Issue #694

February 14-20, 2014

Headline

Desk officer

BIKRAM RAI Sushil Koirala sat behind his desk at Singha Darbar on Tuesday (above) to assume office as Nepal’s 37th prime minister at a time of…

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Editorial

Another crossroad

He may have once hijacked a plane, now Sushil Koirala needs to steer the country towards stability

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Columns

Trishna Rana
Here We Go by Trishna Rana

Whose Home is it anyway?

Sushil Koirala’s first of many hurdles is to untangle the Home Ministry knot

Ass
Backside by Ass

Happy Ballantines

There will be many amongst us who will celebrate Valentine’s Day on Friday with the same oomph and pomp we observe many other festivals in this…

Nation

Getting over the influence

Crackdown on drink driving has lessened road accidents, but public attitude is harder to change

Hariz Baharudin and Sunir Pandey

Interview

Business

Peaceful but not prosperous

Education is improving in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, but there are few job opportunities

Amantha Perera

Review

Reimagining the everyday

TOH EE MINGImagine the streets you walk everyday lined with mirrors. All of a sudden, you become aware of the moments playing out simultaneously…

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Nepali Times Buzz

Hear this

VJ Suraj Giri is taking over the airwaves with his eloquent sports commentary

Senchhelung Limbu

Guardians of the Jyapus

Community museum encourages younger generation to care more about their cultural heritage

Toh Ee Ming

No place like home

Former British Gurkhas, who decided to stay back in Nepal, are doing well for themselves and their community

Dambar K Shrestha

Making the genetic switch

What is common between a Nepali drinking milk (and experiencing the usual upset stomach) and high altitude adaptation? The DNA. About 7,000…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

12-years-a-slave

In 1841 Solomon Northup, a free black man, is kidnapped from his home in Saratoga Springs, New York and sold into slavery in Georgia. He is…

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

Painting pictures

Ideal home theatre system centre piece for tech-heads on a budget

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

Internal affairs

Saroj Raj Adhikari and Sundar Khanal, Kantipur, 12 February

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Forget not

Khem Thapaliya, Ratopati, 13 February

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In this issue:

Desk Officer | Editorial: Another Crossroad | The year of living dangerously | Teaching for the future | Peaceful but not prosperous | Whose Home is it anyway? | Carrying the countryʼs conscience | Guardians of the Jyapus | No place like home | Reimagining the everyday | Making the genetic switch | India’s left-of-centre Third Front | Getting over influence | Standing on ceremony | Internal affairs | Backside: Happy Ballantines