March 29 - April 4, 2002
Headline
Editorial
Debriefing Deuba
As prime ministerial trips go, Sher Bahadur Deuba's travel to New Delhi and Calcutta last week can be classed as a low-intensity visit. There…
Columns
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
The Talibs of Appenzell
No nation has a monopoly on barbarism and blood-letting.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Bank(ruptcy) woes
Forget about propping up the economy without a strong banking sector.
State Of The State by CK LAL
More of the same in Monterrey
The US offers more dough to poor countries to join its global war on terror. But will it help?
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Happy Holi Week
As we go into another week of celebrating our prehistoric festivals and rituals with wild abandon, it is important to bear in mind the…
Nation
Maoist olive branch?
Even if he was planning to meet Maoists, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba couldn't have possibly fit them in during his hectic schedule in…
SARBARI MAJUMDAR IN CALCUTTA
"Who brought the nation to its present condition?"
Translated excerpts of the hard-hitting speech delivered by Chief of Army Staff, Prajwalla SJB Rana, at the convocation of the command and staff training at the Tokha on Wednesday.
Free to be miserable
Nearly a year after being unbonded, kamaiyas find freedom is just another word.
HEMLATA RAI IN KAILALI
Someone I can talk to...
What are the things that bother Nepali teenagers? Who do they talk to about their innermost concerns? To whom do Nepali adolescents turn to when they want to learn about sex? Is the information they get correct and useful?
HEMLATA RAI
Funding fundamentals
Attempting to regulate the cash flow of political parties is noble, but it could mean the spread of chronic enronitis.
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Interview
“What people recognise is good value for health care.”
Ruben Toral-Director of international programs at Bumrungrad Medical Center in Bangkok
Literature
Arts
Nepali Society
Renu gets to work
Renu Rajbhandari was a medical officer at Teku Hospital ten years ago. AIDS was just beginning to show itself in Nepal, and health professionals…
Conservation
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
On the box
There's no doubt about the glamour of television. But aren't politicians, enamoured with seeing themselves on the idiot box, over reacting? The…
Govinda Mainali
Human Rights activists visiting Govinda Mainali at the Tokyo Detention Centre last week says he's doing well-except of course the ordeal of…
Dental help
Rotary International has given a grant to the National Dental Hospital to complete a maxillofacial center providing treatment for cleft palate,…
Marathon men
Nepali runners dominated the recently concluded Annapurna Mandala Trail, which organisers say, is the "world's highest race". On 23 March,…
Letters
Cows or donkeys?
Your editorial ("Fixing the roof while the house is on fire," #83) contributes to the debate on constitutional reform. The idea should be to…
Geneder agenda
One important aspect of constitutional reform that got left out during editing my piece (“Why do we need constitutional reforms?,” #84) is the…
All corrupt
I read your editorial ("41-2=39," #85) which analyses the Judicial Commission to control corruption set up by King Gyanendra. My question is:…
Soft state
CK Lal's column ("In a soft state," 85) is nugatory, jejune and fraught with muddled thinking. By ranting against Nepal's alleged soft state,…
Arms are us
US Ambassador Mike Malinowski after his visit to western Nepal ("Angry Americans," #83) drew parallels between the Maoists and the Shining Path,…
Tears of langhter
Kunda Dixit's column with the Shakespeare quotes ("Much ado about nothing new," #85) moved me from laughter and then to tears when I got to the…
In this issue:
Rewriting rules | Maoist olive branch? | Debriefing Deuba | Editorial: More of the same in Monterrey | “Who brought the nation to its present condition?” | Free to be miserable | Clear flows the Bagmati | Funding fundamentals | ank(ruptcy) woes | Reply to Baburam | “What people recognise is good value for health care.” | Someone I can talk to... | Health, wealth, and malaria | On the Mekong | Defeated, but defiant | ‘Writers don’t carry guns' | The Harsh Beauty of Rural Nepal | Rites of spring | Happy Holi Week