February 8-14, 2002
Headline
Editorial
FAQ about NDF
"Things don't move, why?" If there was a prize for the most frequently asked question during this week's Nepal Development Forum meeting, that…
Columns
Guest Column by PUSKAR GAUTAM
Red terror
Mao saw "red terror" as a way to counter the state's "white terror". Our comrades are doing it to sow fear, and pre-empt the army's intelligence gathering
State Of The State by CK LAL
Letter from the Silicon Plateau
Despite the market mantra, it is government that makes things happen. Even in Bangalore.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Stupid cupid
It is indeed a matter of great exultation and jubilation for all peace-loving Nepalis that the government has constituted a 234-member National…
Nation
What they had to say
Nepali Times interviewed participants at the Nepal Development Forum on the last day of the close-door aid meeting in Pokhara on Thursday. Selected soundbites:
Martyrdom in time of democrativ decay
In a country torn by a bloody insurgency, what is the message in sensing democratic aspirations in every dastardly act?
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Interview
"Mountain people are isolated in plains contexts."
Dr Gabriel Campbell-Director general of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
"Banks can afford to forego profits to help industry survive."
Arun Kumar Chaudhary-President of the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry
History
Leisure
Why ride a bike when you can ride a Bullet?
Whenever I hear the thud-thud of a Bullet, I seek out the sound and look wistfully at the beauty that is the Enfield.
DEEPAK THAPA
Travel
Into the Year of the Mountain
If you thought it was the Year of the Horse, you're wrong. The time of the moutain is here. Mountains are difficult to reach; once you get…
RAMYATA LIMBU
Zen and the Art of Mountain Motorcycling
There's one thing from the Age of the Hippie that still has a local fan following in Nepal. And no, it isn't a mind-altering substance, but the…
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Nepali Society
Sherpa Museum
Besides the world's highest bar, the Saturday market and the full-frontal view of Thamserku, there is now one more must-see in Namche Bazar: the…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Friends in high places
The Nepal Tourism Board has a tough task in promoting Nepal as a safe tourist destination, and it is only getting harder. But it is getting a…
Lukla flights to resume
Lukla flights are expected to resume over the weekend after Maoists attacked the town on 3 and 4 February. A group of about 100 Maoists…
The war over pensions
It's happened. A retired British Gurkha, Lance Corporal Hari Thapa, has dragged the British Ministry of Defence to an employment tribunal for…
From India, with love
Last year on 14 February, Valley residents spent over Rs1 million on flowers. As Valentine's Day approaches again, gift shops and florists are…
Letters
Power grab?
The leaders of the RPP, CPI-UML, and the non-ministerial faction of the Nepali Congress led by Girija Prasad Koirala, are not very convincing…
Khumu spring
It is clear from Ramyata Limbu's article ("Khumbu hopes for spring," #78) that if the government does not send more security forces to the…
"Foren"
Now that Rajendra Khadka is done pontificating ("Diaspora in dilemma," #76) on who the thousands of us FoReN are, what we think, see and feel,…
Dawa's dream
Unlike what some NMA members have stated in your Follow-up column ("Wanted: mountain memorabilia," #79) the entire floor space and design of the…
Not perfect five
It is indeed encouraging and very inspiring to read in Binod Bhattarai's "Can Nepal do IT?" (#79) that PCS rates a perfect five on the CMM…
In this issue:
Something is rotten… | FAQ about NDF | Editorial: Letter from the Silicon Plateau | Red terror | Into the Year of the Mountain | Martyrdom in a time of democratic decay | Zen and the Art of Mountain Motorcycling | Westward ho! | Tobin or not Tobin? | The road to Lo Manthang | “What is courage?” | Stupid cupid | Sherpa Museum