Taking power into our own hands
BIKRAM RAI Out of reach of national transmission lines, rural Nepalis have stopped waiting for the government to come to them. They are…
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September 19-25, 2014
Headline
Editorial
Politics in a vacuume
When identity, respect, recognition of injustices past are mixed with politics, it is best to tread carefully
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Columns
Cross Cutting by Ashutosh Tiwari
Relying on self reliance
Repeating that the Nepali people are resilient can’t be an excuse not to do anything to help them
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
Extreme at both ends
Kathmandu’s neglect of the Madhes is being exploited by radicals in the plains
On The Road by Guna Raj Luitel
Mobiles for early warning
From Syangja to Sendai, a Nepal engineer looks to connect people and save lives
Backside by Ass
Fly Gundruk Air
Take a bunch of angry, overweight and smelly men, pack them tightly inside an aluminium tube, immobilise them by strapping them to their seats,…
Nation
Showing a red flag
Jagannath Adhikari’s personalised account of living and surviving the Nepal conflict
Thinking small
Nepal’s chronic electricity shortage is a result of its inability to harness its big rivers, but how about small streams?
Review
Nurse’s book wins Madan Prize
As a young girl in Chitwan, whenever Radha Paudel complained about not having new shoes or pencils, she remembers her father telling her that…
Café Soma
The ‘Du may have very cosmopolitan eateries for dinners and lunches, but when it comes to breakfast, it has a lot of catching up to do.…
Multimedia
Taking power into their own hands
The future of Nepal’s micro-hydro is affected by the spread of the national grid According to recent figures released by the Alternative Energy…
Sunir Pandey
Nepali Times Buzz
Red panda on the red list
A community effort is saving the endangered species by protecting its habitat
Sonam Tashi Lama
Lung check
In some parts of the world, 2 October is marked as the World Spirometry Day. Spirometry is a simple lung function study which assesses the…
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
Finding Fanny
Homi Adajania’s debut film Being Cyrus, released in 2006, was a dark comedy about a young painter who walks into rotten relationships and…
Sunir Pandey
Gizmo
Quiet comfort
Ever been in a busy café with your shiny new headphones on, wanting to listen to that latest Boyce Avenue upload while working on your blog? Was…
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Nepali Tweets
Nepali tweets
@3Gnetwork Indian musician AR Rahman was once Hindu and is now Muslim, does any Hindu boycott him? It’s not about religion #anjupant…
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From The Nepali Press
In this issue:
Taking power into our own hands | Editorial: Politics in a vacuume | The fate of faith | Relying on self-reliance | Extreme at both ends | Mobiles for early warning | Red Panda on the Red List | Nurse’s book wins Madan Prize | Lung check | Showing a red flag | Taking power into their own hands | Thinking small | CK who? | Backside: Fly Gundruk Air