Issue #691

January 24-30, 2014

Headline

Against the current

SUNIR PANDEYHOOKED ON: A fisherman searches for the end of his lines in the Narayani River at Chitwan on Sunday. Famous as one of the last…

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Editorial

We, the people

The new CA has to base its exercise on accepted ideals of national unity, integrity, and equity

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Columns

Ajaz Ashraf
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf

All about roots

Aam Aadmi Party’s national vision must be refracted through the prism of the local

Ass
Backside by Ass

Living to eat

The reason the CIAA has such a difficult time controlling graft and corruption in Nepal is not, as you might expect, because it has a soft spot…

Nation

Doctors’ orders

There is a long and sordid story of corruption and greed in the health sector that is behind Govinda KC’s hunger strike

Santa Gaha Magar

Tresspassing into nature

Planned new east-west railroad and Hulaki highway threaten the Chitwan National Park

Bhrikuti Rai and Sunir Pandey

Business

Coffee with Gagan

An entrepreneur who turned his passion for the beans into a successful franchise

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Review

Next question, please

MEGHNA BALIBIONIC MAN: Sameer Maskey has created state of the art technology that will allow individuals to have access to customer service…

Meghna Bali

Sing-Ma Food Court

There is perhaps no sweeter note to the ears of a homesick Singaporean than to hear of a restaurant that specialises in its cuisine, thousand…

Toh Ee Ming

Nepali Times Buzz

Heroes on Everest

With role in new Hollywood film, pilot-actor Vijay Lama’s life comes a full circle

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Dayaram's Adarsha

A teacher helps integrate hundreds of handicapped students back into the community

Hariz Baharudin and Toh Ee Ming

Live long, look good

A question that is frequently asked to doctors during medical exams is: which one preventive intervention leads to the largest average increase…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

Her

The awards season has started again and with it come the real contenders, those heavy weight films that are built to win that ultimate golden…

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

Time to play

Having defined and subsequently dominated the console gaming industry with the PS1, PS2, and PS3, Sony unleashed the latest iteration of its…

Yantrick

International

No boomlet babies in the east

China’s one-child policy lifted living standards, but set a hard-to-reverse trend of demographic decline

Joseph Chamie

From The Nepali Press

Try, try again

Editorials in three mainstream Nepali dailies about the new Constituent Assembly

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In retrospect

UCPN(M) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s speech to party members, Nepal, 19 January

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Connecting people

Interview with Anupranjan Bhattrai, the newly appointed Managing Director at Nepal Telecom, Himal Khabarpatrika, 19 January

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Weekly bazar poll

In weekly polls conducted with the support of The Asia Foundation, Himal Khabarpatrika asks 361 respondents in 12 cities across Nepal every…

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In this issue:

gainst the current | Editorial : We, The People | Doctors’ orders | Coffee with Gagan | Inequality by the click | No boomlet babies in the east | Heroes on Everest | Dayaram's Adarsha | Next question, please | Live long, look good | All about roots | Tresspassing into nature | Try, try again | In retrospect | Illiterate literates of Bajhang | Backside: Living to eat