Nepali Times

The reorganisation of states in India has one important lesson for Nepal. It is the demand for development that creates fissiparous tendencies rather than regional or linguistic chauvinism.

For those who cant trek up the highest mountains in the world, the accomplishment of a mountain flight is mountaineering itself.

A hopelessly divided ruling party, an aggressive opposition cashing in on a disenfranchised citizenry. Neither have time to see which way the country is headed.

The paradox of the present stalemate is that the government and Maoists are both under pressure to talk, but neither side really gains from talking.