Tunnel vision
BIKRAM RAIThe election was an emergency bypass to get the country’s failing heart pumping again and put our derailed politics back on track. So…
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December 13-19, 2013
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Editorial
THE ROOTS OF DEMOCRACY
The people have understood the link between grassroots democracy and development, most politicians still haven’t
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Columns
Inside Out by Muma Ram Khanal
Dahal’s political harakiri
Pushpa Kamal Dahal is digging a big hole for himself by rejecting the election outcome
Here We Go by Trishna Rana
A Nepali Nelson
The wait for our own Madiba is going to be a long and grueling one
GUEST COLUMN by Damakant Jayshi
(Mis) interpreting the mandate
The losers in the polls are asking the winners to ignore the results and accept the agenda that was rejected by a majority of Nepalis
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf
Hare overtakes tortoises
India’s anti-corruption citizen party has potential to upset next year’s general elections
Backside by Ass
In hindsight
Kathmandu has been ranked #3 in TripAdvisor’s travellers’ choice ‘Top Ten Rising Destinations in Asia in 2014’. Ahem. If you have taken a look…
Nation
The Valley from the air, 41 years ago
Kathmandu looks dramatically different from the perspective of time and space
The way we were
Pictures taken decades apart show how community forestry has restored Nepal’s midhill vegetation
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Interview
Talking about mountains
David Breashears on climate change, melting glaciers and his organisation, GlacierWorks.
Ayesha Shakya
Business
Innovation and inequality
Even while many developing and emerging economies lifted millions of people out of extreme poverty, the perception that growth meant greater…
Stefano Scarpetta
Review
Degree Maila
SUNIR PANDEYThere is a vapid listlessness in the unnamed village of Daya Hang Rai’s play Degree Maila. The local drunkards are playing cards at…
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The Lunch Box
It is hard to miss The Lunch Box in Kupondole. The bright yellow signboard with the joint’s name screams for attention and is big enough to draw…
Biru
Nepali Times Buzz
The mountains are calling
What better way to celebrate the International Day of Mountains than with a film festival dedicated to the mountains and their people? On 11…
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Chasing dreams with rainbows
With her film Indreni Khojdai Jada (Chasing Rainbows) opening the 11th edition of KIMFF, director Sahara Sharma is a trailblazer for young…
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The red heads
The discovery of a new nest has created excitement among vulture conservationists
Biggest losers
Nepal has very few obese people, but as young, urban Nepalis adopt increasingly unhealthy food and working habits we together with the rest of…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
KIMFF 2013
Sky BurialThe annual and beloved Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) is once again upon us bringing with it a slew of more…
Sophia Pande
Gizmo
Thin and smart
Acer’s V series notebooks are built for easy portability, offer good battery lives, and deliver decent performance with the specs on board. The…
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From The Nepali Press
Can’t forget, won’t forgive
[centerIt is hard to believe that the same party who registered a landslide victory in the first CA polls just four years ago, suffered an…
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In this issue:
Tunnel Vision | Editorial: The roots of democracy | Dahal’s political harakiri | A Nepali Nelson | Innovation and inequality | (Mis) interpreting the mandate | The Mountains are calling | The Red Heads | Biggest losers | Hare overtakes tortoises | The valley from the air, 41 years ago | The way we were | Fighting corruption | Prachandaʼs changing portrait | Can’t forget, won’t forgive | Backside: In hindsight