September fest
Jjiyalal Sah Dasain probably has its origins in a proto-Hindu harvest festival, hence the priority given to food, family and festivities. The…
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Columns
Miss Moti-vation by Kripa Joshi
Peace is its own reward
On the Way Up by Kanak Mani Dixit
Who teaches us democracy?
Obfuscation and hand-wringing will not help as we prepare to face the world
GUEST COLUMN by Aruna Uprety
We are what we eat
The synonym for “Hello” in Nepali is “Khana khanu bho?” The fact that asking people whether they have eaten is a form of greeting in our society…
GUEST COLUMN by Bhawana Upadhyay
Eating green
Nepal is blessed with an ideal climate range for various types of traditional and new vegetables: these have not been tapped fully
GUEST COLUMN by Dominique Moisi
The South Asian cauldron
The Middle East is often viewed as a region waylaid by feelings of collective humiliation and violent rivalries, both between and within…
So far so good by Lisa Choegyal
Alan Root 1937-2017
Innovative wildlife filmmaker and inventor of Root’s Ruin
Backside by Ass
Run like hell
The Ass has been reminded that this week’s Dasain issue of the paper carries the 900th edition of this column. I didn’t know anyone was…
Nation
Global dasain
Two reports on how festival time is celebrated by Nepalis abroad and foreigners in Nepal
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This Dasain, vegetate
Add a lighter touch to your festival this season with Nepal’s favourite veggie dishes
Sonia Awale
The dead, and the dying
Nanda Prasad Adhikari is dead, but his family’s quest for justice for his murdered son is not
Rights right here at home
While it pushes for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, experts say the Nepal Government should also be strengthening human rights at home
Assaulting the caregivers
On the rise of workplace violence in Nepal’s healthcare sector
Agya Mahat, Madhusudan Subedi, David Citrin
The freedom of being illegal
Thousands of Nepalis in Malaysia prefer to be undocumented than be exploited and mistreated by their official employers
Nepali Times Buzz
Hagen's Kathmandu
Only by looking back at our past can we chart our future. And for that, Nepal may have to finally sort out its present.
Shailee on top of the world again
The Nepali ex-journalist has climbed Mt Everest, and here in Manhattan she is on top of the world again.
Bhrikuti Rai in New York
Must See
The Handmaid's Tale
A sublime, sometimes nightmarish work of art, unlike any other I have seen before
Sophia Pande
Biz Brief
Forecast falls
Closer attention to sequencing political, financial and administrative decentralisation will be key as Nepal prepares to shift from a unitary to…
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In this issue:
Editorial: September Fest | Who teaches us democracy | Backside: Run like hell | Shailee on top of the world again | Hagen's Kathmandu | Global Dasain | This Dasain, Vegetate | We are what we eat | he dead and the dying | Rights right here at home