Issue #724

September 12-18, 2014

Headline

No longer peripheral

MERILIN PIIPUU Being a farmer in Nepal meant living in isolation and loneliness, not any more. Road, media and mobile connectivity has removed…

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Editorial

Columns

Bihari K Shrestha
GUEST COLUMN by Bihari K Shrestha

Planning to plan

Why even good plans continue to fail in Nepal

Trishna Rana
Here We Go by Trishna Rana

For god's sake

Religious tolerance in Nepal applies only as long as followers of other faiths do not challenge the ascendancy of Hinduism

Ass
Backside by Ass

My 18-point demand

The most fabulous thing about living in a democracy is that we all have the right to be as demanding as we want. Anyone, including you and me,…

Nation

Lamjung’s ghost village

More than eight years after the war ended, the displaced still haven’t returned to their village

Yubaraj Shrestha

Business

False start

Locals oppose an addition to the Changu Narayan museum gallery

Stéphane Huët

Review

Café Nina

Cafe Nina is as popular as it is singular.

Ruby Tuesday

Multimedia

Pokhara tries to save its famous paddy

Pokhara tries to save its famous paddy

Urban sprawl and out-migration has reduced the production of Pokhara’s rare rice Pokhara once used to be renowned for its indigenous rice…

Merilin Piipuu

Nepali Times Buzz

Blood and mud

One World Theatre unveils a fascinating production of In the Red and Brown Water in Kathmandu

Stéphane Huët

The oldest old

People all over the world are living longer.

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

Mary Kom

Although they took Mary Kom out of Bollywood, they forgot to take Bollywood out of it.

Sunir Pandey

Gizmo

A sound affair

While laptop, tablet and mobile phone speakers do serve their purpose, the sound output they produce is functional, at best. A superb sound…

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

On the rocks

Netra Panthi, Naya Patrika, 11 September

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In this issue:

No longer peripheral | Editorial: Muddle - Through Economics | Intolerant tolerance | Planning to plan | False start | Forget the past | The Record Breaker | Master of two wheels | Top gear | The oldest old | A sound affair | Some citizens more equal than others | Pokhara tries to save its famous paddy | Moonlighting medical staff | Dahal’s dilemma | Lamjung’s ghost village | Backside: My 18-point demand