Stormy season
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA THUNDERBOLT: The first major storm of the season lights up the sky behind the Taleju temple in Kathmandu as the Seto…
April 6-12, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Federalism by any other name
After coming all this way, and in a hurry to meet the May deadline, we shouldn't adopt an authoritarian constitution
Columns
Guest Column by RAM KUMAR BHANDARI
Truth without justice
It would be better to have no Truth Commission at all than a toothless commission
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Cleaning out the closet
The Maoists, Nepal Army and Police have to face the victims and tell them what really happened during the war
This Is It by RUBEENA MAHATO
Poll-itically correct
The quality of democracy in Nepal will depend on serious electoral reform
Backside by Ass
Cash or credit? Both
Not a day goes by without a Constipated Ass-embly member making a donkey of him- or her-self. Sometimes they are caught selling red passports,…
Nation
Are we ready for e-voting?
Electronic election will not necessarily be free and fair unless there is political integrity
BIBEK PAUDEL
Interview
"BRICS is not anti-western"
Brazil's high-profile participation in last week's BRICS Summit in New Delhi marked the beginning of a new foray by the Portuguese-speaking…
Brazil keen on hydropower
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Brazil recently opened new embassies in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka this year. On hand to inaugurate the new embassy…
Review
Pasta Vostro
PICS: MARCO POLO Bowtie, elbow, fusilli, gnocchi, lumache, penne, tagliatelle, tripolini or spaghetti: Pasta Vostro, the four-month-old…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by MARCO POLLO
International
Chinese flavour, Indian curry
The BRICS summit in New Delhi showed that China is emerging as the pre-eminent partner in the group
SHYAM SARAN
Life Times
Remembering not to forget Toni Hagen
As he looks down at another nearly lost half-decade of development in Nepal, Toni Hagen must be shaking his head
KUNDA DIXIT
Paid to be green in Nepal
Nepal demonstrates that it is possible to use carbon credits to fund the destruction of ozone-depleting contraband
Pedalling for roads
RAJAN KATHET Mega Cycle Rally is being held on April 5 in an effort to pressurise the government to build cycle lanes across Kathmandu and to…
Porter burden
Nepali porters carry extraordinary loads, a 50kg sack of rice plus several cases of beer and fizzy drinks would not be atypical. With a basket…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Must See
The Hunger Games
The best film adaptations are the ones that take a little bit of poetic license with the original text and make the story their own. Having not…
SOPHIA PANDE
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Swifter swift
Arun Intercontinental, authorised distributor of Suzuki for Nepal, has introduced New Swift in the market. The New Swift has spacious interiors…
In this issue:
Stormy season | Editorial: Federalism by any other name | Truth without justice | “BRICS is not anti-western” | Brazil keen on hydropower | Chinese flavour, Indian curry | Remembering not to forget Toni Hagen | Paid to be green in Nepal | Pedalling for roads | Porter burden | Cleaning out the closet | Poll-itically correct | Are we ready for e-voting? | The Maoist path to enlightenment | “We are citizens” | Backside: Cash or credit? Both