Issue #716

July 18-24, 2014

Headline

Editorial

Male and stale

The UML election was not internal party democracy in action, but the politicisation of politics

No Author

Columns

Rubeena Mahato
This Is It by Rubeena Mahato

The truth about facts

It’s a thin line between using news sources and being used by them

Damakant Jayshi
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi

Blood, sweat and tears

‘The vulnerability of Nepali migrant workers to exploitation abroad is heightened by routine misconduct within Nepal’

Ass
Backside by Ass

Signs of the times

Now that the #WorldCup and the #UMLConvention are both over, the country can move on to the next point on the agenda, which is to speculate…

Nation

Review

Societies in black and white

Photo: Jan Møller HansenVeins curl in a gnarled arm like the bark on an old tree trunk. A refugee girl’s bright, alert eyes are windows to a…

No Author

Sky High at the China Town Restaurant

When my editor told me about a new lounge at Lajimpat that hip Kathmanduites are flocking to and asked me to go review it, I was most excited by…

Ruby Tuesday

Multimedia

Moving out, moving on

Moving out, moving on

There are fewer people to look after rituals at Patan’s temple courtyards as the younger generation leaves Louise Evangeline Ng As part of his…

Basil Edward Teo and Louise Evangeline Ng

Nepali Times Buzz

Sole Therapy

Ever heard of Plantar Fasciitis? It is Latin for ‘sole inflammation’, and leads to pain on the heel pad. The plantar fascia is a band of tissue…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

The lunch box

One day a young woman called Ila (played by the unassuming and lovely Nimrat Kaur) sends a traditional stacked lunchbox, or dabba (as they are…

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

My tab

The recent trend of large screen sizes on smart devices looks set to continue with the latest Samsung device, the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro…

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Of the government, by the government, for the government | Editorial: Male and Stale | The truth about facts | Blood, sweat and tears | Pedaling for a cause | Keeping up with the times | Moving out, Moving on | Societies in Black and White | Sole Therapy | Nothing but contempt | Commissions of convenience | Justice bearers | Removing obstacles | “Bloodbath” | Backside: Signs of the times