Diary of a bad year
EELUM DIXIT From runway blockage to Indian blockade, it has been a horrible year. In March, the country’s only international airport was closed…
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December 25-31, 2015
Headline
Editorial
Columns
Comment by Kanak Mani Dixit
Deciding to de-escalate
A win-win can only happen with a halt to Indian micro- and macro-management
By The Way by Anurag Acharya
Years of living dangerously
Despite challenges, we are a far better society than we were
One To Many by Bidushi Dhungel
Worst year ever
Possibly a whole lot more of the same to look forward to in 2016
All In The Mind by Anjana Rajbhandary
They call me Eve… because they think it is ok to tease
The acceptable culture of sexually harassing women in South Asia
Backside by Ass
Touchy-feely bilateral relationship
The following Backside Column by Ass is regurgitated and adapted in the national interest from Issue #718 of 1-7 August 2014. Now that Prime…
Nation
From aid to investment
Nepal is slowly changing its image in Korea as an aid recipient country to a destination for Korean investment
School of hard knocks
Destroyed in the earthquake, a village school in ruins gives hope to orphans
Wong Shu Yun
Multiple trouble
Families who survived the earthquake and the monsoon are now braving winter and the Indian fuel blockade
Sahina Shrestha
Interview
“Hope Nepal’s difficulties end soon”
Korean ambassador Choe Yong Jin on the potential for post-earthquake reconstruction, and the potential for tourism, trade and Korean investment in Nepal.
Business
The wreckage of 2015
The April earthquake was followed by an even more devastating economic upheaval
Siran Liang
Review
Thai Ghar
For those craving for a hot meal and joyful music to stay warm in this biting winter, Thai Ghar is worth a visit
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Multimedia
Nepali Times Buzz
Pokhara looks to 2016
Despite the doom and gloom, Pokhara businessmen are optimistic
Xiaotong Xu and Siran Liang
Must See
Testament of Youth
A timeless, poignant reminder that life can be both hideously unfair, as well as transcendentally sublime
Sophia Pande
From The Nepali Press
In this issue:
Diary of Bad Year | Editorial: Nothing left to say | From aid to investment | “Hope Nepal’s difficulties end soon” | The wreckage of 2015 | Pokhara Looks to 2016 | Up in the air | Keep ‘em coming | Survivors | Revisiting Tikapur | They call me Eve… because they think it is ok to tease | Years of living dangerously | Worst year ever | Deciding to de-escalate | Homeless in winter | 2015 IN TOONS | Backside: Touchy-feely bilateral relationship