Issue #864

June 23-29, 2017

Headline

Polling Together

Two years after bloody clashes, Tikapur is trying to bury the past to hold local elections

Shreejana Shrestha

Editorial

Polls apart

Bikram Rai Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba entered his official residence in Baluwatar for the fourth time in 20 years on Monday morning at…

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Columns

Chandra Kishor
GUEST EDITORIAL by Chandra Kishor

Moderating with moderates

Kathmandu’s rulers scrambled to find Upendra Yadav’s phone number only after he had burnt a copy of the Interim Constitution and launched the…

Dinkar Nepal
Connecting Dots by Dinkar Nepal

Darjeeling and the idea of India

I was relating a bedtime story to our six-year-old son when my wife read an SMS on her phone: ‘Enough is enough. We want Gorkhaland now.’ Her…

Lisa Choegyal
So far so good by Lisa Choegyal

Sons of the famous

PERTEMBA SHERPAHIGH ROAD: Prince Charles on a trek below Annapurna II in 1980, along a trail that has come to be known as the 'Royal Trek'. It…

Damakant Jayshi
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi

Setting a bad precedent

Postponing elections is a terrible habit, it will weaken Nepal’s democracy

Ass
Backside by Ass

The fine print

Allow me warn readers at the outset that this week’s column contains information that some may find disturbing. You are therefore advised to…

Nation

Polling Together

Two years after bloody clashes, Tikapur is trying to bury the past to hold local elections

Shreejana Shrestha

Nepali Times Buzz

Education in her blood

Nepali becomes first female South Asian dean at a university in the United States

Sean Shoemaker

Must See

The eagle huntress

If you want to learn a bit about Mongolia, and one of its most riveting traditions, find this uncommon film

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Revenues rise slightly

Nepal’s revenue rose 6% in mid March-mid June this year, and the country’s public debt is trending down the past four years due to budget…

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In this issue:

Polling together | Editorial: Polls Apart | Voting to forget | Darjeeling and the idea of India | Sons of the famous | Education in her blood | All our yesterday | The Peace Corps in Nepal | Moving after shaking | Ballot POwer | The pain and shame of 1 million Nepali women | The Fine Print