Issue #880

October 20-26, 2017

Headline

Political puzzle

Forging electoral alliances in Nepal is getting to be far more difficult than solving a Rubik’s Cube. While most people are immersed in…

Editorial

The Election Festival

This year as Nepalis emerge from a month of Dasain-Tihar-Chhat festivities, they rush headlong into another festival: Provincial and…

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Columns

Dinkar Nepal
Connecting Dots by Dinkar Nepal

Making Nepal future-ready

Without strategic intervention in education, Nepal will lose another generation to the brinkmanship of selfish leaders

Tejshree Thapa
GUEST COLUMN by Tejshree Thapa

Responsibilities at home and abroad

Nepal’s record on conflict-era cases does not inspire confidence in its role as a new member of the UN Human Rights Council

Lisa Choegyal
So far so good by Lisa Choegyal

Aching for the Arctic

Sweltering in the September humidity of a Kathmandu traffic jam, I ache for the crack of calving glaciers

Bishal Thapa
Comment by Bishal Thapa

Storing water

Nepal’s need for large reservoir projects has opened the country to significant geo-political influence

Ass
Backside by Ass

Not Really Needed

As an Ass permanently domiciled in Nepal, this animule was invited to the recent Non-Resident Nepali bash in which its newly-elected Politburo…

Nation

Nepali Times Buzz

Chhakka Panja 2

The film relies on overused one-liners and a well-known star-cast

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From The Nepali Press

Wheeler-dealers

A real estate dealer in Kaski has knocked on the door of every NC leader to try to get a ticket to run in provincial elections next month.…

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Biz Brief

Redesigning reads

Oryx, Qatar Airways’ in-flight magazine, has won the Custom Redesign of the Year at Folio’s Eddie & Ozzie Awards, one of the most comprehensive…

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In this issue:

Political puzzle | Editorial: The Election Festival | Making Nepal future - ready | Responsibilities at home and abroad | Aching for the Arctic | Enriching- and exclusive ? | Repairing rural roads | The Turning Point | Of monks and Maoist | Reservoirs of suspicion | Storing Water | Not Really Needed