Issue #888

December 15-21, 2017

Headline

Pro-women

Thanks to the new Constitution, women who were under-represented in the First Past the Post results will get seats in federal and provincial assemblies via Proportional Representation quotas.

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Editorial

The Promised Land

The mood after every election in Nepal since 1960 is always upbeat. It is what comes after, that lets the people down. Voters go to the polling…

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Columns

Kripa Joshi
Miss Moti-vation by Kripa Joshi

Seek to be whole

Seek to be whole, not perfect. - Oprah Winfrey

Bhojraj Pokharel
GUEST EDITORIAL by Bhojraj Pokharel

Electoral reform

Nepal recently held three elections with overwhelming participation of voters. We have made remarkable improvements in recent years in overall…

Anil Chitrakar
1/2 Full by Anil Chitrakar

The great leap

Nepal is a mouse that has to learn to live with two big tomcats in the neighbourhood, one red and the other saffron

Lisa Choegyal
So far so good by Lisa Choegyal

Bardiya beginnings

How Nepal’s wild west was opened to eco tourism 30 years ago

Ass
Backside by Ass

Provincial mindset

Now that we have elections out of the way, and the wheat has been separated from the chaff, the nation’s attention has turned to the subject…

Nation

PRo-women

Thanks to the new Constitution, women who were under-represented in the First Past the Post results will get seats in federal and provincial assemblies via Proportional Representation quotas.

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Nepali Times Buzz

The Marston menagerie

For 40 years, a British couple in Kathmandu have been raising abandoned animals in their backyard

Ziyu Lin

Equus

Animal activists work for the welfare of Nepal’s mules and donkeys

Ziyu Lin

Must See

Murder on the Orient Express

This is a great film for fans, but an even better one for those not acquainted with the great Hercule Poirot

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

Hybrid power

A wind-solar generation plant in Hariharpurgadi of Sindhuli has started producing 110 KwH of energy per day for 83 rural households. The project…

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In this issue:

Pro-women | Editorial: The Promised Land | The great leap to prosperity | lections and everyday democracy | Bardiya beginning | The Marston menagerie | Prehistoric paintings in Mustang | Lost her leg, but not zeal | Why is Myanmar's general here> | Cranes replaces cranes in Buddha's birthplace | Provincial Mindset