Summiting in Kathmandu
This SAARC Summit is going to be an India-Pakistan affair. But we don't mind as long as they patch up in Kathmandu.
BINOD BHATTARAI AND HEMLATA RAI
January 4-10, 2002
Headline
Editorial
Tsk tsk
The daily ceremony at the India-Pakistan border crossing where turbaned border guards go through an extravagantly choreographed flag-lowering…
SAARC is us
There is really no sense blaming the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu for the mess that this regional body is in. SAARC is us. It is the lowest…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Celebrating South Asian-ness
National boundaries do not erase a common cultural identity.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Step back from the brink
Mr Vajapayee does not want war. Nor does General Musharraf. But do they know just what is at stake here?
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Big shark, little fish
The pundits of this region harp on about the economic sense of getting together, ignoring the political sense that requires.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Make love not war
So it's final: they are not going to shake hands in Kathmandu this weekend. They're going to kiss. After getting through the formalities of…
Nation
Not all gloom and doom
Despite all the bad news, Nepal has shown considerable progress in the past 12 years. We review some of the little-known success stories.
RAMYATA LIMBU
A home of one’s own
Maiti Nepal is getting ready to move into brand-new premises, with a little help from German friends.
RAMYATA LIMBU
Still Nepal Oil Corruption
There was a sabotage scare at the airport two weeks ago. The army crew refuelling a helicopter that was to ferry Prime Minister Sher Bahadur…
Not according to plan
The National Planning Commission seems to be suited to more authoritarian times. Is there still a role for it?
BINOD BHATTARAI
Interview
"South Asia must prepare for globalisation and manage capital flows effectively."
Pradumna B Rana-Director of the Asian Development Bank's REMU
Leisure
Hole in one
HThe high-end golf tourism market could be an easy sell for the Gokarna Golf Course.
RAMYATA LIMBU
Literature
Doubt and the drive to write
"I've written something," poet Viplob Pratik said in one of our first meetings, "and I want you to read them and tell me if they are poems."
The last journey
Not forgetting this intensity of mind-numbing sorrow would be a way of remaining faithful to my mother.
TRISHNA GURUNG
Nepali Society
Only skin deep
The process of being chosen to be Nepal's most high-profile model is a bit like getting a government scholarship. You are among a shortlist of…
Sports
Waiting for the world cup
In the run up to the cricket Youth World Cup, Nepal has qualified for a place in the International Cricket Council's Youth World Cup to be held starting 14 January in New Zealand. Who will the team have to play, when, and where?
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Bagmati finds friends
Kathmandu residents haven't given up on Bagmati yet. Rather than screw up their noses and ignore the rising piles of garbage on the banks of the…
Mountain Year
After the SAARC Summit got us going, Nepal has a year full of mountains ahead. The opening of the Daman Mountainous Botanical Garden - a vantage…
Fake certificates
Jhapa Chief District Officer Chandra Bahadur Karki became the highest-ranking bureaucrat to be accused of presenting fake academic certificates…
Declaration of wealth
Three cabinet members have declared their wealth. Ministers Ram Sharan Mahat, Bijaya Kumar Gachchhedar and Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta own houses…
Business Briefs
SAARC occupancy
The SAARC summit has given Kathmandu hotels a much-needed occupancy boost, coming in a year that has seen tourism slump to perhaps the lowest…
"Regular" tourism
Three years after Nepal began focussed tourism marketing, 2001 was as bad as it could be in terms of arrivals. Last week, the Nepal Tourism…
Euro currencies
The central bank discontinued maintaining separate exchange rates for several European currencies starting 1 January. That means banks will stop…
Paddy prices
The price of the new rice crop has fallen to the lowest levels in recent times, much of the drop taking place in this past year and the year…
Letters
Military
While I appreciated the candid responses by Gen Prajwalla SJB Rana in the interview (“This is not a Royal Army, but the Royal Nepalese Army,”…
Civil
I was impressed by the article by Seira Tamang on basic civil rights and the responsibility of civil society (“Emergency soul searching”, #73).…
Economy
Binod Bhattarai says in "Economic emergency" (#74) that the government will have to spend over Rs 3 billion for security. I really don't…
Politics
The internal feuds and hatred of the leaders of the Nepali Congress have manifested many times over past 12 years, and have played a pivotal…
Bullets
No, it's not because of the state of emergency that my wife and I have quarantined our son at home. Nor is it because there are dangerous…
Reason
The misgivings of the Nepali Times team about their editorial role (“Animated suspension”, #73) are misplaced. In this age of unreason, when…
In this issue:
Summiting in Kathmandu | Editorial: Celebrating South Asian-ness | The Subcontinent of Sub-Saharan Asia | Not all gloom and doom | Step back from the brink | A home of one’s own | Naipaul, Udit and Tenzing | Still Nepal Oil Corruption | Big shark, little fish | “South Asia must prepare for globalisation and manage capital flows effectively.” | Not according to plan | Summiteering by air | Bridging the genetic divide | The problem of oil | Omar and Osama’s Kampf | Only part of the story | Afghan tale | Waiting for the world cup | DOUBT AND THE DRIVE TO WRITE: Viplob Pratik | The last journey | Hole in one | Make love not war