Issue #712

June 20-26, 2014

Headline

Stateless state

JAN MØLLER HANSEN It is well known that Nepal is home to refugees from Bhutan and Tibet, but what many may not know is that there are about…

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Editorial

Columns

Rubeena Mahato
This Is It by Rubeena Mahato

Least harmful future

The second CA will soon have to make some hard choices, and ensure minimum damage

Ass
Backside by Ass

Weapons of ass destruction

Recently, the Ass has been kept awake nights worrying about the falling self-esteem of Nepalis, and trying to come up with ideas so the…

Nation

Refugees-in-waiting

With most Bhutan refugees resettled in third countries, some families are abandoned again

Gopal Gartaula

Life with sickle cell

Little known genetic disorder that afflicts Nepal’s Tharu population needs urgent government attention

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Business

Hearts of gold

Nepali father-son duo stand out in the world of jewelry in the US

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Review

Performance Art

The tournament is gaining notoriety for play-acting, embellishment, flopping, faking, diving and cheating.

Matt Miller

Friends

The people who own the much loved OR2K restaurant in Thamel have been dishing up quality Asian fusion, Middle- Eastern and Israeli vegetarian…

Ruby Tuesday

Multimedia

State of statelessness

State of statelessness

Text: Sunir Pandey Photographs: Jan Møller Hansen It is well known that Nepal is home to thousands of refugees from Bhutan and Tibet, but what…

Jan Møller Hansen

Nepali Times Buzz

Shooting stars

This girls basketball team from Sikkim went from herding yaks to winning championships

Tsering Dolker

Physicians from Uppsala

Imagine going to watch a dissection of a human corpse in a small amphitheatre (pic, right) as an after-dinner event. This is exactly what the…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Animation is an art form. Hayao Miyazaki the director of some of the most classic animated film of all time like Totoro (1988), Spirited Away…

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

Dream Display

The World Cup is in full swing, and you are thinking of upgrading your 32-inch tv set. But the price tag of upwards of the Rs 700,000 mark many…

Yantrick

International

The beautiful mirage

It is unreasonable to expect a World Cup by itself to guarantee political and social change

Marcela Mora y Araujo

From The Nepali Press

Local spending

Rameswor Khanal in Himal Khabarpatrika, 15-21 June

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In this issue:

Stateless State | Editorial: Separation of State and Temple | Least harmful future | Nepal Telecommunication Lack-of-Authority | Hearts of gold | Modi-fying Indo-Nepal ties | Setopati's one year | Shooting stars | Performance art | Physicians from Uppsala | The beautiful mirage | State of Statelessness | Refugees-in-waiting | Who’s where in Nepal | LocaL Spending | Budget bungling | Life with sickle cell | Backside: Weapons of ass destruction