Issue #836

December 9-15, 2016

Headline

Power to the people

Gopen Rai What a difference one man makes. In May, Som Prasad Pahadi appeared on the front page of Nepali Times (above, inset) as he juggled…

Shreejana Shrestha

Editorial

Power Struggle

If it was any other product, load-shedding of electricity would have been called what it is: black-marketing.

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Columns

Ass
Backside by Ass

Getting used to electricity again

To tell you frankly, I’m getting sick and tired of listening to many of you who have held forth at every possible wedding reception in the past…

Nation

At home abroad

Heritage homes in Kathmandu’s historic towns appeal to a new breed of visitors

Jessica Cortis

The gods will be angry

In the remote mountains of western Nepal, women still deliver babies in dirty, cold and stuffy cowsheds

Mina Sharma and Prakash Singh

Counter-attack of the microbes

Nepal has issues of overuse of antibiotics in both humans and animals, uncontrolled prescription, or hospital-based infections

Sameer M Dixit, Buddha Basnyat and Paras Pokhrel

Speaking truth to power

Officials secretly created a deliberate artificial shortage of electricity to enrich themselves while doing untold harm to Nepal's economy

Shreejana Shrestha

Interview

Nepali Times Buzz

Durgas and doors

Meena Kayastha’s latest artwork on doors salvaged after the April 2015 earthquake exudes ingenuity and quality

Smriti Basnet

Little Bhutan

Former refugees have turned Albemarle Road into a microcosm of their Himalayan homeland

Gopal Gartaula

Building back Bungamati

Earthquake survivors of historic town find that preserving heritage is expensive business

Astha Joshi

Must See

Biz Brief

Banking made easy

NIC Asia launched a new service, Interbank Payment System (IPS), in collaboration with Nepali Clearing House Limited (NCHL). Bank customers…

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In this issue:

Power to the people |Editorial: Power Struggle |At home abroad |The gods will be angry |Durgas and doors |Little bhutan |Building back bungamati |Counter-attack of the microbes |Speaking truth to power |Backside: Getting used to electricity again