Home away from home
BIKRAM RAI Dhana Maya Gautam is 60, lives in a grand pavilion, she has police guards, a sunny veranda, lawn and a great view of the city…
March 2-8, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Again, three more months
Nepal's politics will be stormy in the coming months. The bottom line should be holding the ship of state steady
Columns
Chalo Dilli by JYOTI MALHOTRA
Down in UP
There are lessons for Nepal from the elections in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh this week
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Into the void
The lingering transition and un-negotiated political space are feeding into anarchist terror
Backside by Ass
The dumbest smartphones in the world
SHALIGRAM TIWARI/KANTIPUR Just like we needed foreign experts to certify the height of the world's shortest man, it looks like we need…
Nation
New canine member joins the Great Himalayan Trail
Her name is Setuk, which is a name given to dogs with yellow eyebrows. She started following the Great Himalayan Trail team from just below Apa…
Sewing a social safety net
Reena Rai has decided to dedicate her life to helping other women like her to be independent with skills training
HARIDEVI ROKAYA
They don't count, and are uncounted
No one knows how many Nepalis work in India, nor is there a reliable estimate about how much money they send home
ANURAG ACHARYA in NEW DELHI
Interview
"Enough headroom for everyone"
Resta Jha, CEO of Prime Life Insurance spoke to the Nepali Times this week about how the rural areas are driving growth in the insurance sector.…
Review
American by birth, Sherpani at heart
Caryl Sherpa finds love and a new family in the heartland of the Himalaya
Yellow Chilli
PICS: MARCO POLO Hype around the opening of Sanjeev Kapoor's Yellow Chilli in Kathmandu may have made our sampling a pinch too sweet. The Indian…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Life Times
Hidden hunger
Prompted by massive advertisement campaigns, sales of instant noodles and fizzy drinks have sky-rocketed in Nepal. Among the world's 7 billion…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Must See
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Once in a while, directors with true vision are able to take subjects that would confound an ordinary film-maker and create visceral,…
SOPHIA PANDE
Making A Difference
Knotting for Nepal
A woman's personal hobby is helping others become self-sufficient and preserve traditional weaving skills
BHRIKUTI RAI
From The Nepali Press
'We should rise above ethnic and class sentiments', Himal Khabarpatrika
Interview with Mohan Baidya, vice president UCPN-M, 13 March
Constitution impossible, Naya Patrika
Interview with Nilamber Acharya, Chairperson of the Constitutional Committee, 26 February
In this issue:
Home away from home | Editorial: Again, three more months | Into the void | Ups and downs in Nepal | New canine member joins the Great Himalayan Trail | Orphaned at old age | Hidden hunger | Knotting for Nepal | Sewing a social safety net | They donʼt count, and are uncounted | Down in UP | ʻWe should rise above ethnic and class sentimentsʼ | Constitution impossible | Backside: The dumbest smartphones in the world