July 2019
Opinion
Nepal’s fatalistic ‘ke garne’ culture
Credits: Daman Rai/Republica and Basanta Pratap Singh/Kantipur bulldozer ploughs through a rice terrace being readied for paddy planting for a […]
July 8, 2019
June 2019
Opinion
Kathmandu fixing what ain’t broke
A scene from the protest against the Guthi Bill in Maitighar. Photo: BIKRAM RAI he Nepal government, which has done […]
June 21, 2019
Opinion
Firing up Nepal’s democracy
Pic: BIKRAM RAI epal’s Parliament has just voted to gift each of its members Rs60 million to ‘do development’ in […]
June 14, 2019
May 2019
Opinion
How to clean up Kathmandu’s air
Pic: BIKRAM RAI he least we expected from this new federal republic with its elected governments at three levels and […]
May 31, 2019
Opinion
Dozers and Nepal’s development
One of the most prominent changes we see while travelling across Nepal these days is the presence of earth movers, […]
May 16, 2019
Opinion
Lumbini is not a Buddhist Disneyland
Photo: KUNDA DIXIT he number of visitors to Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, is on the rise. Many pilgrims will […]
May 2, 2019
April 2019
Opinion
Nepal is being loved to death
hina, the United States and Japan rebuilding sections of Kathmandu Palace Complex with some outsized signs proclaiming their assistance. Photo: […]
April 17, 2019
Opinion
Coming soon: two-way migration to Nepal
Photo: BIKRAM RAI It was an ironic coincidence that the week Nepal hosted its Investment Summit, the country signed an […]
April 2, 2019
March 2019
Opinion
How Nepal can invest in improving the investment climate
f we all stopped saying ‘no problem’ to everything and started actually implementing real solutions to Nepal’s real problems, we […]
March 18, 2019
Opinion
Nepal’s better halves
ast week, women engineers and managers in power utilities from across South and Southeast Asia gathered in Kathmandu for their […]
March 8, 2019