Power Struggle
We laugh at our leaders when they promise to end power cuts not because we are unaware of Nepal’s energy potential, but because we are aware of their ineptitude.
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Columns
Moving Target by Foreign Hand
Contempt of State
The sight of grown men sporting teen-age nicknames, puffed up with self-importance as they debate the finer points of a discredited ideology, is as good as it gets these days.
GUEST COLUMN by Sujit Acharya
Future power house of South Asia
The Nepal Power Investment Summit next week will send a message to the world that Nepal is ready for foreign investment in renewable energy projects.
Backside by Ass
News in Briefs
No item of news is too trivial for us, as we can see from a peek into this week’s episode of News in Briefs.
Nation
Switched on
Consumers still face up to 12 hours without electricity in a country said to be the richest in hydropower in the region.
Kickstarting solar projects
Nepal’s energy crisis spares no one: every organisation, from businesses and farms to schools and health clinics, struggles with it.
Avishek Malla
Mustering up energy to face the future
Petroleum is volatile, wind is uncertain, solar has storage issues, there is no alternative to large-scale hydropower
Be smart, go electric
The public demand for electric vehicles that soared during the Indian Blockade appears to have tapered off.
Smriti Basnet
Interview
Private sector lead in solar grid system
Raj Kumar Thapa of Solar Solutions on what the current budget should look at to promote solar energy in Nepal.
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Nepali Times Buzz
Curator of history
Sanskritist Gautama V Vajracharya puts Nepali art history on the world map.
Ayesha Shakya
A journey through red and blue
The play begins with the bold colours of the Nepali flag, and this journey through red and blue is not one to miss
Eelum Dixit
Keeping children in classrooms
Nearly 550 schools were damaged in Kavre, and 90 per cent of the classes are running in temporary learning centres (TLCs).
Sahina Shrestha
Exposure to early photography
Photo.circle has put together ‘Facing the camera’ an exhibition of 60 images from family albums and archives.
Smriti Basnet
Must See
The family fang
A film that manages the careful balance between dark comedy and psychological horror with a light, careful touch.
Sophia Pande
From The Nepali Press
Guilty until proven not guilty
Pics: CIJChitra Bahadur Majhi with sons Kamal and Surendra Mukesh Pokharel, Centre for Investigative Journalism Sashi Kumar Thitung of Makwanpur…
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In this issue:
Switched On |Editorial: Power Struggle |Contempt of State |The future power house of South Asia |Kickstarting solar projects |Private sector lead in grid solar system |A journey through red and blue |Curator of history |Keeping children in classrooms |Exposure to early photograph |Guilty until proven not guilty |Mustering the energy to face the future |Be Smart, Go electric |Backside: News in brief