Issue #592

February 17-23, 2012

Editorial

Two legs good

Two legs good

Prolonging this volatile transition any longer will open the possibility of an implosion within the Maoist party, and unleash an Orwellian dystopia.

Columns

Invest in what?
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Invest in what?

Why should anyone put money into a country where no one listens to the prime minister, not even his own cadre?

AIDS 2.0
Guest Column by RAJIV KAFLE

AIDS 2.0

It's time for a second generation response

And that is the end of the news
Backside by Ass

And that is the end of the news

BIKRAM RAI Some followers of the donkey have written in to ask if the headline last week 'Minister Goes Mad' was made up. Let me, once and for…

Nation

Building bridges

Building bridges

Yak Attack unearths musical synapses between Nepali folk and rest of the world

RABI THAPA

Review

Café Soma

Café Soma

MARCO POLO The anodyne to almost any ailment—be it writer's block before a pressing deadline, a dogged hangover from a night on the town or…

Life Times

The State of the Himalaya

The State of the Himalaya

Apa Sherpa and his team have just completed the first month of their epic 1,700 km journey on foot across Nepal's Great Himalayan Trail to draw…

APA SHERPA

Bird flu scare

Bird flu scare

NARENDRA SHRESTHA The news from sunsari about culling poultry (pictured) because of bird flu is alarming. There are also reports that crows are…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

Must See

Loot

Loot

To make a good film, many disparate entities must come together and gel perfectly. A decent film emerges from the morass of production which…

SOPHIA PANDE

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Upgraded

Sanima Bank started operating as a Commercial Bank from February 15 onwards. It was allowed to upgrade into "A" class commercial bank after…

In this issue:

Editorial: Two Legs Good | The Tarai is tinder dry | Regime change in paradise | Invest in what? | The State of the Himalaya | Bird flu scare | Building bridges | AIDS 2.0 | An epidemic of stigma and discrimination | Mind your tongue | Radical republic | Absurd classification | backside:And that is the end of the news