Recently added articles from The Nepali Times (Kathmandu, Nepal):
Dateline Everest.
Dec 04, 2009; ... December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- The cabinet meeting below Mt Everest on Friday will have drawn international attention to the impacts of climate change in the Himalaya ahead of next week's Copenhagen Summit. But the government's stated commitment to reduce Nepal's carbon ...
BACKSIDE.
Dec 04, 2009; ... Red letter days December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- At this rate, expect a holiday for the festivals of all of Nepal's 103 ethnic groups, full moon days and bands. When the Maobaddies found out that their planned band on 10 December fell on International Human Rights Day, they ...
HELD HOSTAGE.
Dec 04, 2009; ... December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- It is pretty obvious what all the petrol queues, the harvest seizures, land grabs, extortion and hotel strikes are leading up to: the nationwide general strike that the Maoists will enforce on 9 December. The Maoists are holding a gun to the head of ...
Struggle for existence.
Dec 04, 2009; ... While the titans battle it out, we have no choice but to watch and wait Prashant Jha December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- A survey of key recent events is revealing. There are increasing incidents of Maoist land-grabbing and forest-clearing in the Tarai to settle supporters from ...
Bustling Janakpur.
Dec 04, 2009; ... But it's not on the road to Mithila C K Lal JANAKPUR, December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- A day before the Vivah Panchami festival, it was impossible to walk on the city's thoroughfares. Two days later, the groom and his party had already left for Ayodhya, the bride had returned ...
On the web.
Dec 04, 2009; ... December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- In YOUR VIEW, our new online debate forum at www.nepalitimes.com, we asked readers how we can reduce aid dependency in Nepal. Selected comments below: Political stability, good internal security and public-private partnership can create a ...
Unwanted in Achham.
Dec 04, 2009; ... "I have seven girls" Ruma Rajbhandari December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Wearing a red and green sari, a phuli in her nose, a fair, middle-aged woman timidly approached my desk in the Outpatient Department of Bayalpata Hospital, Accham. Averting her gaze from mine, she looked ...
Back to labour woes.
Dec 04, 2009; ... One step forward, how many backwards? Artha Beed December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- The Beed was told something interesting last week at a dinner. When the Maoists were in power, why did they raise salaries by a mere Rs 1,400 when they could have raised it by Rs 12,000 or even ...
CONSTITUTION 2010.
Dec 04, 2009; ... Preserving our heritage December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- The institutional and administrative arrangements in a federal system are crucial in preserving a country's heritage, but haven't received much attention to date. The constitution drafting committees are still stuck on ...
"My enthusiasm has died".(Obituary)
Dec 04, 2009; ... December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Surya Bahadur KC, RPP CA member, Kaski Will the constitution be written on time? I'm in the committee on the distribution of natural resources, financial rights and public revenue. This committee is yet to write its draft paper ....
"The rush of foreign wives and husbands to Nepal will stop".
Dec 04, 2009; ... December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Ushakala Rai, UML CA member, Khotang How have you spent your days in the CA? I'm very busy. I am the coordinator of the sub-committees on gender and sexuality and women's rights study and recommendations, under the committee on ...
DEFROSTED.
Dec 04, 2009; ... Text by KUNDA DIXIT December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- The people in the mountains of Nepal do not know that the futures of their children and grandchildren are tied up with how the preparatory meetings for the international climate change conference next week in Copenhagen go. ...
King of sneers.
Dec 04, 2009; ... Eat and drink what you please, but don't pretend it's caviar if it ain't Rabi Thapa December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Judging by the persistent lines outside the KFC/Pizza Hut complex in Darbar Marg, a full week after its pompous opening, customers are in for a special ...
Manang sans Manangis.
Dec 04, 2009; ... The modernisation of Manang district has been at the expense of its local character Dewan Rai December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- The change is obvious. The houses along the trekking route are built with imported building materials: they have concrete floors, iron grilles and ...
Cinematic heights.
Dec 04, 2009; ... December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- The sixth Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival will be held in City Hall and Nepal Tourism Board from December 11-15, 2009. It will screen 59 of the most recent and exciting films about mountains, their culture, communities and environment ....
A Boy from Siklis.
Dec 04, 2009; ... Chandra Gurung's example is to be celebrated and emulated Pranab Man Singh December 04, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Nepal's had no shortage of historical heroes. The nationalistic texts of the Panchayat era in particular helped document and extol national heroes for their role in ...
Man in a hurry.
Dec 11, 2009; ... "Find the correct balance of pace for both sides" December 11, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Hardliners in each of the three big parties are making it more difficult for the top leadership to find a compromise power-sharing formula, prolonging the stalemate and threatening the peace ...
BACKSIDE.
Dec 11, 2009; ... Everyone has his share December 11, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- So, to recap this week's main news: Monday MKN met PKD, Tuesday MKN, GPK met, then PKD, MKN and GPK all met together before they brought in JNK, NKS and RCP, and CPG met MKN on the sidelines of all this. On Wednesday PKD ...
CRISIS OF THE WEEK.
Dec 11, 2009; ... December 11, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- As this country lurches from one crisis to another, the government is too busy fire-fighting to plan or implement anything. This week's crisis was the violence in the forests of Kailali, where we witnessed a combustible mixture of politics and ...
Nepal in Copenhagen.
Dec 11, 2009; ... Ten steps to a new carbon-neutral Nepal Kul Chandra Gautam December 11, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Last week's high profile cabinet meeting below Mount Everest must not be seen as just a publicity stunt. We must build on it to mobilise a real, sustained global campaign ...
