MAO THE DESIGNER REVOLUTION
Even radical leftists say Nepal's parliamentary democracy gives enough space for all parties to use the ballot instead of the bullet. But the Maoists believe in a shortcut to power.
BINOD BHATTARAI
August 30 - September 5, 2000
Headline
Editorial
Congress-K or Congress-G?
There they go again. K.P. Bhattarai and G.P. Koirala are back at it. These two fellows first create a crisis, and then they busy themselves…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
When loyalty hurts royalty more
A healthy debate between the two can only help a balanced view prevail over extremist postures.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
How to kill foreign investment
The Japanese Prime Minister came and went, but we are hard pressed to figure out what was actually achieved. No new Japanese companies said they…
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Arigatogozaimasu
After the excitement of the Yoshiro Mori visit -the shortest ever to Nepal by a visiting chieftain -Nepalis can now get back to the serious task…
Nation
Hydro-power
A Nepali looks at the Bhutan model. A Bhutanese proposes a new Nepali model.
BIJAYA MAN SHERCHAN
Why you shouldn’t trek alone
In Lonely Planet's Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya I wrote that it is only common sense, applicable to a hiking trip anywhere, that you should…
STAN ARMINGTON
Looking for my brother
Little did we know that only 2-3 km away Kanak was spending his third night out in the open, drinking rain, talking to wild animals to keep them away, and esperately anchoring himself on rocks so that he would not slip off the ledge to the river below.
KUNDA DIXIT
Disadvantage women
It was only after Amrita Baskota got married did she realise how different life is for males in Nepal. Born into a family with five daughters,…
BINOD BHATTARAI
Pokhara’s new museum piece
Dogged by delays, the International Mountain Museum in Pokhara is now scheduled for opening in 2002.
RAMYATA LIMBU IN POKHARA
Macchendranath meets cyberspace
Sitting in my little office sailing through cyberspace,desperately seeking to stay in touch with the rest of the world I suddenly lost contact!…
Jimmy G
Review
Mask of Desire
Mukundo Directed by Tsering Rhitar Sherpa If Dreamworks had produced Mukundo ,we 'd have had Tripura Devi and Mahadev morphing and warping…
Culture
Leisure
Phashion-sashion
Fashion boutiques have blossomed in Kathmandu, and women are saying "We're Free!" with their clothes.
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Literature
In rapture and devotion
Banira Giri is one of the most poised and commanding Nepali poets of today. Her work can be immensely energetic as it sweeps the reader along in…
MANJUSHREE THAPA
Technology
How information and ideas spread on the Net
Memes are the very building blocks of culture.Not every meme is a big idea,but any meme with the right stuff can go global once it hits the Internet.
KARL HODGE IN LONDON
Higher,faster,stronger with dope
Drugs will be simmering beneath the surface at the Sydney Games.The criterion for success these days is not justwinning -but being able to win without being found out.
BARNEY REID IN MELBOURNE
Sports
Who says women are the weaker sex in sport?
Men need to keep women weak,off the football field and out of the boxing ring,so they can continue to feel strong.They do this by criticising muscular women,announcing they are unfeminine,whispering that they are probably lesbians.
SHARON KRUM
ManU in ’Mandu
As the English Premier League kicks off,Manchester United fans, like this rickshaw puller in Thamel, are awake past midnight watching their favourite team on cable.
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Travel
Trekking in Rainshadow
Even though t]he Pokhara Jomsom trek is the best appointed among the many hill walking routes in Nepal,during the monsoon this too deserves…
KANAK MANI DIXIT
Nepali Society
Maw Haw
After a gap of two years,Nepal 's best-know comic duo,Maha (pronounced "Maw-Haw),are back on stage before a Kathmandu public.Their latest…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
King Birendra asked to act
Several leftist organisations marched to the Royal Palace gates last week to submit a petition signed by over 500,000 people asking King…
Mori wins Nepal’s support for UN reforms
Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori wound up his four-nation South Asia after a six-hour stop in Kathmandu on Friday and went home with Nepal's support…
ATR probe takes new turn
The parliamentary inquiry into the purchase of two new aircraft by the Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) took a new turn last week after…
ICT strategy
The National Planning Commission (NPC) is nearing completion of an Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) strategy, which comes…
Business Briefs
Stock market bullish
Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) Index gained a record 42 points last week reaching an all-time high of 416.94 when the market closed on Friday. The…
PATA dismayed
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter has expressed shock over the imprisonment of three Indian tourists for possessing…
Sending food via Tibet
Nepal Food Corporation has begun transporting food grains to Upper Mustang through Tibet instead of flying it in. On 11 August, the first…
Jobs on the Net
Websoft International Pvt Ltd, a Nepali company, has launched a website to allow job-seekers to find jobs using the Internet. The site allows…
VAT registrations
The number of businesses registered for the Value Added Tax reached 18,377 in the fiscal year 1999/00, about 600 more than what the government…
NIC bank opens fifth branch
The Nepal Industrial and Commercial Bank Limited opened its fifth banking office in Birgunj last week and is planning another in Butwal within…
Norvic installs Cathlab
The Norvic-Escorts Health Care and Research Centre, Nepal has established a state-of-the-art Cathlab, a technology that allows doctors to…
Letters
Why talk?
Your reporting of the deepening Maoist crisis shows sensitivity towards those whose lives have been ruined by the fighting, as well as…
Gods return
Do we put them inside museums or restore them to their original places of worship? Your story "Return of the gods" (#5) provokes debate. It…
Didi in blue
Reading Jasmine Rajbhandary's "Woman to Woman" (#0), I remembered a similar experience I had in April at Kathmandu airport. After both my hand…
Unfair
I read the letters from two outraged politically correct readers (#3) about your "cover girl" (#2) advertising a fairness cream. Fine, they…
In this issue:
MAO | Congress - K or congress - G ? | Editorial: When loyalty hurts royalty more | Hydro - power | Why you shouldn’t trek alone | Looking for my brother | Disadvantage women | Indecisiveness within Nepali Congress | Parliamentary Committee to visit Kalapani soon | Nepal Bandh before Dashain | Deuba speaks out | ADB to withdraw from rural water supply | Free to suffer | King Birendra asked to act | Mori wins Nepal’s support for UN reforms | ATR probe takes new turn | ICT strategy | How to kill foreign investment | Pokhara’s new museum piece | How information and ideas spread on the Net | Kumaratunga’s gamble for peace | A green decade for America and the world | Who says women are the weaker sex in sport? | ManU in ’Mandu | The ‘people’ tree | Mask of Desire | Rainshadow | Arigatogozaimasu | Maw Haw