Issue #743

January 30 - February 5, 2015

Headline

Writing on the wall

GOPEN RAIYOUNG SCRIBE: A girl writes on the wall of a temple in Swayambhu on the occasion of Saraswati Puja on Sunday honouring the goddess of…

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Editorial

Solutions from within

A new constitution still looks iffy, but in Nepal the unexpected is also to be expected.

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Columns

Anurag Acharya
By The Way by Anurag Acharya

The statute of liberty

The Indian experience with constitution drafting post-independence holds valuable lessons for Nepal

Mallika Aryal
Interesting Times by Mallika Aryal

Left in the cold

Five months later, the survivors of west Nepal’s monsoon floods wait out the winter for government relief

Ass
Backside by Ass

Washing dirty Lenin in public

Because of a single-minded determination to take the bull by the horns of a dilemma, and after six years of can-do attitude to write a new…

Nation

Lessons from Belgium

Former Belgian Prime Minister gives his take on Nepal’s constitution writing processes

Cynthia Choo

Business

Saving Nepal Airlines

The country’s national carrier is now poised for growth with fleet and route expansion drives.

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Review

Coffee Pasal

A place to idly sip on a good cup of coffee while looking at the Narayanhiti museum

Cynthia Choo

Nepali Times Buzz

The root man

Little-known artist turns root cleaning hobby into artistic passion

Cynthia Choo

Sharing tolerance

Holocaust survivor documents her harrowing experiences through paintings

Stéphane Huët

Breathe

Awareness and early prognosis of asthma can save lives

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

Citizenfour

The chilling documentary that helps understanding the impact of Snowden’s revelations

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Writing on the wall | Editorial: Solutions from within | The statute of liberty | Lessons from Belgium | Saving Nepal Airlines | Left in the cold | The Root Man | Carving his niche | Sharing tolerance | Breathe | Wombs for rent | Federalism revisited | No Prachanda, no constitution | Backside: Washing dirty Lenin in public