Issue #695

February 21-27, 2014

Headline

Not again

BIKRAM RAIFamilies of the victims of the Nepal Airlines 9N-ABB Twin Otter crash on Sunday, gather at Tribhuvan Airport to collect the bodies of…

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Editorial

Columns

Bihari K Shrestha
GUEST COLUMN by Bihari K Shrestha

The architecture of democracy

Indigenise Nepal’s polity by addressing the birth defects this Constituent Assembly has inherited from the previous one

Ajaz Ashraf
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf

Fact-fudging in Gujarat

New book exposes Indian prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s involvement in 2002 communal pogrom

The Ass
Backside by The Ass

Unidentified floating objects

This is what our democracy has come down to: firing off cannons in Tundikhel at the break of dawn on Democracy Day. Maybe that is?because we are…

Nation

Twin Otters down

The rugged Canadian plane has been the workhorse of Nepal’s domestic aviation for four decades, but has suffered terrible attrition

Business

Dirty money

WWW.MATHBABE.FILES.WORDPRESS.COM SPEAK UP: Demonstrators in New York protest against HSBC in February 2013 for the bank’s involvement in money…

Erik Solheim

Review

Dance with abandon

Cadenza sure know how to have fun. Anyone familiar with Nepal’s first consistent jazz band will testify to the group’s ability to concoct the…

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Busy Bee Cafe

For a long time, Busy Bee has held the crown for being the ‘hippest’ joint in Pokhara’s lakeside. From European backpackers to Indian…

Economy

Dirty money

WWW.MATHBABE.FILES.WORDPRESS.COM SPEAK UP: Demonstrators in New York protest against HSBC in February 2013 for the bank’s involvement in money…

Erik Solheim

Nepali Times Buzz

Easing up

It is natural to be worried or fearful every now and then, but sometimes these feeling become persistent, overwhelming, and interfere with daily…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

Dhanvantari

Easing up

It is natural to be worried or fearful every now and then, but sometimes these feeling become persistent, overwhelming, and interfere with daily…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Gizmo

Acer’s solid Liquid

There was a time when the only thing which men boasted “Mine is smaller than yours” was their mobile phones. But that is so 2010. As the mobile…

International

Can Ukraine Be Saved?

Any hope for an end to the country’s deepening civil disorder appears to be fading fast.

Yevhen Bystrytsky

From The Nepali Press

“Reform in two weeks”

Interview with Krishna Hari Pushkar, the new director of the Department of Foreign Employment. Himal Khabarpatrika, 16 February

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Lease of life

Krishna Bahadur Budha talking to Pradeep Bashyal, Nepal, 16 February

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In this issue:

Not Again | Editorial: Comatose Government | The architecture of democracy | Twin Otters down | Dirty money | (Un)happy homes | In the name of the destroyer | Leading the young | Lights, camera , copy paste | Dance with abandon | Easing up | Fact-fudging in Gujarat | Cholera in the time of peacekeeping | Communicating about non-communicable diseases | Train a-comin’ | Dear Democracy | “Reform in two weeks” | Lease of life | Backside: Unidentified floating objects