Cliffhanger
SUNIR PANDEYIT STINGS: Thirty-four-year-old Dorje Bhote of Chumasur, Sankhuwasabha, collects honey from wild bee colonies in Chyamtang village.…
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June 7-13, 2013
Headline
Editorial
The economy needs oxygen
Recent history shows that authoritarians have been the main enemies of the environment
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Columns
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
Including the excluded
The only way to justify Nepal’s painfully long transition is to ensure election rules that level the playing field
Backside by Ass
Ass first into the monsoon
Many of you have been taking the Ass aside at parties in the past weeks to ask when elections will be held. And I have confidently and…
Nation
Silly season on Sagarmatha
The world’s highest peak gets record numbers of climbers, and some bad press
Billi Bierling
War’s legacy: a gun culture
The conflict may be over, but a new survey shows high levels of violence because there are so many guns around
Sulaiman Daud
Quality control in tourism
Re-opening the lodges inside Chitwan National Park would restore the balance between ‘quality’ and ‘quantity’ tourists in Nepal
Robin Marston
Interview
Creating airwaves
Andrew Rajan and Sharmily Rana talk about the craft of storytelling and the future of radio play writing
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Review
Stringing maestro
Arbaja, a Nepali instrument once played by the Gandharvas, has found a saviour in singer Lochan Rijal
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Marronnier
Visit this restaurant for a taste of Western cuisine as seen through Japanese eyes
Sulaiman Daud
Nepali Times Buzz
Pedal power
A team of bikers, among them three tetraplegics, plan to cycle all the way from Lhasa to Kathmandu
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Absolute loss
DALYs reflect the true effects of disease within a population more accurately because individuals who fall ill cannot contribute fully to society
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
Side Effects
A psychological thriller with an inherent social commentary on the danger of prescription anti-depressants
Sophia Pande
Gizmo
International
Arms down
The Arms Trade Treaty is a crucial step towards ending gun violence, but may take years to be legally binding
Lucy Westcott
Nepali Tweets
Nepali tweets
Anita Thapa “A civil society gathering for the protection of nationalism and democracy!” – what a joke Dhiraj Kandel I will never be proud of…
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From The Nepali Press
Weekly bazar poll #15
In weekly polls conducted with the support of The Asia Foundation, Himal Khabarpatrika asks 375 respondents in 12 cities across Nepal every Monday for their opinion on contemporary issues. This week’s result of interviews about Nepalis’ reading habits:
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In this issue:
Cliffhanger | Editorial: The Economy needs oxygen | Including the excluded | Silly season on Sagarmatha | Warʼs legacy: a gun culture | Creating airwaves | Pedal Power | Stringing maestro | Absolute loss | Arms Down | Quality control in tourism | Keeping out kamlaris | Radioactive decay | The dark night | Backside: Ass first into the monsoon