Everything has changed, but nothing is different
Nepal has changed in 15 years, but the issues we were covering then are still here with us. It has been nearly ten years since the conflict…
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July 17-23, 2015
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Editorial
Interesting times
Nepal has changed in 15 years, but the issues we were covering then are still here with us
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Columns
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
The constitution as if the people mattered
Top leaders have packaged greed and prejudice in a draft constitution, but there is still time to correct it
Between The Lines by Tsering Dolker Gurung
Losing our young
More than half the students who go abroad for higher studies never come back
GUEST COLUMN by Gyan Jung Thapa
Told you so
An impartial review is needed to find out if the death toll in the earthquake could have been reduced by implementing past disaster preparedness plans
Moving Target by Foreign Hand
Plus ça change
Time waits for no-one and as Nepal stagnates, India and China progress
All In The Mind by Anjana Rajbhandary
A little cup of self love
Many women grow up wishing their waists were narrower, their eyes bigger, their legs longer- wishing they were someone else
Under My Hat by Under My Hat
Flying to eat
Excerpted from Kunda Dixit's column Under My Hat in 61, 21-27 Sep 2001. The column ran from 2000-2006.
Nation
Parasitic parastatals
Parastatals making huge losses is no surprise. What is surprising is that they have been allowed to do so for so long
Back-stopping rescue
ICIMOD’s behind-the-scenes help with location and weather information was critical in increasing the reliability of earthquake rescue and relief flights
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Yakyetiyak
Nepali Times publishes archives of Yakyetiyak cartoon strip by Miku which was carried every week between 2001-2002
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The lost decade-and-half
There has to be a whole new way to governance if we are to graduate as planned from the status of a Least Developed Country (LDC) by 2022
Covering the Maoists
The danger for the Maoists is of becoming irrelevant in the new political environment
Deepak Thapa
Cheeky, provocative
May a diverse clutch of clever, witty, young writers always find room under Nepali Times's tent
Anagha Neelakantan
Girls who’ll run the world
Men far outnumber us, but we are the future editors and publishers of this country
Preparing to be prepared
A selection of coverage from the last 15 years of Nepali Times of the need for earthquake preparedness
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Review
Otafuku Okonomiyaki
An restaurant, serving Japanese meals that bends a little more towards Chinese at great prices
Stéphane Huët
Multimedia
15 year timeline
The last 15 years of Nepali history from the pages of Nepali Times.
Om Astha Rai and Ayesha Shakya
Nepali Times Buzz
Saving what is left
Desmond Doig and Dubby Bhagat’s two books should be an important part of everyone’s personal library for a chapter-by-chapter guide to explore Kathmandu Valley
Sonia Awale
Mystical Mustang in the monsoon
Tourist guesthouses in Upper Mustang are intact, but empty
Stéphane Huët
Must See
The Woman in Gold
One of those odd films that could so easily have tended towards formulaic banality had it not been for the focused talents of its two main characters
Sophia Pande
International
From The Nepali Press
Toon times
From its very first issue in July 2000, Nepali Times has been translating relevant reports, op-eds, editorials, radio programs and interviews…
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In this issue:
Everything has changed, but nothing is different | Editorial: Interesting Times | The Constitution as if the people mattered | Losing our young | Parasitic parastatals | Saving what is left | Mystical Mustang in the monsoon | Head in the clouds | Back-stopping rescue | Told you so | Departure of a South Asian | A little cup of self love | A suitable prince | The lost decade-and-half | Flying to eat