Life lessons
JANA AšENBRENNEROVá Durga Dhakal (pic, above), 48, is the principal and an English teacher at the Janabal Secondary School in Marpha of Mustang…
August 3-9, 2012
Headline
Editorial
Economic takeoff
A new Pokhara airport can be the perfect stop-gap alternative to take the pressure off Kathmandu, and benefit the whole country.
Columns
By The Way by ANURAG ACHARYA
For the sake of opposition
There can be no consensus as long as the opposition holds true to its definition
Its The Economy by CHANDAN SAPKOTA
Failure to yield
Lack of fertiliser and delayed monsoon are depriving poor farmers of their only source of income and stunting the country's economy
Backside by Ass
All the news unfit to print
This week we take a look at real headlines from the Nepali media, and follow them up with unreal news items below them, like: Boxing Declared…
Nation
Himalayan Teacher
Durga Dhakal overcomes the rugged landscape of Mustang and devotes his life to a job he loves
JANA ASENBRENNEROVA in MARPHA
Up in the air
Politics as usual has stalled hopes of any real progress in Pokhara's new international airport
TONG SIAN CHOO and CANDICE NEO in POKHARA
Engineering a future
A group of college graduates choose farming over white-collar jobs
ANURAG ACHARYA
Breaking new grounds
While her friends were off to attend their first day of school in Deukhuri, Dang, Urmila Chaudhary started working as a kamlari (girl-child…
SAMJHANA POUDEL
Review
Falcha
PICS: RUBY TUESDAY Falcha in Newari means traditional resting places that also served as venues for meetings, celebrations and festivities.…
SOMEPLACE ELSE by Ruby Tuesday
Life Times
From rugs to riches
Mongolia struggles to make democracy work and share more equitably the new wealth from its mineral hoard
KUNDA DIXIT in ULAANBAATAR
Porter power
BIKRAM RAI For centuries, Nepali porters have made a name for themselves carrying enormous loads on their backs using just a namlo (headstrap)…
DHANVANTARI by BUDDHA BASNYAT, MD
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In this issue:
Life lessons |Editorial: Economic Takeoff |For the sake of opposition |Up in the air |Failure to yield |From rugs to riches |Remnants of a realm |Porter power |Engineering a future |Himalayan Teacher |Tough talk with Bhattarai |Consensus for election for election |Breaking new grounds |Backside: All the news unfit to print