Cybersphere
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA More Nepalis today are getting information online than the number of readers of all major dailies combined. This digital…
June 22-28, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Antisocial media
In this dynamic, interactive and instantaneous public cyber-sphere, opinions being made and spread are good, bad and sometimes ugly.
Columns
Guest Column by SIMON ROBINS
Giving conflict victims a voice
Those most directly affected by the war can play a role in addressing its legacy
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
Split ends of a revolution
What was surprising about the great Maoist breakup this week was the lack of fuss
Analysis by KANAK MANI DIXIT
The revenge of the radicals
Mohan Baidya spinning off from UCPN-Maoist represents more than an interchange of punctuation marks
Backside by Ass
Prime Minister Stoned
The headline that went around the world was not flattering to Nepal's international prestige: 'Nepal Prime Minister Stoned'. Nepal does have a…
Nation
Digital multiply
The silent majority with moderate views need to counter hate speech on social media
RUBEENA MAHATO
Moving beyond buzzwords
Nepal shows that climate micro-financing can be endemic and deep-rooted
SIDDHANT RAJ PANDEY
Review
Another Monday
It's Monday night in Lazimpat, traffic slows, shop windows darken. Live music pulls you down an alley to a lit doorway. Up the narrow stairs,…
MOLLY JO GOREVAN
Vootoo
PICS: RUBY TUESDAY Vootoo Food Voutique in Lazimpat is owned by DJ Raju along with Ashutosh Shrestha and Sanjay Gupta. They claim to be avid…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by RUBY TUESDAY
Life Times
Worse than cigarettes
Imagine burning a thousand cigarettes in a room and inhaling this smoke everyday. This is what happens in many households across Nepal which…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Must See
Prometheus
Ridley Scott, the undeniable genius, who has made films like the first Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator…
SOPHIA PANDE
From The Nepali Press
"Parliamentary elections more appropriate", Kantipur
12 June Mahesh Acharya interviewed former Indian ambassador to Nepal, Shiv Shanker Mukherjee in New Delhi.
"Nepal's present state is like labour pain a mother goes through during childbirth"
Excerpts from Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's speech to the heads of diplomatic missions in Kathmandu on 11 June
Parting ways, Annapurna Post
The document submitted by the new CPN, M at its national conference on Tuesday , 20 June
In this issue:
Cybersphere |Editorial: Antisocial Media |Giving conflict victims a voice |Digital multiply |Where is the bathroom? |Worse than cigarettes |Split ends of a revolution |The revenge of the radicals |Moving beyond buzzwords |“Parliamentary elections more appropriate” |“Nepalʼs present state is like labour pain a mother goes through during childbirth” |Parting ways |Unsettled accounts |Backside: Prime Minister Stoned