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                         Has the ruling party become ungovernable, and unable to govern?              
        BINOD BHATTARAI  
Nation 
 
                         Prachanda wrote to Sher Bahadur Deuba assuring an end to the violence as soon as they reached the negotiating table.              
 
                         Regardless of its outcome the only way forward for the Maoists is armed struggle.             
        HARI ROKKA  
 
                         Any topic of interest to anyone can be freely discussed at Martin Chautari. It is the world of the word, but its members are also successful activists.             
        CK LAL  
 
                         The valley\'s precious groundwater is threatened by indiscriminateand wasteful exploitation and contamination             
        RAMYATA LIMBU  
 
                         Daya Bir Singh Kansakar's last dreams, to set up a home for the aged and a medical college, remained unfulfilled when he passed away at the age of 90.              
        RAMYATA LIMBU  
Domestic Brief 
 
                             
 
                             
 
                             
 
                             
 
                             
Business 
 
                         Nepal's garment industry must turn more competitive rather than hanker for preferential access to its traditional markets. 
              
        MUKUL HUMAGAIN  
Technology 
 
                         Ernst J?nger-tech visionary, sceptic, Nazi supporter-wrote about a future in which "human perfection and technological perfection are incompatible."              
        AARON RETICA  
Interview 
 
                             
Nepali Society 
 
                             
Review 
 
                         A new collection of historical and ethnographic essays focuses on Nepal's western hills-an area long neglected by scholars.             
        SUDHINDRA SHARMA  
Culture 
 
                         Krishna fearing that Yalambar would join the Kauravas, decapitated the king with a blow so powerful that his masked head flew across the lower ranges of the Himalaya to come to rest in Kathmandu.             
        DESMOND DOIG  
Sports 
 
                         "If losing a game makes us stronger, I'll take the loss."             
        ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY  
Literature 
 
                         Indra Bahadur Rai              
        MANJUSHREE THAPA  
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