Understanding Nepal's Second City For intrepid travelers wanting to get off the beaten track in Nepal, exploring Pokhara is a gateway into the heart of Nepal with its lovely collection of sights. Lying some two hundred...
Maloy Krishna Dhar's informative analysis on the Indian experience offers a broader context to understand Nepal's own Maoist problem. Besides the above there are about 22 old and non-functional Maoist groups of which the...
Ted Danson , Mary Steenburgen, Constance Zimmer , Eva Amurri and Jon and Kirsten Heder talk about how you can help change not just one life, but the lives of an entire community, with Heifer International , at the “12 Stones”...
UNICEF Representative to Nepal Gillian Mellsop addresses an event to mark the Universal Children's Day in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Nov. 20, 2009. The event was organized on Friday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the...
My name is Arbin Bohora. I am a 5th grade student in LRI school in western suburb of Katmandu, Nepal. I took some pictures of my home town and my friends who were going to China to learn Chinese medicine for the next 6 years as...
A reader tells of her love of G2, Suduoku and cost-saving tips in Money as well as a project involving young deaf Nepalis My husband and I have been reading the Guardian for years. On weekdays I start with G2 – I'm addicted to...
In a bid to check proliferation of counterfeit currency notes and make bank notes last longer, India's central bank will introduce 100 crore polymer notes of Rs.10 denomination on a trial basis soon, it said Friday.
Published Date: 20 November 2009 Confessions of a Traffic warden (C4, 9pm, last night) Traffic wardens are the people we love to hate. Edinburgh's Enforcers are famously despised, but it would be nice to think they don't get...
Press Trust of India / New Delhi November 20, 2009, 20:51 IST India should aim to increase its merchandise exports to $300 billion by 2014 and adopt a multi-pronged strategy to accelerate competitiveness of domestic goods in...