Barring progress
DEVAKI BISTA Workers at the 465MW Tama Kosi project of Dolakha district (left) are rushing to complete the project in the next two years.…
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April 18-24, 2014
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Editorial
Centre against periphery
There is no political will for local elections among Kathmandu’s smug and self-absorbed rulers
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Columns
Here We Go by Trishna Rana
Playing on the back foot
Cricket like politics is best started at the grassroots
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
“Forgive and move on”
All cases of grave human rights violations must go for trial, but victims must also have the power to forgive.
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf
The backlash against the BJP
I asked a friend who is of a radical leftist bent at a recent party in Delhi which party she was going to vote for. “I am a committed ABM…
Comment by Bihari K Shrestha
Banking on the Bank
Making the restructured World Bank more relevant to Nepal
Backside by Ass
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DEV NARAYAN SAHWhat is this country coming to? Do I now have to bribe you to read this column, or what? However, since it has now been firmly…
Nation
Mission not impossible
Even after 60 years, the United Mission to Nepal remains a major non-governmental player in Nepal’s development
Hariz Baharudin
Just want justice
The quest for justice unites two women whose relatives were killed and disappeared by the Nepal Army and the Maoists
Bhrikuti Rai
Vacuum in the villages
Nepalis are paying a heavy price for the absence of local elections
High tension in Sindhuli
Local obstruction of major transmission line is a microcosm of Nepal’s lack of progress
Ramesh Kumar
Review
Bringing Bohemia to Nepal
Czech Castles: National Museum of Czech RepublicSituated in the heart of Europe, the Czech Republic is seeped in history and abound with…
Ayesha Shakya
Haus Café
The walk down the road from Pulchowk to Jhamsikhel has become every pedestrian’s worst nightmare. The amount of dust and smoke the street blows…
Hariz Baharudin
Multimedia
Infographic: High Tension in Sindhuli
Text by: RAMESH KUMAR in SINDHULI A major transmission line that will feed electricity from several new hydropower projects in the Tama Kosi…
Ayesha Shakya
Nepali Times Buzz
Simma Rai takes off
Simma Rai's debut single Uda Timi is a heart-wrenching anthem to Nepal's uprooted population
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Step by step
Red Monsoon and Lochan Rijal’s score for it are both original and originate from Nepali roots
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Sold in Los Angeles
After the book, comes the movie about Nepali girls trafficked to India
Sangita Shresthova
Being a doctor
Over the centuries, many physicians have written poignantly in both fiction and non-fiction genres about life, suffering, and hope. These have…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
Gabbeh
At this time of the year, locals of Nepal’s culturally Tibetan, eastern village Olangchung Gola will be racing against time to get in supplies…
Sunir Pandey
Gizmo
Mostly a hit
After a long wait the latest from Samsung’s flagship Galaxy ‘S’ line of smartphones is finally here - the S5. The Galaxy ‘S’ line of smartphones…
Yantrick
From The Nepali Press
Two views
An editorial in Kantipur and an op-ed in Annapurna Post looking at the two sides of the government’s bill tabled in parliament last Wednesday…
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In this issue:
barring Progress | Editorial: Centre against periphery | Playing on the back foot | “Forgive and move on” | The backlash against the BJP | Mission not impossible | Simma Rai takes off | Step by step | Bringing Bohemia to Nepal | Being a doctor | Just want justice | Vacuum in the villages | High tension in Sindhuli | Banking on the Bank | Give and take | Stop child trafficking | Two views | Backside: Read this and win a gold bar