Scanning the newsstands in Darjeeling, Dehra Dun or Kathmandu, one would not know it, but there exists a variety of periodicals devoted exclusively to the Himalaya. Some target the grassroots,
Ominous
Year Ahead?
If you have any respect for Tibetan astrological predictions: and the views of Jhampa Gyaltsen Drakton, Chief ::::: Astrologer at the Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute in DhararnsaJa,
It is good to see fledgling Nepal-TV doing so well, but distressing to note that most of its advertising revenue seems to derive from come-hither advertisements from soda manufacturers, beer
Vijay Prashad's obit-piece A Marxist and a Gentleman on Jyoti Basu, arguably one of the few balanced Marxists, makes for depressive reading, beginning with an artificial separation between
A World Bank mission arrives inNepal in mid-May to appraise the feasibility of the modified Arun III scheme, affectionately known as "Baby Arun". Thisrather oversized baby is still
This New Year, sellout sales abound. Chicanery packages can be purchased at bribery rates. Just give us your specifications: number of columns, stories, and images; colour or no colour; extent
The one who has smashed tyranny
Broken the back of untrammelled authority
The horse that pulls the chariot of destiny
That one cannot be destroyed.
That one will never die.
The senior US journalist Robert Kaplan is well-connected and famous, a master of prose. He is versed in wrapping his international forays with word-pictures of place, person and context. His
