Issue #607

June 1-7, 2012

Headline

Racing with history

Racing with history

BIKRAM RAI Everyone has to take a share of the blame for the futile deadend on 27 May, and for the last four years of dilly-dallying,…

Editorial

Columns

Death of an institution
Comment by KANAK MANI DIXIT

Death of an institution

The Constituent Assembly provided an example of how not to write a constitution

Conveniently left
This Is It by RUBEENA MAHATO

Conveniently left

Nepalis have moved on, but our communal communists are still dreaming of utopia

Out of the darkness
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA

Out of the darkness

A national unity government with elections by November is the least parties can now give dejected Nepalis

Backside by ASS

Effi-जी

Primordial Minister BRB has been accused by critics of behaving unconstitutionally. What else is the man supposed to do? If there is no…

Nation

Truth without justice is an insult

Truth without justice is an insult

"When a member of a family is disappeared, that family is completely destroyed. If the sons or daughters of our politicians were taken like my…

ROBERT GODDEN

Business

Review

The Factory

The Factory

PICS: RUBY TUESDAY The Factory at Mandala Street is one of those few places in Thamel which was established not for back packers but for…

SOMEPLACE ELSE by RUBY TUESDAY

Life Times

Musical high

Musical high

London-based charity performs record breaking gig to raise funds for a Nepali orphanage

RUBEENA D SHRESTHA

Hat trick on the Everest marathon

Hat trick on the Everest marathon

Phurba Tamang has been running the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon for three years and he has won all three, this time beating his own time by…

Learning from Master Harold

Learning from Master Harold

Since its inception, One World Theatre has made it a point to showcase plays on social justice issues. Their latest production, Master Harold…

Controversial cholesterol

Controversial cholesterol

A new finding published recently in the medical journal Lancet, shows that high levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL), the good cholesterol,…

DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD

Must See

The White Ribbon

The White Ribbon

Michael Haneke, the 70-year-old Austrian filmmaker, made his first feature film when he was 47. Despite this slightly tardy start, as of this…

SOPHIA PANDE

June 5, Environment Day

Electric city

Electric city

Tax cuts on electric vehicles could actually save government money

Biogas moves up

Biogas moves up

A quiet revolution in rural Nepal has made this country a world leader in alternative energy

Investing in rain

Installing a rainwater harvesting system in your home is a smart move

BHRIKUTI RAI

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Racing with history |Editorial: We have a situation here |Death of an institution |Conveniently left |Not all doom and gloom |The Euro awaits its verdict |Hat trick on the Everest marathon |Controversial cholesterol |Out of the darkness |Truth without justice is an insult |Unceremonious demise |Blame Bhattarai |“Angry we may be, we still have to work together.” |Cash grows on trees |Backside: Effi-ji