Knockout
DIWAKAR CHETTRI Five years after the election of the first Constituent Assembly and 18 months after its unceremonious demise, the country will…
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October 25-31, 2013
Headline
Editorial
The Morning After
The 12.3 million Nepali voters have no illusions about an election that is being foisted on them
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Columns
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf
Citizen candidate
Local elections in India’s capital will be a litmus test for national polls
GUEST COLUMN by Bihari K Shrestha
Voting with a vengeance
Electing new faces is the only way to punish and push out discredited leaders
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
Free, fair and fear-free
High political stakes and polarised sentiment threaten to undermine electoral integrity and security
Backside by Ass
Dying to go to Nepal
Whatever it is we are doing in tourism, we are doing something right because Nepal tops thecharts in just about every CNN survey of the 10…
Nation
The comeback cats
Nepal’s success with snow leopard conservation is a case study for other countries in the region
Kashish Das Shrestha
Accountable to the poor
Despite achievements in healthcare, Nepal struggles to move from paper to patients, from declarations to actual lives saved
Duncan Maru And Shree Ram Tiwari
Rooted in the grassroots
Communities take the lead in a more locally driven model of development
Elelyn Hartz
Interview
People-centric toilets
Kamal Kar pioneered the concept of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in India under which all members in a community take charge of their…
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Business
Fast and furious fall
Most of today’s advanced economies became what they are by travelling the well-worn path of industrialisation. A progression of manufacturing…
Dani Rodrik
Review
Word up
After the remarkable success of the previous two years’ literary events, Ncell and The Bookworm Trust are back with the third edition of Nepal…
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Kilroy’s of Kathmandu
SUNAINA RANAKilroy’s of Kathmandu was quite a sensation when it opened in 1998. Thomas Kilroy, an Irish chef whose culinary skills pleased…
Rainbow Diner
Nepali Times Buzz
Pacific Rim
It’s been a very long time since I thoroughly enjoyed a summer blockbuster. But then again, Pacific Rim is directed by Guillermo Del Toro, the…
Sophia Pande
Wheeze, wheeze
Thirty-year-old Suman Rai had an on and off history of cough and wheezing. Her cough got worse during the night and in winter. She occasionally…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Gizmo
Numero uno
Recipient of T3 Magazine’s coveted ‘Phone of the Year’ and ‘Design of the Year’ categories for 2013, it is easy see why the HTC One is so highly…
Yantrick
Nepali Tweets
Nepali Tweets
Gagan Thapa Came back exhausted from a day of election campaigning, but after hearing Bhim Niroula’s Sunday Morning Love You, my tiredness…
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From The Nepali Press
‘Federalism not necessary’
Speaking at a press conference in Arghakhanchi on Friday, Chitra Bahadur KC, Chairman of Rastriya Janmorcha Nepal, said that the ethnic…
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In this issue:
Kncokout | Editorial: The Morning After | Free, fair, and fear-free | People-centric toilets | The fast and furious fall | Rooted in the grassroots | Against the current | The comeback cats | Wheeze, wheeze | Citizen candidate | Accountable to the poor | MONEY MATTERS | ʻFederalism not necessaryʼ | “No fighting” | Voting with a vengeance | Backside: Dying to go to Nepal