Nepali Times

A benign king is preferable to the overhasty adoption of an already corrupted version of democracy, says the author of a new book on Himalayan kingdoms.

Two recent share offers by hotels in Kathmandu showed how desperate Nepalis are to invest. But however enticing, not all public issues of shares are as straightforward as they are made out to be. We advise buyers to beware.

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.