Fishing in muddy waters
BIKRAM RAIANY LUCK?: Young boys search for coins in the Bagmati at Pashupati Aryaghat on Saturday afternoon. Whatever the outcome of the Supreme…
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March 8-14, 2013
Headline
Editorial
Fresh faces
The next general election is up for grabs to anyone who can guarantee integrity, vision, and good governance
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Columns
GUEST COLUMN by Deepti Gurung
Nepal’s gender apartheid
The real day for women is still a long way away in Nepal
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
Foreign domestic policy
Nepal’s quest for sovereignty and international credibility stands at odds with its geo-strategic balancing act
Backside by Ass
Still polls apart
Now that elections look impossible in June, improbable in November and implausible in the 21st century, the Mao-Baddies seem to be losing…
Nation
“Make the rules and stick to them”
Russian ambassador to Nepal Sergey Vasilievich Velichkin explains his position on the current political deadlock
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The Russia returns
Nepali alumni of Russian universities are high-achievers in their chosen professions
Sunir Pandey
Whose Lumbini is it anyway?
Greed and a lack of sustainable long-term vision on the national level have held back Lumbini for too long
Destination peace
Three things unite 26 million Nepalis like nothing else: MoMo, Mount Everest, and Lumbini
Review
3 Fox
Although the food is ordinary, it's popular among solo travellers and it’s a great place to meet tourists
Sunflower Travellers Lodge and Restaurant
There are no frills at this restaurant but excellent food makes up for the lack of fanciness
Buddha's Maya
TRISHNA RANA It’s been a long tiring day. You’ve spent five hours exploring the almost five km Lumbini garden stretch and are desperate to leave…
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International
Irrelevance of innocence
Karachi has become a microcosm of Pakistan’s politico-ethnic rivalries
Starting Japan’s reconstruction now
Funding for reconstruction is declining after the tsunami but in large parts of Japan’s it has yet to begin
Daan Bauwens
Nepali Times Buzz
The Queens of drama
This women's day we celebrate female trailblazers of Nepali theatre
Suman Raymajhi
Think in kink
Customers at Kathmandu’s sex shops are mostly men above 35, but that is changing
Bhrikuti Rai
Fish below Fish Tail
Ex-Gurkha transforms district’s economy with a trout farm in the shadow of Machhapuchhre
Jivan Prasad Rai
A breath of filthy air
Inhaling wooden smoke is as worse as smoking five packs of cigarette a day
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
Beasts of the Southern Wild
This film has rawness, a poetic heart, beautiful imagery, and a little girl as the protagonist
Sophia Pande
Gizmo
Hop on
For all the women who have not yet gone ‘solo’ because of the long labour of love involved in the ‘pelvic massage’, a little fuzzy friend is…
Yantrick
Book Review
Witness to history in the making
Madhav Acharya Under a blue sky in the summer of the year 1978 Nepal waited the arrival of a celebrity guest from its neighbour to the north.…
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Nepali Tweets
Nepali tweets
Kamal Thapa This ‘banda culture’ is a result of efforts that try to institutionalise change through glorifying violence. Can we be brave enough…
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From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Hola!
Qatar Airways has signed a three year agreement with the powerhouse of European football FC Barcelona. As the club’s main gobal partner, Qatar’s…
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In this issue:
Fishing in muddy waters | Editorial: Fresh Faces | Nepal’s gender apartheid | “Make the rules and stick to them” | The Russia returns | Irrelevance of innocence | Buddha's Maya | Think in kink | Witness to history in the making | A breath of filthy air | Whose Lumbini is it anyway? | Change the constitution to change the government? | Unfinished business | Foreign domestic policy | Backside: Still polls apart