Benign neglect
BIKRAM RAI High on a ridge above the Arun River in eastern Nepal is the lost rural grandeur of Muga’s Thapagaun, the ancestral village of…
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May 23-29, 2014
Headline
Editorial
Hindu rate of growth
There are parallels between the results of India’s election and Nepal’s Constituent Assembly polls in 2008
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Columns
This Is It by Rubeena Mahato
A teetering stability
We don’t live in a democracy but in the dictatorship of a syndicate of parties
Comment by Kul Chandra Gautam
Governance with a human face
How to channel compassion towards the excluded and downtrodden for better governance
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi
Locked horns
Internal power struggles within parties have paralysed constitution writing
Look Out by Ajaz Ashraf
Post-poll ghettoisation
The BJP victory will strengthen the position of orthodox Muslims in India
GUEST COLUMN by Shyam Saran
Modi foreign policy
Even though there has been a broad political consensus over the major tenets of India's foreign policy across successive governments in the…
Backside by Ass
Headlines on deadline
Thank goodness we live in an era when journalists no longer have to be correct, we just need to be politically correct. What a great load it is…
Nation
Highways of death
The lack of trauma centres along Nepal’s highways has worsened the fatality rate
Sunir Pandey
Forced to disappear
The district with the most forced disappearances during the conflict is still in mourning
Tufan Neupane
Review
Trouble in Umbugland
SUNIR PANDEYEverybody loves a benevolent autocrat, but the problem is you seldom come across one. Umbugland, the peace-loving country where…
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The Bakery Café
Owned by the Nanglo consortium of restaurants and after 25 years of being in the business, The Bakery Café still hasn’t earned culinary…
Ruby Tuesday
Multimedia
6 years of road traffic accidents
The lack of trauma centres along Nepal’s highways has worsened the fatality rate Text by: Sunir Pandey In the last 12 months, Dhulikhel Hospital…
Sunir Pandey
Nepali Times Buzz
A day at the museum
The city’s new cultural oasis is not really a museum, even if it is called one
Get lost.....
Stray off the main, well-worn path that is lined with the usual touristy shops hawking their wares.
Toh Ee Ming
Back to Basics in Bhaktapur
The Malla architecture that you find here is unlike anywhere else in the world.
Hariz Baharudin
Altitude illness awareness
The catalog of epidemiological research on high altitude sickness almost exclusively documents its effects on trekkers and climbers, but…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
Cannes 2014
Forget about Grace of Monaco. Some of the most noteworthy films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival deal with human rights and the fight for…
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Gizmo
Burst your bundle
Generic, out-of-the box earphones are one of Yantrick’s pet peeves. You’ve bought a shiny new mobile device, packed it with high-quality music…
Yantrick
From The Nepali Press
In this issue:
Benign Neglect | Editorial: Hindu rate of growth | A teetering stability | Governance with a human face | Locked Horns | A day at the museum | Find your get lost | Trouble in Umbugland | Altitude illness awareness | Post-poll ghettoisation | Highways of death | BHU vs JNU in Nepal | Seoul searching | Forced to disappear | Backside: Headlines on deadline