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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November 14-20, 2014
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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
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
Cross Cutting by Ashutosh Tiwari
Is Nepal really open for investment?
The Infrastructure Summit was all well and good, but the devil is in the details
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.”
Backside by The 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
The reward of giving
“The greatest satisfaction is to see the smile on the faces of children.”
Overkill in Gadhimai
Two divergent perspectives on the mass sacrifice of animals at Gadhimai on 27 November
Solving a burning problem
Kathmandu Valley will have to wait till August next year for its much-delayed first electric crematorium
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
Multimedia
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…
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The art of technology
Art meets technology and science at this unique exhibition, Yantra 3.0
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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Transgenic foods
While GM foods are argued to be unsafe, the current consensus of major scientific and medical bodies says otherwise
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Slimmer and better
With smart tweaks and improvements, iPad Air version 2 feels pretty close to perfection
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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