Deuba tries to cobble together a government five weeks after Surya Bahadur Thapa's resignation

Armed robberies, looting and plunder is rife in the lawless south

Odd, because it is up everywhere else

Official wrangling and greed delay the cleanup of an obsolete stockpile of dangerous pesticides

Dip Prakash Pandey-General Manager of Everest Insurance

and hopes for better times

Books on how revolutions devour their children

A systematic study of Maoism's resurrection in the Himalaya in 1996 started surprisingly late.