WAKE UP
BIKRAM RAI In any other country, a headline like ‘Murderers allowed to contest elections’ would belong in satire magazines. Not in Nepal. In…
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September 27 - October 3, 2013
Headline
Editorial
Torpor and turpitude
A country that has no idea where it is going has no right to complain about being told which way to go The Election Commission, probably under…
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Columns
GUEST COLUMN by Bihari K Shrestha
Observing the observers
Politicians and their proxy government is pitted against the people
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf
What's with the skullcaps?
Nepal has two months to go for polls, India’s general elections are six months away, and bizarre things are happening as campaigning picks up.…
Inside Out by Muma Ram Khanal
Disquiet and discontent
A leadership crisis in the UCPN(M) is impacting on negotiations over tickets in the forthcoming elections
Backside by Ass
More bowtick carbuy
The best indication that erections are around the corner is that the Very Impotent Person rooms at airports around the country are chock-a-block…
Nation
Interview
"The prerequisite for investment is stability"
German Ambassador Frank Meyke has been in the news recently about remarks he is supposed to have made during a visit to central Nepal. In an…
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Nepali Times Buzz
Festivals of films
Take a break from Dasain shopping and give your wallets a rest as Kathmandu gets ready to host two international film festivals
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Fit for a king
Patan Darbar Square’s earliest surviving courtyard is getting ready for a return to glory
Lawrence Miller
Lal Durbar
Built in 1890 by Prime Minister Bir Shumsher, Lal Durbar is one of the very few Rana palaces that retains its original grandeur. After being…
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Making Everest possible
Few climbers today have heard of the Scotish mountaineer, Alexander Mitchell Kellas (pic, above). But decades before Edmund Hilary and Tenzing…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Of mice and magic
Apple does not do ‘ordinary’ and you would not expect an Apple mouse to be ordinary either. Behold the superbly designed, futuristic looking…
Yantrick
Nepali Tweets
Nepali Tweets
@Lankyprd Since it’s only the political parties and leaders drowning in election fever, it is yet again going to be all about power play. If…
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Must See
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
In 2008, Alison Klayman, a TV producer for PBS and NPR, met an extraordinary man called Ai Weiwei in Beijing. I say ‘man’ and not ‘artist’…
Sophia Pande
From The Nepali Press
Weekly bazar poll #29
In weekly polls conducted with the support of The Asia Foundation, Himal Khabarpatrika asks 375 respondents in 12 cities across Nepal every…
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Campaign trail
Dash donation drive Jana Aastha, 25 September RUKUM -- While other parties are trying to raise campaign funds by mobilising cadre, the CPN-M is…
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Biz Brief
Newbies
Him Electronic, the authorised distributor of Samsung in Nepal debuted a series of products at a program last week. New models of Samsung UHD…
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In this issue:
Wakeup | Editorial : Torpor and turpitude | Observing the observers | “The prerequisite for investment is stability” | Awakening documentary | Festivals of films | Fit for a king | Making Everest possible | What’s with the skullcaps? | Water colors | The sacred and the profane | Campaign trail | Backside: More bowtick carbuy