SAARC Summit
SUBHAS RAI SAARC is a grouping of countries that numerically has the largest number of the world’s poor and hungry people. No wonder the rest of…
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November 21-27, 2014
Headline
Editorial
SAARC’S raison d’être
If the South Asian Summit helps us to finally start thinking regionally and acting locally, it will be a start
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Columns
Analysis by Kanak Mani Dixit
Pride and prejudice at SAARC
Kathmandu can use its geopolitical positioning to upgrade SAARC into a dynamic regional grouping
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi
Modi plays it safe
The cancellation of Modi’s Janakpur visit is a reflection of how Nepal’s domestic politics has always spilled over into relations with India
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
Reimagining South Asia
The Indian Prime Minister has an opportunity to go beyond his domestic image makeover to become a regional leader
Backside by Ass
Just being SAARCASTIC
Someone stop me right now before I get carried away and write another snide column about South Asian regional cooperation. Go on, restrain me. I…
Nation
Cleaning up Janakpur
Officials need to clean up their act, not just tidy up the town for the Modi visit
Preaching the gospel to guerrillas
Ex-soldiers build peace by turning former enemies to follow the word of Jesus Christ
Luke Pender
The foreign handlers
Federalism is just decentralised feudalism in which warlords will rule states
Review
Baker’s Den
A bakery that offers a selection of breads and serves sandwiches and desserts at a remarkable bargain
Ruby Tuesday
Multimedia
Nepali Times Buzz
Game Guru in Nepal
"I had no idea in 2011 that Candy Crush was going to be played by millions of people around the world."
Why Nepali football hasn’t kicked off
Lack of major international wins, not enough facilities and training, and sponsorship shortage
Elvin L Shrestha
Nepalis dominate Hong Kong race
Nepal’s landslide victory this year marks a return of the dominance of Nepalis in Hong Kong’s original Gurkha race – the Oxfam Trailwalker race
Amy Gunia
Three hundred metres to Everest
Can the last 300 metres of Mount Everest be scaled without supplemental oxygen?
Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD
Must See
A Most Wanted Man
The last movie of late Philip Seymour Hoffman is powerful, but deeply troubling
Sophia Pande
Book Review
Personal anthropology
While the Gods Were Sleeping gives non-Nepalis a glimpse of the real Nepal, and gives Nepalis an outsider's perspective
Sonia Awale
Gizmo
The grand theft
The new Grand Theft Auto (GTA V) is noticeably a cut above its last-gen versions and may turn you into a gaming zombie
Yantrick
From The Nepali Press
No sacrifice
Govinda Tandon of the Pashupati Development Trust in Annapurna Post, 17 November
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In this issue:
Editorial: SAARC's raison D’ÊTRE | Pride and prejudice at SAARC | Cleaning up Janakpur | Modi plays it safe | Reimagining South Asia | Game guru in Nepal | Why Nepali Football hasn't kicked off | Nepalis dominate Hong Kong race | Personal anthropology | Three hundred metres to Everest | Preaching the gospel to guerrillas | From vigilantism to spiritualism | What was in it for us? | Prachanda’s safe house | Bhutan footballers in US | The foreign handlers | Backside: Just being SAARCASTIC