| Headline KUNDA DIXIT 
 Nation Tourism to Nepal and the region takes a hard knock amidst fears of US retaliation. 
 IAN BURUMA 
 More Nepalis are having sex-younger, before and even outside marriage. RAMYATA LIMBU 
 RNAC's cancellation of aircraft leases requires the most urgent attention. PUSKAR BHUSAL 
 By trying to outdo the Maoists, the Congress is showing the same tendency to wreck something that works rather than fix something that doesn't. KABINDRA PRADHAN 
 Young and idealistic American volunteers are drawn back to a Nepal that changed their lives. ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY 
 Domestic Brief 
 
 Development 
 Business The government is spending Rs 120 million on a new IT Park in Banepa. So why are industry professionals so unexcited? RAMYATA LIMBU 
 Arts Chungpo Tsering's charcoals are as much about imagination as reality. 
 AJIT BARAL 
 Nepali Society 
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