Contours of a new Nepal
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Aconstitution is not supposed to be something that is hardly worth the paper it is written on. It is a dynamic document…
March 16-22, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Worth the paper it is written on
It's getting difficult to tell who is stabbing whom in the back within the Maoist party anymore.
Columns
Nepalipan by TASHI SHERPA
Away from it all
Want to get away, but not too far from the mass-metrometamorphosis of Kathmandu?
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
A step back to step forward
There is plenty to be cynical about, but we are inching ahead on peace and constitution
Backside by Ass
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PICS: ISA Furniture you can live in (if you are a termite)The top leadership of the parties have all given up on having a full-fledged…
Nation
Between taboo and tolerance
Sexual minorities have made a space for themselves, but complete integration and acceptance is still hard to find
TRISHNA RANA
A proud woman
BIKRAM RAI I was born a male, but I never felt I belonged to that body. I was very lucky because I was supported by my family from a young age…
BHUMIKA SHRESTHA
Interview
"I am worried about the peace process"
German Parliamentary State Secretary for Development Cooperation Gudrun Kopp spoke to Nepali Times at the end of her three-day visit to Nepal…
Business
In search of new avenues
The illusion of a loss-proof banking sector is slowing breaking
PRABHAT BHATTARAI
Review
Flavour
PICS: MARCO POLO Bigger ain't better. Flavour in Pulchok, not to be confused with an unrelated plural in Boudhanath, is a tiny joint with…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
Life Times
Never Ending Peace And Love
This spring go to Khopra and Mohare which have all the benefits of the main trekking routes, but none of the crowds
ALONZO LYONS in MYAGDI
Home delivery
BIKRAM RAI After a long tiring day, you come home starving, only to find that you are home alone and your fridge is empty. You are too tired to…
Guiness addict
Guinness world records have become an obsession in Nepal, and here is another world record we could break: 57-year-old Keith Furman holds the…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Must See
Top Gun remembered
For any one growing up in the late 1980s, the Top Gun phenomenon, the fighter planes, motorcycles, bomber jackets, aviators, steamy locker room…
SOPHIA PANDE
International
Afghanistan's unsung heroes
"One of the best things about my job in Afghanistan is working alongside such courageous and dedicated people as the Gurkhas."
PETER DALGLISH in KABUL
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Smart viewing
Dish Home, sole DTH service provider in Nepal has launched Smart Box enabled with recording facility. Smart Box is the newer version of the Dish…
In this issue:
Contours of a new Nepal | Editorial: Worth the paper it is written on | Wrong visit at the wrong time | In search of new avenues | “I am worried about the peace process” | Banking on banks | Never Ending Peace And Love | Away from it all | Guiness addict | A step back to step forward | Afghanistan’s unsung heroes | Between taboo and tolerance | A proud woman | “I am also a Madhesi” | Say no to indigenous states | Bhattarai’s new enemies | The ones who got away | Illegal caucus | Backside: Buy this paper, and win a shirt