Clean slate
KUNDA DIXIT What do the avoidable loss of life in the Annapurna blizzard this month, the death of 75 people in highway accidents over the…
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October 31 - November 6, 2014
Headline
Editorial
Better safe than sorry
To clean up Kathmandu airport we first have to clean up Nepal’s politics
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Columns
Cross Cutting by Ashutosh Tiwari
World champion country
Nepal’s astounding progress in saving lives of babies is not matched by looking after them when they grow into adults
GUEST COLUMN by Donatella Lorch
Value-added hiking
Nepal’s trekking is at a cross-road, in need of a quality upgrade
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi
Inconvenient truths
Let’s not leave out the guarantee of freedom of expression from the preamble of our new constitution
Backside by Ass
World’s 3rd worstest airport
The news last week that Tribhuvan Incontinental Airport has been voted the third worst airport in the world was greeted with great dismay in…
Nation
Hudhud and the Himalaya
This is an abridged version of the quick deficiencies analysis by Project Himalaya
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Mulde Peak
Dobato-Khpora route is catching on among trekkers who want to get away from the crowds on the main Ghorepani-Ghandruk trail
Walking with the times
Trekking needs to change with the times because of expansion of road network, outmigration of men from rural areas, and demands of trekkers for better facilities.
Rape as a weapon of war
Perpetrators of conflict-era sexual violence walk free as women suffer in silence and fear
Tufan Neupane
Review
The stone amidst the wood
Architectural historian, Niels Gutschow, brings together the work of artist and draughtsman, Bijay Basukala, and photographer Kishor Kayastha in a series of books.
Dabali Restaurant
Dabadali Restaurant not only provides a respite from the traffic noises of Thamel but surprises with the quality and variety of food.
Ruby Tuesday
Multimedia
Nepali Times Buzz
“I would like to help Nepal in a practical way”
Interview with Kumud Dhital, the world's first surgeon to perform a dead heart transplant.
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Ebola in Asia
There is no question that an Ebola outbreak in South Asia will be very difficult to handle considering the region’s poor health infrastructure.
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
Manakamana
Manakamana is a structurally formal, but groundbreaking documentary which requires a great deal of patience on the viewer’s part.
Sophia Pande
Gizmo
It’s got curves
With its silver brushed metal of the base stand, to its thin bezel, to the ribbon of chrome around the edge, the HU9000 is one of the best looking tvs in the market today.
Yantrick
From The Nepali Press
“Great sense of satisfaction”
Interview by SBS Nepali, Australia with Kumud Dhital who carried out the world’s first transplant of a dead heart, 25 October
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In this issue:
Clean Slate | Editorial: Better safe than sorry | World champion country | Hudhud and the Himalaya | I would like to help Nepal in a Practical way | Value-added hiking | Walking with the times | Manakamana | The stone amidst the wood | Ebola in Asia | Married to the military | Rape as a weapon of war | “Great sense of satisfaction” | Robbed by security | Federal later | Inconvenient truths | Backside: World’s 3rd worstest airport