WAIT-AND-SEE
The Maoists and their mentors now have a choice: come above ground, or fight to the finish.
SUDHEER SHARMA IN LIBANG
September 7-13, 2001
Headline
Editorial
Animal Farm
We are outdoing Orwell. This is getting to resemble Animal Farm. And the doublespeak is getting out of hand. Rightist parties like the RPP are…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Greatness and goodness
Some leaders are born great, some achieve greatness, and still others have greatness thrust upon them. Others just try to be good leaders.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Monsoon mould and mud
The monsoon renews the life cycle-even as the constant rain gets well and truly enough, after a while.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The tooth, and nothing but the tooth
In all the hullabaloo last week about the discovery of the Tibetan Wild Ass (Latin Name: Equus asininus) in Upper Mustang, one small bit of news…
Nation
In the spirit of alcohol, gender and state
The government's new rules for alcohol control are positive, but the real test will be their conscientious enforcement in the long run.
SAUBHANGYA SHAH
Not enough to eat
Nepal has seen 15 agriculture ministers, 8 directors and 8 secretaries in the past 11 years. The result: grain production is declining, food imports are growing, and 55 of 75 districts are food-deficit.
RAMYATA LIMBU
Political definitions
In the wake of 1 June, we must fine-tune our understanding and expectations of democracy in Nepal.
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Interview
My First Lady
A candid talk with Arzu Rana, prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's wife, on everything from the curtains in Baluwatar to land reform.Nepali…
Business
Rice basket to basketcase?
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's "revolutionary" land reform has stirred Nepal's rice basket. Whatever the outcome, it has changed ties between landowners and farmers forever.
CHANDRA KISHORE JHA
Phone chat, Nepali style
In Nepal, I have a love-hate relationship with my phone. After finding my own place with my own line, I honoured my prize possession. I didn't…
LEAH SCHULTE
Culture
Leisure
Book Worm
Dakini’s Warm Breath-
The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism Judith Simmer-Brown Shambhala Publications, Boston, 2001 Rs 2,380 An exploration of the primary…
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
Walking the Buddha's Path Bhante Henepola Gunaratna Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA, 2001 Rs 1,345 In an engaging, endearing manner,…
Travel
The wildernes
In Nepal's remote western hills, the forests are back. And with them leeches, monkeys and leopards.
RUPA JOSHI in DADELDHURA
Nepali Society
Look, no hands
Sudharshan Gautam has a message for those who have limbs intact: "It doesn't make a difference what you have and what you don't. If there is a…
Economy
Rice basket to basketcase?
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's "revolutionary" land reform has stirred Nepal's rice basket. Whatever the outcome, it has changed ties between landowners and farmers forever.
CHANDRA KISHORE JHA
Phone chat, Nepali style
In Nepal, I have a love-hate relationship with my phone. After finding my own place with my own line, I honoured my prize possession. I didn't…
LEAH SCHULTE
Technology
The ravaging of cyberspace
It is hard to accept that the democracy and openness of the Internet are illusory. But it is true.
NORMAN SOLOMON
Arts
Meditating on the bodhi tree
India's art scene is vibrant, experimental. Nepal's can be most kindly described as nascent. Is it possible that someone from the Indian milieu…
AJIT BARAL
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Guns and the army
The Royal Nepal Army didn't buy the G-36 after all. The army was close to closing the controversial deal for the highly sophisticated German…
Tenzing in Mongolia
Tenzing Norgay lives-in Mongolia, in the form of a peak recently named after the first man to step on Everest. A joint Mongolian-Nepali climbing…
GAESO goes to court
The Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen's Organisation (GAESO) has filed a lawsuit against the British Army's area welfare office challenging its decision…
Business Briefs
Slowdown
Things are starting to get bad on the economic front. Government spending has grown fast, revenue collection is slow and trade is shrinking.…
Nepal Oil Corruption
There was news last week that Ministry of Commerce and related departments had actually conducted a surprise inspection of roughly 70 gas…
Tax scare
The new Income Tax bill in parliament has rattled business and industry. They say they will agitate-as political parties do-if the new bill…
Back to Bangalore
Royal Nepal Airlines resumed its twice-weekly hops to the southern Indian city Bangalore last week. Royal Nepal flies to Bangalore from…
Furniture land
There are now more choices if you want a makeover for your home-10,000 sq ft of them. Furniture Land's new showroom in Teku features exhibits on…
Letters
CK LAL
CK Lal (“In the kingdom of dementia”, #38) is turning out to be bigot by mocking at intellectuals who see the Maoist problem as a political one.…
Khane mukh
I have to agree with Daniel Lak in "Last orders, please" (#58). The Maoists' agenda is close to that of their much-hated American brethren…
Capital cap
A cap on personal property and capital (“Capital fright”, #57) can hamper the overall economic development of the nation. Individual initiative…
Chicken neck
In criticising Comrade Prachanda ("The Chicken Neck", #57) for taking refuge in the safety and comfort of the stable of his Indian overlords far…
In this issue:
Wait - and - see | Animal Farm | Editorial: Greatness and goodness | Not enough to eat | Monsoon mould and mud | Political definitions | In the spirit of alcohol, gender and state | Free the Nepali Rupee | The wilderness returns to Nepal’s wild west | The ravaging of cyberspace | Greener pastures | The case for a growing role | Running on empty | The India-factor | Mathi, mathi, mathi… | Phone chat, Nepali style | Meditating on the bodhi tree | The tooth, and nothing but the tooth | Look, no hands