Issue #732

November 14-20, 2014

Headline

In free fall

PAUL-HENRY DE BAÈRE A new extreme sport takes off in Nepal: the Everest Skydive. Falling from the sky alongside the highest mountain on Earth is…

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Editorial

The second coming

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has demonstrated his soft spot for Nepal, but for our future stability we cannot turn the clock back

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Columns

David Seddon
The Gadfly by David Seddon

Land-locked to land-linked

The SAARC Summit could inspire a sense of what might be achieved if South Asian economies collaborate

Bihari K Shrestha
GUEST COLUMN by Bihari K Shrestha

Frivolous federalism

“In the UK, we have bad apples in our politics, but in Nepal almost all apples are rotten.”

Ass
Backside by Ass

SAARC traffic tips

A lot has been written about the traffic problem in Kathmandu, but if you thought there was nothing left to say, you are dead wrong. There is…

Nation

Overkill in Gadhimai

Two divergent perspectives on the mass sacrifice of animals at Gadhimai on 27 November

Lucia de Vries and Deepak Adhikari

Solving a burning problem

Kathmandu Valley will have to wait till August next year for its much-delayed first electric crematorium

Sunir Pandey

When Banke burned

The lesson of the communal riots of 2006 in Nepalganj is that politics and religion can be a volatile mixture

Basanta Upadhyay

Review

Nanglo Café and Pub

Sampling the new buzz around Nanglo: ostrich steaks – supposedly the finest in the city

Ruby Tuesday

Multimedia

Come fly with me

Come fly with me

Nepal's latest extreme adventure product: The Everest Sky Dive Sanjiv Gautam, the Deputy Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of…

Nepali Times Buzz

The art of technology

Art meets technology and science at this unique exhibition, Yantra 3.0

Stéphane Huët

The seeds of war

Clément Montfort and Stenka Quillet try to tackle issues of genetically-modified crops and global food security in their documentary, The Seed War

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Must See

Fury

A war movie that steers away from the mainstream and manages to make an impact

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

Slimmer and better

With smart tweaks and improvements, iPad Air version 2 feels pretty close to perfection

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

Lights off

Kanchan Kumar in Setopati.com, 11 November

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Better together

Interview with Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’, Kantipur, 13 November

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In this issue:

Editorial: The Second Coming | Land-locked to land-linked | The reward of giving | Is Nepal really open for investment? | Overkill in Gadhimai | The Art of Technology | Come fly with me | The seeds of war | Transgenic foods | Frivolous federalism | Solving a burning problem | Lights off | Better together | Chand’s view | When Banke burned | Backside: SAARC traffic tips