Trembling in trepidation

Published On: July 30, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal

No matter how powerful a government, it can’t withstand stethoscopes pointed at its head from multiple directions

Why Nepal is still in transition

Published On: July 30, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Sumit Sharma Sameer

Despite empowering the downtrodden, Maoist movement in essence facilitated larger section of society to get co-opted in conservative politics

Toward open governance

Published On: July 30, 2018 12:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Adhikari

Nepal has institutions in place to embark on open government system. We only need to use them creatively

The American identity

Published On: July 29, 2018 12:10 AM NPT By: Prakash Chandra Lohani

Recently I was in San Francisco to attend a meeting of Non Resident Nepalis (NRN). While in the hotel lobby I met an old friend, Mahesh, a high tech professional and a naturalized American citizen of Nepali origin.  Our conversation centered on an incident that reflects in many ways the present political commotion in the US.

Bureaucracy in new era

Published On: July 29, 2018 12:05 AM NPT By: Narayan Prasad Wagle

Internationally, a new era is looming politically, economically, socially and technologically. Democracy has been questioned for being elite-centric, limited to electoral participation of people, geometrically widening inequality, fostering injustice on the poor and alienating the general public.

What we need to know about hepatitis

Published On: July 28, 2018 01:25 AM NPT By: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh

Viral hepatitis is currently killing an estimated 410,000 in our region annually—more than HIV and malaria combined.

Back to nature

Published On: July 28, 2018 01:13 AM NPT By: Ganesh Poudel

We should find solutions to our problems in the lap of Nature. Disregarding nature ultimately backfires.

Motherhood joys

Published On: July 28, 2018 01:07 AM NPT By: Binu Rijal

Motherhood brought different colors in my life, the colors I never thought existed within me. My different shades exposed themselves as scaffolding of the sweet onion in our kitchen. Through the nine months ordeal of carrying another human being inside to childbirth and raising it, it has all helped me explore my own inner self. I transformed from a moody introvert into a dreamer, a lover, a baker, a dancer, a singer and an actor.

Save our architecture

Published On: July 28, 2018 12:57 AM NPT By: Rakshya Basnet

We seem to have reached the point of bringing down our cultural heritage in the name of modernization.

Why World Cup mattered

Published On: July 27, 2018 12:30 AM NPT By: Dominique Moisi

In geopolitical terms, if one were to name just two winners this year, the titles would have to go to Russia and France