Stateless in a mother's land
BIKRAM RAI DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER: R. Gurung (face blurred) is unable to get citizenship for her daughter after her husband abandoned the family.…
February 3-9, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Identity crisis
All signs point to the ethnic demarcation debate getting even more heated and unpredictable in the months before 28 May. When the cabinet…
Columns
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Asking the right questions
Exclusive enclaves cannot make an inclusive state
This Is It by RUBEENA MAHATO
In the name of the father
The Nepali state still does not recognise maternal lineage as a basis for citizenship
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI
Kathmandu Spring
…for constitution, water, roads, electricity, cooking gas, petrol, diesel, security
Backside by Ass
The bottom line
Only in Nepal would a senior govt official get away with what the Energetic Minister proudly announced last week: "The bottom line is that we…
Nation
State of limbo
Thousands of Nepalis are stateless because the state does not give citizenship in the mother's name
RUBEENA MAHATO
Interview
"Nepal must improve the situation of its women"
Australian Ambassador Susan Grace is often travelling in the districts to gain first-hand information about gender, education and sanitation…
Review
Japanese Crepe House Station
PICS: MARCO POLO Outside the white table cloths of any great gustatory capital are portable kitchens, sidewalk hawkers and hole-in-the-walls, at…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Life Times
Nepali women climbers set the pace
"Their success in the male-dominated world of Himalayan climbing will encourage Nepali women to follow their dreams, even when the path is a precarious, uphill ascent." Stephanie Maxheim, French climber
ALONZO LUCIUS LYONS
Vitamin supplements
Drug companies that make vitamin supplements are not exactly ecstatic these days. Recent medical journal data show the benefits of taking…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Must See
The Descendants
It is difficult to claim that one comes from a perfect family. Perhaps the 'perfect' family does not even exist. No matter how much one might…
SOPHIA PANDE
Making A Difference
"Wetlands are not wastelands"
Conservationists battle ignorance and apathy to put Nepal's endangered wetlands on the priority protection list
BHRIKUTI RAI
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
High on tab
The world's cheapest tablet, the Ubislate 7+, has been introduced in Nepal by Gizmos Nepal. Priced at just Rs 6,000, the device features…
In this issue:
Stateless in a mother’s land | Editorial: Identity crisis | Asking the right questions | “Nepal must improve the situation of its women” | Moving mountains | Kathmandu Spring | Nepali women climbers set the pace | Vitamin supplements | “Wetlands are not wastelands” | State of limbo | In the name of the father | Paying for war during peace | The pursuit of happiness | Successful return | Truth interrupted | Backside: The bottom line