November 16-22, 2001
Headline
Editorial
Tipped off by Madras
Is one man's tourism another man's terrorism? Why is it that just when Nepal's tourism shows any sign of picking up, we hit the headlines again…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Oh, say, can you see Osama and Omar?
America has to choose between security and revenge.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Two months after
The Americans aren't angels, but they are accountable to the press, Congress, human rights activists, the opposition, sceptics like Noam Chomsky and Edward Said.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Silly season
This Tihar, think about doing business the next festive season.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
The mother of all inventions
As a card-carrying nabob of negativism and a chronic cynic, it is difficult for this scribe to see non-existent silver linings on alleged clouds…
Nation
In rural Nepal, health is about more than the body
There's plenty wrong with rural health care in Nepal-lack of political will, a stifling bureaucracy, and poor awareness. Then again, some things are going well.
RAMAYATA LIMBU
How much is too much?
There are simply not enough doctors in rural Nepal. But one lucky district hospital doesn't value those it has.
DR MILAN PIYA
Dhulikhel shows small is bountiful
By concentrating on education, health and tourism Dhulikhel has become a model town.
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Interview
"Kathmandu is an island in an ocean of poverty."
Meiko NishimizuThe World Bank's Vice President for South Asia
Business
From below sea level to the highest mountain
Nepal and the Netherlands are an unlikely, but curiously compatible couple.
MARK TURIN
Review
Art, manipulated
Technology has triumphed, and the debate over its use in art is over. But the victory for technology didn't come quickly or easily, it took…
AJIT BARAL
Arts
The passionate pacifist
An artist turns his craft to healing the world and Nepal of violence and conflict.
JANAKI GURUNG
Nepali Society
Bhakta Bahadur’s Malaya
It the age of six, his parents left their home village in Gorkha and took Bhakta Bahadur Rana with them to Burma. That was a time when thousands…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
"The princess had asked the pilot to circle Rara for a better view..."
The Ecuriel helicopter of Fishtail Air had just taken off from Gamgadhi army base on the shores of Lake Rara at 11.25AM. It circled to gain…
Dr RISHI KHATRI
Maoists and marijuana
Living under Maoist rule has brought at least one benefit to the villagers living in the north-western parts of Makwanpur district. Since the…
No salt
There's a sugar shortage in Kathmandu and residents are angry that they may not be able to prepare sweets during Tihar. But in Dolpa, the…
Business Briefs
Sanitary ware
India's Hindware has begun marketing its bathroom fittings and tiles in Nepal. The products are to be retailed through eight outlets in…
Spending rules
The government has announced new expenditure regulations to tighten spending on projects. Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat says this is to…
Nepal Lever profits down
Nepal Lever, a subsidiary of Hindustan Lever, has reported a roughly 50 percent drop in net profits in the fiscal year that ended mid-July 2001.…
Mind our business
The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) invited Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba over to tell him how bad things…
Letters
Give peace a chance
Your editorial “After the honeymoon” (#67) was commedable. Whatever his weaknesses, Prime Minister Deuba has still done Nepal a lot of good by…
Crown prince
Kunda Dixit in ("Is Crown Prince Paras mending his ways?", #66) has tried to ingratiate himself in King Gyanendra's favour by making a farcical…
No Antrax
I was surprised at the panic caused in Kathmandu over the recent “anthrax” scare. I am certain that this is no more than a rumour, and that the…
More on bahuns
The very fact that Kanak Mani Dixit dared to write "Bahuns and the Nepali state" (#65) and you dared to publish it, and that there was such an…
Pro-panchyat
CK Lal is as usual abusive in his latest column ("Memories of the future" #66). Why does Lal have to curse the Panchayat system for everything?…
Mocking ourselves
“More ministers the merrier” (Under My Hat, #66) was hilarious. Tragically, it also reflects how many Nepalis feel about Nepal in these days. We…
Under his hat
I'm afraid Kunda Dixit has finally lost it ("Lights, camera, action", #65). But who can blame him, given the state of the country and the world.…
In this issue:
Peace dividend | Nyu daya bhintuna 1122 | No news is good news | Tipped off by Madras | Editorial: Oh, say, can you see Osama and Omar | "Peace is the pre-requisite..." | In rural Nepal, health is about more than the body | Two months after | How much is too much? | Prachanda comes alive | Power Play | Silly Season | From below sea level to the highest mountain | Dhulikhel shows small is bountiful | ow to inoculate computers | The taking of kabul | Lessons from the global slowdown | The new Chipko | Keeping China down | Crown Prince Paras? | EH Gombric | The passionate pacifist | Art, manipulated | The mother of all inventions | Bhakta Bahadurís Malaya