Rain check
SUBHAS RAI Nepal has hunkered down for the monsoon, and the country seems to trundle along despite the lack of a constitution, a budget, and a…
July 13-19, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Four legs good
Prime Minister Bhattarai may have to weigh whether stepping down will clear the current deadlock, pave the way for elections, and restore a stable state.
Columns
Guest Column by GOPAL GURAGAIN
Grab what you can
Let's face it, the Maoists never wanted a constitution, they just wanted to grab power
My Two Paisa by PAAVAN MATHEMA
Show me the money
And again, political differences are forcing us to settle for a partial budget
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
It's your mess, clean it up
It doesn't matter whether this government remains or goes because the next one will face the same deadlock
Backside by Ass
Corrodes, arabs and kharabs
The current political system in the Plutocratic Federal Demographic Republic of Nepal can be best described as 'Crony Communism', where…
Nation
On a tight budget
Budgetary uncertainties and mass retirement of secretaries will set back governance
RUBEENA MAHATO
No government, no irrigation
Lack of local governance and rains have left farmers across Nepal high and dry
No man's land
Six years after the end of the war, land continues to be the sticking point in the peace process
ANURAG ACHARYA
Review
Saffron
PICS: RUBY TUESDAY Saffron opened its doors over eight months ago, yet it retains an air of newness. The walls are unadorned, the waiters look…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by RUBY TUESDAY
Life Times
Seven women, seven summits
Having climbed the highest peaks in Asia, Australia and Europe, the Nepali women mountaineers have four more to conquer
CANDICE NEO
Nepal's UN mission has its work cut out
Nepal is set to remain on the list of 'least developed' countries for some time yet
ABHA ELI PHOBOO in GENEVA
Pilgrimage medicine
Probably the most visited and arduous high altitude pilgrimage site in South Asia is Mount Kailash (6714m), the centre of the universe in Vedic…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
Must See
Take This Waltz
Sometimes films are more tone poems or mood pieces without the kind of definitive narrative arc that we have come to expect from more…
SOPHIA PANDE
From The Nepali Press
Does Nepal need a Janajati party?, BBC Nepali Service
Interview with sociologist Krishna Bhattachan and UML leader Kripasur Sherpa, 7 July
"PM is being dragged into controversies", Naya Patrika
Devendra Paudel, political advisor of the prime minister, 8 July
In this issue:
Editorial: Four legs good | Grab what you can | On a tight budget | Show me the money | Seven women, seven summits | Nepal’s UN mission has its work cut out | Pilgrimage medicine | It’s your mess, clean it up | No government, no irrigation | Seeds of wrath | Does Nepal need a Janajati party? | Guardian king | “PM is being dragged into controversies” | Backside: Corrodes, arabs and kharabs