Truth is the first casualty
None of us should have any illusions about it. The US-led bombing of Afghanistan is to assuage domestic public opinion in the wake of the…
Columns
Guest Column by BHOLA NATH CHALISE
What does India want?
India and Nepal should renew the treaty and get on with it.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
War diary
On the ground zero of world journalism, too many of us are not up to the task.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Lights, camera, action!
How that every next movie coming out of Hollywood is featuring animals speaking in English, it is a only a question of time before a Bollywood…
Nation
Bahuns and the Nepali State
A course correction is needed when so much of the people's present and future is in the hands of one community.
KANAK MANI DIXIT
Interview
"Cynicism is the obstacle to Nepal’s development."
Kul Chandra Gautamdeputy executive director at UNICEF
Business
Bleak Dasain
Will the Nepali economy take the high road or the low road? A lot depends on political stability and the pace of reforms.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Review
Manjushree’s Rishi
Democracy, liberty and equality boil down to the private dignity of the individuals.
INDRA BAHADUR RAI
Culture
Leisure
Culinary Kathmandu
Of the many splendid restaurants in Kathmandu Valley there are some that stand out for their ambience and aroma.
Literature
Excerpts from The Tutor of History
Khaireni Tar was a roadside town along the snaking Kathmandu-Pokhara highway, set apart from the others by its tropical vegetation, uncommon in…
Happenings
Nepali Society
Man with a movie camera
Multi-cultural, multi-lingual Nepal needs more radio jockeys like Prabhat Rimal. In the studios of Kantipur FM in Patan, Prabhat weaves…
From The Nepali Press
"Our goal is to capture the centre"
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, one of the three negotiators named by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to talk to the government, in Janadharana, 4…
Domestic Brief
Khadka Down Under
The Maoist problem appears to be uppermost in the minds of Nepalis everywhere. Even in Australia where Nepalis based in Melbourne expressed…
Fake bankers.
It is now the turn of bank employees to be put through the paces. After looking into the academic certificates submitted by its officials, the…
?also teachers?
About 8,000 public school teachers have submitted their resignations after the government began checking the education certificates of…
Bad blood
Just when Dalits had thought their days of social exclusion were over, the ?upper? caste have proved that old habits die hard. ?Taka Jatra? a…
Food for school programme
On the eve of World Food Day 2001 on 15th October, WFP Executive Director Catherine Bertini said research and decades of experience show that…
Business Briefs
Kathmandu on NHK
Japan's NHK television is setting out to do something very nice for tourism in Nepal. The capital is to be featured in a six-episode series on…
Dasain shopping
The House of Rajkarnicar, the pioneer in business expos in Nepal, is back to help you lighten your wallet. They're here with the Dashain…
New motorbikes
The motorcycle market in Nepal is growing fast, with more companies joining the race and promising to outdo each other in product and…
NTC discounts
Nepal Telecommunications Corporation (NTC) is in a festive mood?it is offering 50 percent off on domestic calls and 25 percent off on…
NTV Unplugged
The House of Entertainment (P) Ltd. has taken up the challenge of bringing fresh air into NTV's otherwise staid or plain bad programming. The…
Letters
Bin laden
John Paul Lederbach in "Let's do the unexpected" (#63) blames the tragedies of 11 September in the United States on the Arab-Israeli conflict.…
Asylum
I was alarmed and disappointed by the misconceptions in "Asylum" (#63). Asylum seeking in the UK is made to sound like a holiday but this is far…
Tu and ku
The way Tribhuvan University (TU) and Kathmandu University (KU) have been compared in "College comes to Dhulikhel" (#64) is not fair. KU has…
Subliminal
I am an early supporter of the Nepali Times, and appreciate your news coverage and reporting. However, after many weeks now, I am compelled to…
In this issue:
Dashain Wishlist | Truth is the first casualty | "Cynicism is the obstacle to Nepalís development" | Collateral damage | Bahuns and the Nepali State | Impatient kangresi | What does India want? | Bleak Dasai | Making a way in the world | World Recession | Pakistanís Afghan problem | The state has to compensate us | Excerpts from The Tutor of History | Manjushreeís Rishi | The ten days of dashain | Lights, camera, action! | FMís tri-lingual RJ