Issue #721

August 22-28, 2014

Headline

Water torture

TUFAN NEUPANE Hard on the heels of the landslide disaster on the Bhote Kosi on 2 August that claimed 145 lives, Nepal’s mid-western mountains…

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Editorial

Reckless federification

It doesn’t take a Nobel laureate to see that Nepal is lop-sided and top-heavy in favour of dominant caste and ethnicities

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Columns

Trishna Rana
Here We Go by Trishna Rana

In an unresponsive state

There is a danger that resources meant for disaster relief will be spent on photo-ops for CA members in mid-western Nepal

Anurag Acharya
By The Way by Anurag Acharya

Inclusion by any other name

The last six years have not been wasted, we have zeroed in on institutionalising inclusion

Bihari K Shrestha
Comment by Bihari K Shrestha

Federal fundamentalism

Question the merits of federalism and you are accused of committing blasphemy

Ass
Backside by Ass

Wanted: Prime Minister (1)

A landlocked supercalifederalistic Himalayan republic of 56,000 sq miles that is upwardly mobile, will be attaining middle-income status by…

Nation

Justice under threat

Key witnesses in the prosecution of Dekendra’s killers forced to retract statements.

Tufan Neupane

Business

Expanding air links

Tourism industry is cautiously optimistic about the launch of a new joint venture private international airline, and a new domestic airline in Nepal

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Review

A guide to what is left

FIRM GRIP: Hemanta Mishra with a gharial bred in captivity in Chitwan in 1977 before releasing it into the wild.In Hemanta Mishra’s new guide…

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Multimedia

Marriages made in Facebook

Marriages made in Facebook

There used to be arranged marriages or love marriages, now there are Facebook weddings CYBERWEDS: Kumar Acharya and Bandana married after a…

Merilin Piipuu

Nepali Times Buzz

Conquering the world

Two members of 'the First Nepali K2 Women Expedition' at the summit.I, Maya Sherpa and Dawa Yangzom Sherpa are mountain guides. I am from Solu…

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita

Vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D is related to calcium absorption by the body, and its deficiency leads to rickets and osteomalacia. In our part of the world rickets…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

Lucy

It should have been immediately clear to me that the trailer for the film I saw starring a young, callow Scarlett Johansson who is forced out of…

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

Lap-Tab

Recently, Yantrick’s back has been taking a bit of a beating having to lug around a laptop and an iPad in the bag. While tablets are handy and…

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

Fake encounter

Shital Tuladhar in Himal Khabarpatrika, 17 August

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In this issue:

Water torture | Editorial: Reckless Federification | Chicken and eggs | Expanding air links | In an unresponsive state | Kathmandu's newest museum documents its recent past | "Conquering the world" | A guide to what is left | Vitamin D defi ciency | Marriages made in Facebook | Phone engaged | Federalism for the sake of it | Inclusion by any other name | Federal fundamentalism | Fake encounter | Justice under threat | Backside: Wanted: Prime Minister (1)