June 7-13, 2002
Headline
Editorial
Alms race
India and Pakistan, twin nations separated at birth, have demonised each other for the past 50 years of independence. They have fought three…
Columns
Guest Column by ALOK BOHARA
Devolution, not revolution
For a geographically challenged country like Nepal, there is really no other way.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Peace by any means
If America's attack on Afghanistan after 11 September was justified, the same international coalition has the right to take any measures to prevent nuclear war in South Asia.
State Of The State by CK LAL
Past imperfect, future uncertain
Will King Gyanendra be a rational king or an emotional ruler?
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Man of the match
In the studio now I have Bhaichung Bhutia, and we are watching the Brazil vs Turkey match. Tell me, Bhaichung, was that a performance by Rivaldo…
Nation
The worst disease for a Nepali
Options are limtied for people whose kidneys fail in Nepal. There are few dialysis facilities here, the law on organ transplants is vague, and there is said to be a dangerous, illegal trade in kidneys.
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Comradely conduct
What's behind the UML's calm rationality in dealing with this political crisis?
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Interview
Leisure
Lingering over lingerie
Drying your laundered undies in public needn't be cause for embarrassment anymore.
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Literature
The storyteller as poet- Rajav
What's behind the UML's calm rationality in dealing with this political crisis?
MANJUSHREE THAPA
Yak Yeti Yak
Travel
Nature
Sports
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Royal soundbites
(Excerpts from an unofficial translation of King Gyanendra's interview with Nepal Television's Durga Nath Sharma on 5 June.). When we came to…
More promises
The government told donors Thursday it had come out with an "immediate action plan" to get its reform drive started. The plan contains a list of…
Senate support
Nepal might soon receive US funds to support the fight against the Maoists. A 29 May report of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations notes…
Aid worker killed
The execution of a Nepali aid worker by Maoists in Bajhang has sent shock waves through Nepal's development community. News filtering in from…
Help Nepal
HELP NEPAL Network, a charity supported by Nepalis living around the world, organised a HELP NEPAL Day simultaneously in the UK, Australia,…
Getting the vote
The date for the mid-term polls is fixed, but voters still don't have their IDs. If the government goes ahead with its initial plan of allowing…
Letters
Voyeurs
In your editorial ("Voyeurs," #90) you strongly criticised Nepal Television and its viewers for converting the insurgency conflict as a…
Somewhere in nepal
In parliamentary democracy it is the prerogative of the Prime Minister to seek dissolution of the elected chamber, and call for elections, and…
Heart-touching
I was touched by Megh Ranjani Rai's "Midnight memoirs" (#95). It saddened me and shook me. Being away from home is hard. Yet, knowing that I…
Romour mongers
In response to Manjushree Thapa's Nepaliliterature column ("Mid-column blues," #95) I want to first extend a note of appreciation for the…
Blubber
Kunda Dixit must be a hell of a character to be writing the popular and nonpareil column Under My Hat. Ironic though, I don't understand one bit…
In this issue:
Denouement | Alms Race | Editorial: Past imperfect, future uncertain | Devolution, not revolution | The worst disease for a Nepali | Peace by any means | Comradely conduct | Hang economics | “We need a total change in the mindset of government.” | Helicopters over the Himalaya | What really matters | Thou shalt not nuke thy neighbour | Scientific follies | War and the law | My brother- in-law’s wives | Football and the Nepali mind | Man of the match