Shake up
KUNDA DIXIT Kathmandu Valley's scenic location is also the reason for its vulnerability t o big and frequent earthquakes. The collision of two…
January 13-19, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Shudder to think
For a glimpse of what Kathmandu will look like after a big quake, just look at the buildings torn down for road-widening and multiply that by 10,000.
Columns
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
New Nepal's old school
Kathmandu's powerful are reluctant to step out of coterie politics
This Is It by RUBEENA MAHATO
Truths, half-truths and damn lies
How easily an entire nation can be fooled by a few unexamined facts
Backside by Ass
All for one, one for all
So Comrade Wen is coming after all. Maybe we need to update our wish list for all the goodies we want from China besides a new Pokhara Airport,…
Nation
Development without government
The Ramechhap model offers valuable lessons in community empowerment
ANURAG ACHARYA in RAMECHHAP
Review
Chongqing Fast Food
PICS: MARCO POLO Chinatown has a new address and at its heart is a hole in the wall that is easy to miss. If you're lucky to chance upon…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Life Times
Mass prayer for world peace
Bodhgaya hosts the latest and possibly largest Buddhist Kalachakra initiation
LINDA KENTRO in BODHGAYA
Elephantiasis
Lymphatic Filariasis, endemic in Nepal, is in the news this week. It is a mosquito-borne illness like malaria, Japanese encephalitis and dengue…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Must See
Melancholia, Another Earth
With this issue, Sophia Pande starts a new weekly DVD review column, Must See, in Nepali Times.
SOPHIA PANDE
From The Nepali Press
Only Mustangs in Mustang
NO GREEN LIGHT FOR GREEN PLATE: Tourist vehicles like this one in Jomsom have to pay a hefty fee to local syndicates for the privilege of plying…
Prez or premier?, BBC Nepali Service
Interview with Kantipur editor, Sudheer Sharma, and Nagarik editor, Narayan Wagle, 7 January
Biz Brief
Stepping up
Now passengers travelling from Nepal with Qatar Airways can benefit from excellent facilities
In this issue:
Sahke up | Editorial: Shudder to think | New Nepal’s old school | Where the quake will hit hardest | Mass prayer for world peace | Foundation for the future | Elephantiasis | Truths, half-truths and damn lies | Development without government | Only Mustangs in Mustang | My way or no way | Comrades no more? | Prez or premier? | Backside: All for one, one for all