Issue #639

January 18-24, 2013

Headline

Transitional injustice

DIWAKAR CHETTRI Prime Minister Bhattarai has argued that violence perpetrated during the conflict were political in nature, and in the past year…

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Editorial

Transitional injustice

Not investigating war crimes ensures that conflict wounds never heal, and violence will continue in a climate of impunity

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Columns

Damakant Jayshi
GUEST COLUMN by Damakant Jayshi

Get used to it

Battered Bhattarai will remain the stumbling block for consensus and elections

Ajaz Ashraf
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf

India’s gender insurrection

Liberalism is a mask worn to conceal the deeply ingrained conservative values small town India secretly nurtures

Anurag Acharya
By The Way by Anurag Acharya

Skeletons in the closet

The framework of justice cannot be custom-made and tailored to serve the interests of the few

Puja Tandon
Economy Stupid by Puja Tandon

Spineless backbone

With small-scale production and limited access to markets, rural Nepali farmers are stuck at the bottom of the food chain

Ass
Backside by Ass

Pardon Mantri Bhattarai

It is an insult to say that Prime Minister Rambabu presides over the most corrupt grovelment we’ve ever had in the history of the Federal…

Nation

Sick city

Air pollution is making Nepalis sick and undermining the national economy

Anna-Karin Ernstson Lampou

Business

Tug of war

How will politics and economics interact nationally and globally in 2013?

Mohamed A El Erian

Review

Noyoz

This tiny little joint serves food that tastes like your mother’s home-cooked dishes.

Ruby Tuesday

Life Times

Strokes of modernity

Park Gallery’s newest exhibition paints a complex narrative of the birth and evolution of modern art in Nepal

Sulaiman Daud

Straight from the art

The brother and sister duo Nira and Navin Joshi of Park Gallery spoke to Nepali Times this week about current trends and the future of Nepali art

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Decoding H pylori

A burning sensation especially on an empty stomach can be caused by a bacteria.

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

A Royal Affair

This film nominated for the Oscars will take the audience back to an era that is terrifying for all who chose to transgress from their proscribed boundaries.

Sophia Pande

Nepali Tweets

Nepali tweets

Anushil Shrestha They used to say ‘go to Gorkha for justice’, but Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai who came from Gorkha with massive public…

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From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Dream expansion

Qatar Airways has embarked on its Boeing 787 European expansion with the deployment of the next generation aircraft on three additional routes:…

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In this issue:

Editorial:Transitional injustice | Get used to it | India’s gender insurrection | Tug of war | Strokers of Modernity | Straight from the art | Decoding H pylori | Skeletons in the closet | Sick City | Many more Dekendras | Arresting justice | “Press for qualitative changes” | Making up millions | Backside: Pardon Mantri Bhattarai