December 21-27, 2001
Headline
Editorial
Animated suspension
We're not sure if anyone reads editorials anymore. There is a creeping sense of frustrating futility about pontificating from this pulpit. This…
Countdown for SAARC
SAARC Summits are like a mirage, the closer we get to it the further it seems to recede. The last time two years ago, the countdown had begun,…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Worrying about Nepal in Paris
And independent nation has to think independently.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Death in Dang
Amid this doom-laden devastation, a ray of hope shone brightly: resilient Nepalis without the time or luxury to indulge in angst.
Guest Column by SEIRA TAMANG
Emergency soul searching
Calling on civil society to defend our rights in these troubled times is pointless. Just consider what we call civil society.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
11.59
Nepalis have a curious penchant for the last-minute and the short-run.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Rivers run through it
On a recent walking tour of various nooks and crannies in the Valley to inspect areas of archaeological significance, I had the distinct…
Nation
Tinkune and Maitighar
In this new weekly feature, Nepali Times will follow up on a previously reported story, update it and pick up where we left off. This week we…
SRIBHAKTA KHANAL
Learning from Uganda
Uganda's remarkable turnaround after decades of conflict holds important lessons for Nepal.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Politics as usual
The country doesn't need a constituent assembly or constitutional amendment to solve its problems. But we could inquire into the causes and effects of the phenomenal economic prosperity of the political class.
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Interview
"The answer is providing politicians and civil servants the right incentives to deliver the goods"
- Emmanuel Tumuslime-Mutebile, Governor, Bank of Uganda
Leisure
Literature
Arts
Undying serenity
A multi-artist exhibition draws lessons from the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas.
Nepali Society
China Kumari's green thumb
China Kumari KC is a farmer in Dunai in Nepal's rugged Dolpa district at the foot of Dhaulagiri. Raising seven children and managing a small…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Kamaiyas still in the cold
Thousands of kamaiyas, or bonded labourers, who were freed by a government decree about a year-and-half ago are still homeless. Reports from…
India arrests Maoists
Delhi Police arrested two Nepali nationals said to be involved in supplying explosives to Nepal's Maoists this week, according to the Press…
Bhutani verification
The verification of Bhutani refugees living on one of seven camps in Nepal's Jhapa and Morang districts was completed last week. On Sunday…
Child workers
The International Labour Organisation says Nepal has close to 2.6 million children working as domestic help in the country's urban centres. The…
Bert van den Hoek
Bert van den Hoek, a Dutch anthropologist who conducted research and wrote on Nepal, especially Newari culture, was killed last week in a car…
Business Briefs
Load shedding
Winter is here so can long, daily blackouts be far behind? Perhaps not, this year. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is expecting a shortage…
Telecom loan
The World Bank has approved a $22.56 million loan to finance telecom reforms. The bank's investments in Nepal had come to a virtual standstill…
MTEF initiative
The government has begun exercises to adopt the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), essentially an instrument used to match development…
Net billing
Paying your bills online in Nepal may still be a distant dream, but the Internet is making it easier. The Nepal Telecommunication Corporation…
Bleak outlook
The signs of an economic downturn have been evident since early this year, and now we have the sorry figures. The Central Bureau of Statistics…
Letters
Nepal's Nepal
Re: Interview with Madhav Kumar Nepal (#72). Madhav Nepal and the likes of him in the opposition make me sick (I am not saying that the Nepali…
More Summits
If only there were more SAARC summits in Nepal, the country may be a better place! The recent efforts by the Government and Kathmandu…
Working at home
Alok Tumbahangphey's "For some children, the home is no place to grow up" (#72) was very touching and sheds light on the condition of child…
In this issue:
Emergency exit | Animated Suspension | Editorial: Worrying about Nepal in Paris | You may say he’s a dreamer | Death in Dang | Emergency soul searching | Politics as usual | Tinkune and Maitighar | 0.499305555555556 | Learning from Uganda | Video voyeurism | Going solo | The Illiberal Left | Indonesia’s radical Islam | Trickle up | Poudel’s story | Political end | Mission Ghorahi | Talk for peace | Cats and dogs | The Essence of Nepali Womanhood: Susmita Nepal | Undying serenity | Sitar Sudha | Rivers run through it | China Kumari’s green thumb