Issue #744

February 6-12, 2015

Headline

Cooling off period

BIKRAM RAI Despite a boycott by the opposition alliance, the Constituent Assembly has given itself more time to finish work on a questionnaire…

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Editorial

THE ‘F’ WORD

If federalism is a fait accompli let’s try to minimise the damage that it will cause

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Columns

David Seddon
The Gadfly by David Seddon

Devolution without federalism

There are many other ways to ensure proper representation without the need for federalism per se

Damakant Jayshi
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi

Rulers and the ruled

It is as if the political party leadership is living on a different planet from the people

Ass
Backside by Ass

Deadly serious

Some of you have stopped the Ass in the street this week to ask questions like: “Which way is the country headed?” or “Is there going to be a…

Nation

Putting wind in the map

Areas of Nepal have wind profiles ideally suited to meet peak electricity demand

Kushal Gurung

Interview

“More optimistic now about Nepal”

Takehiko Nakao, President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), believes Nepal has huge potential for development that can only be unleashed with…

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Review

Samar Singh Jodha

Jodha is in Kathmandu to talk about Sustainability and capacity-building through art

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China Garden

China Garden’s new seasonal menu promises a satisfying Chinese spread

Cynthia Choo

Multimedia

Nepali Times Buzz

An affair of the art

For the last five years, Sangeeta Thapa has been involved in diverse projects

Stéphane Huët

H. Pylori: the good and the bad.

In 1982, to the astonishment of the medical world, two Australian scientists, Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren discovered a bacterium…

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

Song One

A clumsy and noticeably dark romantic comedy

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

Gamer’s delight

A laptop that will satisfy the high-performance demands of gamers

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Cooling off period | Editorial: The 'F' Word | Devolution without Federalism | Putting wind in the map | Rulers and the ruled | “More optimistic now about Nepal” | An affair of the art | A Day in the Life of a Kathmandu Wedding Band | Samar Singh Jodha | H. Pylori: the good and the bad. | “We should have probably waited for a less sensitive moment.” | End pain, not lives | In the shadow of death | Cracks in the Madhesi front | For and against | Backside: Deadly Serious