to indict him posthumously, it was important that everyone (conspiratorialist, rationalist, or royalist) who cared for the country demand that parliament hold hearings on the royal massacre.
KANAK DIXIT
Let the talks begin
Posturing has gone into high gear as the government and Maoists sit at the table.
Business
Satellites link Nepali diaspora
For the first time since Prithvi Naryan Shah unified the country, Nepal's "footprint" spans half of Asia.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Culture
A day in the life of a Living Goddess
On Saturday, when a new Kumari receives a new King, the Hanuman Dhoka Palace will see the enactment of a ritual that is as old as Nepal itself.
SALIL SHAH
In Nepal, too, desire defies modern times
Samrat Upadhyay's stories make Kathmandu almost local, understandable to a Western reader.
RICHARD BERNS TEIN
Literature
Book Worm
Secret of the Vajra World-
The Tantric Buddhism of Tibet Reginald A Ray Shambhala Publications, Boston, 2001 Rs 2,380 Using non-technical language, engaging stories and…
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee
Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY, 2000 Rs 2,370 The author of this work, Tsong-kha-pa (1357-1419), founded the Gelug school of Tibetan…
Technology
Kyoto to Kathmandu
There may be some bullying through environmental "tools of diplomacy", but Nepal has a shot at avoiding development's "dirty" phase.
DR JOVAN ILIC
Nepali Society
Madan Krishna turns IQ into cash
In which city is the Red Square: a) Moscow b) Beijing c) Pyongyang d) Hanoi. Famous Nepali comedian Madan Krishna Shrestha is sensitive to…
Economy
Satellites link Nepali diaspora
For the first time since Prithvi Naryan Shah unified the country, Nepal's "footprint" spans half of Asia.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Arts
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Violence against women
There are a shocking number of instances of sexual violence against Nepali women. Not that we did not know but the study by SATHI, a…
Employment site
There's some good news for Nepali workers headed abroad. The Employment Promotion Commission, under the chairmanship of the prime minister, has…
Off the air
Nepal's Ministry of Health has just pulled one of its advertisements for contraceptives off the air. The jingle, in which a young girl…
HRC in action
The National Human Rights Commission (HRC) has been keeping itself busy?but doing what? Of 528 cases filed at the commission until mid-July this…
Business Briefs
Gold rush
Rumours that the government would fix a ceiling on wealth after it initiated its "revolutionary" land reform plan triggered withdrawals in some…
Storm in a teacup
Nepali tea sellers say prices have slumped, but they cannot comply with demands of growers to raise prices. The Nepal Tea Association says a…
e-album
The Rainbow Group has launched a new electronic venture that allows customers to build up e-albums for use in everything from making e-friends…
Radisson shares
The Nepal Stock Exchange has decided to list shares of Oriental Hotels for trading, almost nine months after the hotel applied for the…
Manakamana Darshan
Manakamana Darshan has suspended its cable car operations indefinitely after locals led by Village Development Committee (VDC) officials…
Letters
Last orders
Daniel Lak's "Last orders, please" (# 57) presents a narrow view of the threatened ban on alcohol. I agree with him that banning alcohol is…
Indian connection
Thank you CK Lal for calling a spade a spade in drawing attention to the Maoists' India connection in "The chicken neck" (#57). I am a student…
More ceilings
Why stop at a land ceiling? "Capital fright" (#57). Why not have a house ceiling? People only need one house to live in, confiscate extra houses…
Outraged
I live in the United States and read with amazement and disgust that a country with some of the best soldiers in the world cannot protect our…
Rajbanshi
Pramod Mishra's idea about utilising the late King Birendra's assets "King Birendra's legacy" (#56) is undoubtedly thought provoking. How about…
In this issue:
King G's 100 days | Three Months Later | Editorial: The power of one | Narayanhiti whodunit. Who cares? | Wild for beauty and health, naturally | Tale-ban.com | Deubaís debut | Rebel with a cause | Freezing frenzy | Satellites link Nepali Diaspora | A day in the life of a Living Goddess | Kyoto to Kathmandu | The Euro Zon | Fix the road | Great Green Wall | Tiger's New Symmetry | Who's playing by the rules? Who's not? | His house for land? | "Talk for what?" | Let the talks begin | In Nepal, too, desire defies modern times | No laughing matter | Madan Krishna turns IQ into cash