Articles
  • 27 February 2010
    Op-Ed: Upstairs, Downstairs
    Sujana Upadhyay

    The problem with living in a country with so many diverse ethnic groups is that every other face looks different. It makes it easy to feel alienated, and to alienate. Santosh Shah recently...

  • 18 January 2010
    Op-Ed: Homeowners, Take a Stand
    Yuko Maskay

    The mad beast of 7.0 magnitude that is estimated to have killed up to 200,000 people in Haiti and injured tens of thousands last week, hits home. Not only because Haiti, like Nepal, is one of the...

  • 1 January 2010
    End of Year Memoir
    superuser

    What does the new year mean to you? For some, it may mean once and for all, dropping the old you and starting anew, to others it may mean partying, music and booze and others...

  • 14 December 2009
    Op-Ed: Can Peace Hold in Nepal?
    Siddhartha Thapa

    Can peace hold in Nepal? The answer to this question will draw mixed reactions from different quarters. But, whatever the reactions may be, there is a subtle consensus among Nepali politicians...

  • 2 December 2009
    Op-Ed: Ménage à trois with China – Can Nepal handle it?
    Prabhat Lamichhane

    I have some serious apprehension and grave concern about Maoists leaders desperately trying to get China as much involved as possible in Nepal’s political developments especially after the...

  • 21 November 2009
    Op-Ed: The Primacy of Sex
    Pranaya SJB Rana

    There is a furor in the Nepali press. Namrata Shrestha, well-known model and actress, has the ignoble honour of starring in a sex-tape. The man, and principal photographer, in the video is DJ...

  • 10 November 2009
    Revisiting Dig Tsho - learning lessons for Imja Tsho
    Paribesh Pradhan

    Ang Maya Sherpa of Thamo village in the Khumbu region recalls the day the Dig Tsho glacial lake burst: "I was 14 years old then and studying at Thame School. We were celebrating phangi

  • 30 September 2009
    Memoirs of a Dashain
    superuser

    Dashain is a 15-day national festival celebrated by Nepalese all over the world. From late September to early October, this biggest festival of the year is marked by worshiping Goddess Durga...

  • 19 August 2009
    No Wires Attached: The unrealized potential of wireless internet
    Yoshina Gautam

    Access to information is a must in today's world and the internet is the best way to obtain it, according to Sandeep Puri, a web architect at Cisco Systems... 

  • 1 August 2009
    MakaluWear Aims High
    Bandana Gorkhaly

    Mount Makalu is 8,485m tall and the fifth highest mountain in the world. “It is one of the harder eight-thousanders in the world to climb with its steep pitches and knife-edged ridges that...