Our country, too
JAN MØLLER HANSENBrick kiln workers with iron headgears to carry bricks look like they are wearing crowns. The families live next to the dusty,…
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January 31 - February 6, 2014
Headline
Editorial
A tale of two nations
Nepal and Sri Lanka are two South Asian countries in post-conflict transition, but that is about all they have in common
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Columns
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
Stuck with you
Sushil Koirala may become the next Prime Minister, but he is already a lame duck
Here We Go by Trishna Rana
Back to square zero
For every step we take forward, we seem to take two back
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf
Fund-raising models for NGOs
Humans rights groups in the subcontinent should be able to raise public funds because of their progressive politics
Backside by Ass
CIPs Take Lie Detector Tests
Congratulations are in order to all those who were honoured by the president this week as being Commercially Important People (CIP). The Ass,…
Nation
More value for money
50 years of Tiger Tops shows that a focus on high value tourism may be more advantageous for Nepal
Jack Baucher
Building blocks
The invisible men, women, and children who lay the foundations of your dream home
Jan Møller Hansen
Interview
“Nepal very attractive market for Ncell”
Johan Dennelind, CEO of TeliaSonera, the Swedish-Finnish parent company of Ncell, speaks on telecom trends, privacy, and transparency issues, ahead of a visit to Nepal next week.
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Review
Return to the gurukul way
Caught up in an ugly rat race, schools in Kathmandu Valley are chucking aside traditional blackboards and wooden desks and hastily replacing…
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Bricks Café
‘Bricks’ always struck me as an odd moniker for a restaurant; making me think of stodgy, unpalatable food and, well, bricks. But of course this…
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Multimedia
I just ride
‘Respond to every call that excites your spirit’ - Rumi Nepal is a land of geographic icons, historic adventurers, and landscapes that don’t…
Meghna Bali in POKHARA
Nepali Times Buzz
10 years, 100 countries
Cyclist Furtemba Sherpa spreads the message of peace and social harmony one pedal stroke at a time
Ngima Pakhrin
Don’t freeze to death
The story about the rescue of a three-year-old girl, who fell into an icy fish pond in a little village in the Austrian Alps, defies belief. Her…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
Blue jasmine
Woody Allen’s earlier personal life is pretty dodgy (after all it doesn’t get that much dodgier than starting a relationship with your…
Sophia Pande
Gizmo
Clinching a niche
When Samsung, the largest smartphone manufacturer launched its debut smartwatch in the market last October, techies all over the world stood and…
Yantrick
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In this issue:
Our country, too | Editorial: A Tale of two nations | Stuck with you | More value for money | Scanning your intelligence | Back to square zero | 10 years, 100 countries | I just ride | Return to the gurukul way | Don’t freeze to death | Fund-raising models for NGOs | Smoky business | Building Blocks | Life began at 26 | In solidarity | 65th Republic day of India | Backside: CIPs Take Lie Detector Tests