The wars of others
BIKRAM RAIHEAVYWEIGHT BOUT: Elephants try to flick the ball past each other at the 10th Chitwan Elephant Festival in Sauraha on Monday.The new…
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January 3-9, 2014
Headline
Editorial
Double centennial
The ambition and greed of powerful men write the history of nations and sow suffering for peoples
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Columns
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
Statutory warning
Political parties that suffer from a democratic deficit within can’t give us a democratic constitution
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf
Condemned to repeat history
The past will haunt India in 2014, the year of general elections
Backside by Ass
Legally binding resolution
The trouble with new year resolutions has always been that by 7 January of every year, since records started being kept, we break them and…
Nation
50 years after the raid into Tibet
Two declassified Foreign Office files shed interesting light on events in Kathmandu after the Khampa raid on the Chinese in June 1964 which put newly arrived British Ambassador Anthony Duff in a predicament
Sam Cowan
More warlike
The British preferred to recruit soldiers from Nepal’s mountain ethnicities rather than from the high castes
Deepak Aryal
100 years of platitudes
The involvement of Nepali soldiers in the First World War has more to it than military gallantry
Sunir Pandey
Business
The girl can’t help it
COURTESY: GENERAL MOTORSWhen Mary Barra (pic, right) was named CEO of General Motors last December – the first woman to head a major American…
Naomi Wolf
Review
Cosmic consciousness
BIKRAM RAIMITHILA CALLING: Indian Ambassador Ranjit Rae (centre) at SC Suman’s exhibition. For centuries, humans have been obsessed with…
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Phat Kath
Ignore the terrible name; Phat Kath might just be my new favourite restaurant. Offering French-ish food, a takeaway crêperie, low tables and…
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Multimedia
The Gurkhas: An Interactive Timeline
By: Ayesha Shakya Those interested in helping the Gurkhas, please visit: The Gurkha Welfare Trust With special thanks to The Gurkha Museum…
Ayesha Shakya
Nepali Times Buzz
Dancing for the gods
Bharatnatyam artist seeks to revive Nepal's classical dance forms
Risheeram Kattel
The shoe on the other foot
Toms bypasses Nepal in the production of its new boot and engages with Nepalis as recipients of charity
Sangita Shresthova
Branding the Himalaya
Nepal, the very word still has a mystic pull. The majestic mountains, friendly people, and an unspoilt way of life are the attributes that make…
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On the fast track
A soldier paralysed during the conflict inspires others like him to stay positive and fulfill their dreams
Mina Sharma
A milestone article
Typhoid is a common illness in Nepal. But are there instances when a patient looks like he or she has typhoid fever and it turns out to be…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Everyone who ever grew up reading The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books have one thing in common – an obsession with Middle Earth and a…
Sophia Pande
Gizmo
No middling affair
As the nerve centre of any home theatre system, an audio-video receiver is supposed to be an immaculate multitasking device. It must decode…
Yantrick
International
The Path to Altruism
As mankind now tries to solve new, global challenges, we must also find new ways to cooperate. The basis for this cooperation must be altruism.
From The Nepali Press
In this issue:
The Wars of Others | Editorial: Double Centennial | Statutory warning | 50 years after the raid into Tibet | The girl can’t help it | Condemned to repeat history | Dancing for the gods | The shoe on the other foot | On the first track | Cosmic consciousness | A milestone article | More warlike | The pashmina war | 100 years of platitudes | Rajyalakshmi vs Ram Kumari | Backside: Legally binding resolution