Issue #747

February 27 - March 5, 2015

Headline

Red guards

DEVAKI BISTA The opposition may have to go through with its show of force on Saturday, but should try to get it over with minimum fuss to resume…

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Editorial

In an agitated state

The opposition may have to go through with its show of force on Saturday, but should try to get it over with minimum fuss to resume negotiations on the constitution.

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Columns

Anurag Acharya
By The Way by Anurag Acharya

Tables turned

Outnumbered in the CA and lacking numbers on the streets, the opposition is waiting for a face-saving way to return to the table

Bihari K Shrestha
GUEST COLUMN by Bihari K Shrestha

Waiting for a Nepali Kejriwal

Nepal’s grassroot communities also have anti-corruption crusaders waiting to come out and clean things up

Ted Atkins
Outside In by Ted Atkins

The Present

‘Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that’s why we call it the Present’.

Ass
Backside by Ass

Show of farce

Saturday’s rally is supposed to be opposition sabre-rattling to scare the sheets out of the unruling coalition, but it looks like all our Young…

Nation

Rupees from rubbish

Private companies are stepping in to manage and make money from Kathmandu’s garbage

Sahina Shrestha

Business

Review

Multimedia

Cramming for the SLCs

Cramming for the SLCs

Students in Sindhupalchok move out and live on their own in dilapidated rooms to concentrate solely on SLC revision.

Cynthia Choo in SINDHUPALCHOK

Nepali Times Buzz

From Sanga to Singapore

A Singaporean set up a business to export the farm’s vegetables to her home country

Cynthia Choo

Intolerance for hate

One World Theatre produces a play to raise questions about intolerance

Stéphane Huët

Detecting heart murmurs

Echocardiogram machines are even available in remote corners of Nepal

Dhanvantari by Buddha Basnyat, MD

Must See

Gizmo

All about that bass

Acompact stereo system delivering thumping bass and a myriad of connectivity options

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

Pension woes

Tufan Neupane in Himal Khabarpatrika, 22-28 February In 1958, Indra Bahadur Thapa from Palpa joined the Indian army like hundreds of other…

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In this issue:

Red Guards | Editorial: In an agitated state | Tables turned | Not yet boiling point | Lifting modern Nepal | Istanbul stopover now easier for Nepalis | Waiting for a Nepali Kejriwal | From Sanga Singapore | Aftershocks of the Everest Avalanche | The Present | Detecting heart murmurs | Rupees from rubbish | Refusing the refuse | Challenges for new governor | Pension woes | Political geography of Nepal’s Twittersphere | Backside: Show of farce