Nepali Times:Issue #238

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ISSUE #238
11 MARCH 2005

Headline

Fleeing school

Terrorised students across Nepal prepare for final exams

RAMESWOR BOHARA in NEPALGANJ

Development

The sounds of silence

Across Nepal, there is an information vacuum as radio stations are gagged

NARESH NEWAR

Sports

Sticks and stones

Are all you need for Nepal's unofficial national sport

AARTI BASNYAT

Teaming up

Interview

"The real issue is about security vs terrorism"

Review

Real life drama

Reaching out from a space where theatre is lived

ABHA ELI PHOBOO

Amazing grace

Nepali Society

Kevin’s eye

EDITORIAL

Something to hide?

COLUMNS

Nepalipan
by PRAVIN RANA
When you’re a poor country

Guest Column
by SAUBHAGYA SHAH
Hyper Empire and Hindu Kingdom

State Of The State
by CK LAL
Nepal’s ‘other’ half

Economic Sense
by ARTHA BEED
Rocking stocks

Southasia Beat
by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Lhotshampa chargesheet

Tee Break
by DEEPAK ACHARYA
The whole 90 yards

Under My Hat
by KUNDA DIXIT
Hint hint, wink wink

Herojig
by

LETTERS

• Anti-violence

• Elegy for democracy

• Raw deal

• True grit

• Good cop

FROM THE NEPALI PRESS

• Village schools

• Jailhouse rock

• Home coming

• Switching sides

• Defining democracy

• "Politicians pushed out democracy"

BIZ NEWS

• World Bank warning

• Everest is once-in-a-lifetime

• Setting sites

HAPPENINGS