May 3-9, 2002
Headline
Editorial
The peace prize
Everyone is talking about the rewards on the heads of the Maoists. But there is a greater reward no one talks about: the reward of peace. The…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
What next?
We will quietly go on doing whatever we are doing at the moment, hoping that the danger will somehow disappear.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Global Kaliyug
If you are depressed about Nepal, just look at the rest of the world.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Idiot-proof idioms
Far be it from me to cock my snook at all of you out there who think this country has come to a grinding halt, but having just attended a…
Nation
Red carpets in Thimpu
In a fresh bid to resolve a continued deadlock over the future of the 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in camps in eastern Nepal, Thimpu is on a charm…
Reaping the whirlwind in Rolpa
This is a "peoples' war" in which ordinary people like Purna Bahadur Khatri, Amrit Bahadur BK, Tilak Nepali and Bishnu Prasad KC and Seti Buda are being killed.
PRAKASH JWALA in LIBANG
Personality occult
What better, more providential, escape from our worldly woes than star-gazing.
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Interview
History
Culture
The curious reader
Take time out this week to see what's happening in the world of books.
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Heritage
Nepali Society
Citizen Bharat
Call him Mr Daura Suruwal and he just smiles. For Bharat Basnet, Nepal's national dress is a tailor-made mission statement. Even the fabric says…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Press Freedom Day
Today, 3 May, is World Press Freedom Day. Democracy and a free press are two sides of the same coin, and yet Nepal is now the country with the…
Peaceful citizens
Peace for all, Peace forever-that's the motto of Hami Nepali Nagarik (We Nepali Citizens), a group of concerned, proactive professionals seeking…
Nepal’s food crisis
Nepal is emerging as the country with one of the most serious food crises in Asia, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation…
Women and drugs
A qualitative study on women substance users in and around Kathmandu has revealed some alarming findings. The research, conducted among 200…
Human rights watch
A week after the government put a price on the heads of the Maoist top brass, reactions and sharp criticism continue to pour in. The National…
Business Briefs
Budget militarisation
Government has come out and announced its worst fears. Defence spending is expected to almost double, government may have to borrow to pay for…
Wooing FDI
The Ministry of Industries, Commerce and Supplies has decided to allow the Department of Industries to approve foreign investment worth over a…
RA & Y&Y
Hotel Yak & Yeti has come up with a unique scheme to help prop up the national airline. Anyone flying Royal Nepal Airlines to Kathmandu will get…
Letters
State of the nation
The situation in our country will continue as long as clever politicians keep on luring a disillusioned and frustrated generation of people with…
Teasing tourists
This letter refers to the article "Teasing tourists" (#90) written by Patricia Lustig. I am not sure that all the examples of sexual harassment…
Visa fees
I wonder if Nepal really wants visitors ? If tourism is, in fact, a driving force of the Nepali economy, may I suggest that the visa process be…
State of the state
CK Lal blaming the "US insistence on market liberalisation" ("Do our banners yet wave?") for all evils of Nepali politics and our society may be…
Fair and square
This is in response to Sunita Singh (Letters, #89), itself a response to Joyce Sliverstein's (Letters, #87) critique of the fairness cream ad…
MR establishment
I applaud the initiatives taken by Mayor Sthapith ("Mr Establishment," #90) and various civil society organisations and donors to renovate and…
In this issue:
Mea Gulpa | Red carpets in Thimpu | The Peace Prize | Editorial: What next? | A Gandhian communist | Reaping the whirlwind in Rolpa | Global Kaliyug | Personality occult | “We need to talk directly with potential tourists.” | Feats of clay | Say no to consensus | Wanted: change of heart | Starving in Bethlehem | Peace prescription | “Revealing myself to myself.” | The curious reader | Idiot-proof idioms