Issue #794

February 5-11, 2016

Headline

Brain gain

GOPEN RAI While studying business in the US, 29-year-old Suraj Shrestha (above) came across a campaign by TOMS shoes. The for-profit company…

No Author

Editorial

20 years wasted

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

No Author

Columns

Rubeena Mahato
This Is It by Rubeena Mahato

Land for peace

Gains of Nepal’s land rights movement has come not from bloodshed and war, but from a non-violent social movement.

Foreign Hand
Moving Target by Foreign Hand

The stifling burden of hierarchy

Instead of having one king, Nepal is now burdened with a dozen petty rajas each jealously guarding their party throne.

Ass
Backside by Ass

More hemming and hawing

It now appears that reports of the demise of the Oligarchy were greatly exaggerated. Khadga Prasad Comrade is glued to his chair in Balu Water,…

Nation

Home away from home

Rescued red pandas from Rolpa find a new home in Kathmandu’s zoo

Sonam Tashi Lama

Warriors in peacetime

Twenty years after the revolution, former guerrillas say they have lost faith in the leaders of their Maoist party

Gopal Gartaula

Nepali Times Buzz

Living the dream

Rendezvous with Sanyukta Shrestha, a bridal wear designer with a conscience

Smriti Basnet

Working at home

Nepalis who return home after garnering international exposure bring with them new skills and ideas.

Sahina Shrestha

Sharing an office

Co-working spaces started by young Nepalis are on the uptick in Kathmandu

Smriti Basnet

Must See

Our brand is crisis

Difficult to watch, occasionally stomach hurting hilarious, this is a flawed film

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Brain Gain |Editorial: 20 wasted years |Land for peace |The Stifling Burden of Hiearchy |Home away from home |Living the dream |Working at home |Sharing an office |Getting to the heart of the story |Students without boarders |Stuck Abroad |Warriors in peacetime |What was it all for? |Backside: More hemming and hawing