Issue #722

August 29 - September 4, 2014

Headline

Mist-ical Dolpa

HUM GURUNG While the rest of Nepal suffered massive landslides and floods this month, in the trans-Himalayan rain shadow the country’s largest…

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Editorial

Disastrous management

Nepal is woefully unprepared for calamities which are made even more deadly because of bad planning and poor response

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NONE OF THE ABOVE

Nepalis don’t trust the present crop of leaders, but this is an opportunity for fresh new faces to win public support through performance

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Columns

David Seddon
GUEST COLUMN by David Seddon

Instead of federalism

It is not too late to reconsider the positive alternatives to federalism

Binita Dahal
Legalese by Binita Dahal

Watching the watchdog

Despite the CIAA’s recent sting operations, the agency is charged with going after small fry or waging political witch-hunts

Damakant Jayshi
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi

Missing another deadline

Pushpa Kamal Dahal is threatening to delay the constitution if he is not allowed to head a parallel government

Om Astha Rai
As It Happens by Om Astha Rai

Damn the people

Public opinion does not seem to matter to politicians in our dysfunctional democracy

Tsering Dolker Gurung
Between The Lines by Tsering Dolker Gurung

Disconnect and discontent

Let’s admit it, we in Kathmandu are a bunch of hypocrites

Ass
Backside by Ass

More glad tidings

As if the world wasn’t already a depressing enough place, we in the newspaper business are determined to make you even more miserable by not…

Ass
Backside by Ass

Even more liveable Kathmandu

A survey this week in The Economist has Kathmandu on a list of cities that has become even more liveable in the past year. I can hear groans…

Nation

The return of the baidyas

A backlash against expensive and invasive healthcare sends patients to the traditional ayurvedic healers of Kathmandu

Sonia Awale

It's governance, stupid

The parties are obsessed with politics, but people care more about inflation, joblessness and corruption

Om Astha Rai

Business

Review

Nepal art special

BIKRAM RAIInternational Gallerie, the award-winning Mumbai-based bi-annual art magazine’s special issue dedicated to Nepal was launched in…

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Gokarna’s BBQ Bazaar

For those looking to brunch their Saturdays away amidst lush green surroundings, the Bar-Be-Que Brunch Bazaar at the Gokarna Forest Resort might…

Ayesha Shakya

Piano B

If you are familiar with authentic Italian cuisine and understand its flavours, then Piano B is a must visit

Karma Gurung

Multimedia

The poorest hit hardest by floods

The poorest hit hardest by floods

Online Production: Ayesha Shakya The true extent of human suffering from western Nepal floods is belatedly apparent Map of floods and landslides…

Naresh Newar in BANKE

Nepali Times Buzz

Miss (Green) Nepal

While many would expect a Miss Nepal to be a celebrity too swamped with appointments to sit down for a long conversation and too diplomatic to…

Elvin L Shrestha

Whose art is it anyway?

Many praised Seb Toussaint on Facebook for his work in the community but lambasted him for cultural insensitivity.

Rabi Thapa

Aches and pains

Sita, a 38-year-old Nepali bank teller, came to her doctor’s office with diffuse pain throughout the body, saying she had difficulty…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Godavari Mela every 12 years

The month-long festival, said to date back to the Lichhavi period will welcome 4 million pilgrims this year

Stéphane Huët

Reality show

Nepalis had a preview of Hitman Gurung's artworks which will be on display at the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Stéphane Huët

E-sports comes to town

Although Nepal still has a long way to go, online gaming is becoming the rage

Sahina Shrestha

Saparu

The festival of death and rebirth on Sunday carries more relevance this year

Sonia Awale

Must See

TV’s biggest stars

At this year’s Emmy Awards (which honour the best American prime-time shows) - all the usual suspects shored up well-deserved plaudits. We look…

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Gizmo

Beat That

Two years ago Beats forayed into the already competitive portable, wireless speakers market by launch ing its Pill wireless speaker. While the…

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

Investing in investment

Interview with Radhesh Pant, CEO of Nepal Investment Board on Tough Talk, News24, 24 August

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Unholy politics

Sumitra Bhattarai in Dhangadi for Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), 18 August

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In this issue:

Mist-ical Dolpa | Editorial: Disastrous Management | Instead of federalism | Watching the watchdog | Missing another deadline | Moving with the eyeballs | The return of the baidyas | Miss(Green) Nepal | Whose art is it anyway ? | Aches and pains | Mystical Dolpa in the mist | Turning grief into hope | Investing in investment | The poorest hit hardest | Backside: More glad tidings