Issue #602

April 27 - May 3, 2012

Headline

No fly zone

No fly zone

ASHUTOSH TIWARI This plane junkyard at a corner of Kathmandu airport is a powerful symbol of the state of Nepal. These vintage aircrafts were…

Editorial

Columns

Dangers of cohabitation
Guest Column by MICHEL LUMMAUX

Dangers of cohabitation

Former French ambassador to Nepal says the French model may be inappropriate

Educated, but unskilled
Strictly Business by ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Educated, but unskilled

New Nepal needs to have a consciously skill-centric focus on creating and sustaining jobs

Mixing things up
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA

Mixing things up

In an effort to seek a 'win-win' arrangement, let's not settle for something that will make us all losers

Maoists do the macarena
Backside by Ass

Maoists do the macarena

BIKRAM RAI The website of the Organisation of the Worker's Party of Afghanistan Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, Principally Maoist (such an…

Nation

Where old planes go to die

Where old planes go to die

The carcasses of planes are a mute testimony to political interference and private greed that bled Nepal's airlines dry

DEWAN RAI

Review

Nirvana Golf Club

Nirvana Golf Club

PICS:: RUBEENA D SHRESTHA Dharan doesn't boast of many fine dining options. But as a first time visitor to the city, friends told me to include…

Life Times

A problem with no name

A problem with no name

Bullied children in Nepal are trapped between their tormenters and an insensitive school system

TRISHNA RANA

Friends of conservation

Friends of conservation

The central zoo at Jawalakhel is not just home to animals but also a leading centre for conservation education

BHRIKUTI RAI

The erratic pulse

The erratic pulse

By carefully taking the pulse, ghata (riverside) vaidyas (physicians) in Nepal determine the time when a seriously ill patient may die. With the…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

Must See

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

A self-admitted David Cronenberg fan from one of my previous articles, I have fallen back today on yet another superlative Cronenberg film upon…

SOPHIA PANDE

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Home sweet home

On the occasion of New Year 2069, Bank of Asia is introducing its Easy Home scheme. This scheme provides customers with 100 percent loans to…

In this issue:

No Fly Zone | Editorial: Military Security vs social security | Dangers of cohabitation | Where old planes go to die | Educated, but unskilled | A problem with no name | Friends of conservation | The erratic pulse | Mixing things up | The corner people of Olangchungola | Hands-out scholarships | Dubious donor policy | War school | Green revolution | Backside:Maoists do the macarena