Headline
"You will see everything will start happening within ten days." - Girija Prasad Koirala
RAJENDRA DAHAL IN POKHARA
Nation
The government ban on news on FM radio is seeing a backlash led by a parliamentary committee.
HEMLATA RAI
Banning climbing only because the mountain is beautiful has no rationale. The prettiness or otherwise of the mountain cannot determine whether it should be climbed or not.
This is the first time that free, poor, indigenous yet landless people have issued a frontal challenge to the government.
-ASHUTOSH TIWARI in Dhangadhi
The Swasthani Brata is one month of fasting, prayer and penance. Not to mention the walking and rolling.
SALIL SUBEDI
There is no military solution to this crisis. Pursuing that option will destroy the country, and may ultimately cost us our sovereignty.
Dr KANAK BAHADUR KC
Domestic Brief
Technology
MARK TURIN in LEIDEN
The 7th CAN Info-Tech trade show this week focuses on value-added services.
GAURAB RAJ UPADHAYA
Nepali Society
Subhash Newwang, a soft-spoken MP from Ilam, strikes terror in the hearts of corrupt government officials
Culture
The new pools are stagnant, their fountains refuse to play. The flowerbeds try valiantly to battle the press of people.
DESMOND DOIG
Literature
MANJUSHREE THAPA
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