Archive society general 2001-2003

Archive

2001-2003

2000

Happily ever after: Inter-caste, inter-ethnic, inter-racial. Nepalis are getting married all over the place, by Sraddha Basnya (nt 26/12/2003)

Marriage Season (rn 15/12/2003)

Simple wedding ceremony for anti-dowry couple, by Pema Sherpa (kp 15/12/2003)

‘Jari’ still prevalent in Bajura, Bhajhang districts, by Arjun Shah (kp 08/12/2003)

Squatters also have dignity, claim slum dwellers, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 08/12/2003)

‘Lesbianism’, still taboo and scary, by Dikshya Thakuri (ht 07/12/2003)

Huge perception gap between generations revealed (ht 01/12/2003)

Suicides outnumber conflict in toll charts, by Archana Parajuli & Indu Nepal (kp 24/11/2003)

Campaign against dowry (rn 18/11/2003)

Capital tops suicide cases in country (kp 16/11/2003), One suicide per day in Valley (ht 16/11/2003), Suicide rate highest in Capital (rn 16/11/2003), Gender bias blamed for rising suicides (ht 16/11/2003)

Balamis eschew child marriage for education (Kathmandu Post, 09/11/2003)

Call to secure rights of lesbian people (Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2003)

Man expelled for inter-caste marriage (Himalayan Times, 03/11/2003)

Issue of witchcraft leads to eviction of eight households, by Shankar Kharel and Suresh Niraula (Kathmandu Post, 25/10/2003)

Mother dies while saving son (Kathmandu Post, 17/10/2003)

In-laws accept Dalit bride (Kathmandu Post, 10/10/2003)

Social service in Nepal, by Keith D Leslie (Himalayan Times, 08/10/2003)

Less people travelling this Dashain, by Indu Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 21/09/2003)

Conflict induced displacement, by Anita Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 16/09/2003)

Couple challenge tradition with inter-caste marriage (Kathmandu Post, 11/09/2003)

A new voice, by Shiva Rijal (Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2003)

Inter-caste union fuels family wranglings over property, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2003)

Sexual harassment in public vehicles on rise (Himalayan Times, 06/08/2003), Baser instincts (Himalayan Times, 07/08/2003)

Inter-caste marriage of wards affects guardians, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (Kathmandu Post, 23/07/2003)

Bleak social outlook despite economic resurgence, by Sameer Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2003)

Labour of love! by Maina Dhital (Kathmandu Post, 30/06/2003), Fit theme for Kollywood: Love binds, girl’s father unbinds (Himalayan Times, 30/06/2003), Saga of Mirza’s love’s labour continues, by Kiran Chapagain (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2003), SC volte face, sets aside earlier directive (Kathmandu Post, 09/08/2003)

Need for sexual minorities to find their voices (Kathmandu Post, 21/06/2002)

Internally Displaced People: Homeless Shelter, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 20/06/2003)

Newly weds commit suicide (Kathmandu Post, 18/06/2003)

Political instability vs social vulnerability, bvy Rajendra P Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 16/06/2003)

Ostracised after intercaste marriage (Himalayan Times, 15/06/2003)

Give us our daily bread: To resist may be virtuous, but to surrender is divine, by Sraddha Basnyat (Nepali Times, 13/06/2003)

Cops flayed for whacking gays merrily again (Himalayan Times, 07/06/2003), Transvestites raise voice against police harassment (Kathmandu Post, 08/06/2003)

Couple socially ostracised for inter-caste marriage (Kathmandu Post, 18/05/2003)

Experts worry over growing number of suicide cases, by Bikash Sangraula (Kathmandu Post, 18/05/2003)

17 years on, Dr Bhattarai defends his thesis once again (Kathmandu Post, 14/05/2003), Dr Bhattarai’s book released (Himalayan Times, 14/05/2003)

Post-war demography of Nepal, by Tej Prasad Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 24/04/2003)

Gays allege detention, torture; cops spin another tale, by Dikshya Thakuri (Himalayan Times, 23/04/2003), Gays and all that (Himalayan Times, 24/04/2003), Increasing police abuse brings gay rights issue to the fore, by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 29/04/2003), Coming out (Nepali Times, 02/05/2003), First ever Meta beauty contest breaks through taboos (Kathmandu Post, 03/05/2003), Times are a-changing: A gay fashion show in the capital shows “Nepaliness” is becoming more inclusive, by Daniel Lak (Nepali Times, 09/05/2003)

Nothing hair-raising, males will vouch (Himalayan Times, 01/04/2003)

Domestic violence: A major cause of increasing divorce cases, by Sangeeta Rijal (Kathmandu Post, 01/04/2003)

Politics of exclusion, by Arzu Rana Deuba (Kathmandu Post, 29/03/2003)

Fifteen pc of Pokhara population are Sukumbasis (Kathmandu Post, 29/03/2003)

Migration: Boon Or Bane? by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 28/03/2003)

Rural inter-caste marriages not so rosy, by Sudha Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 28/03/2003)

Superstition may see less marriages next year, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 10/03/2003)
But see also 2060 no bar to weddings, say astrologers (Himalayan Times, 20/03/2003)

WHF resolution calls for ban on cow slaughter (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2003)

Migration: A Small Step To Development, by Jhabindra Bhandar (Rising Nepal, 03/03/2003)

Divorce cases on rise in Kathmandu (Himalayan Times, 03/03/2003)

Cultural colonisation, by P Bhattarai (Space Time Today, 20/02/2003)

Youth shows true love transcends all barriers by marrying AIDS infected, by Pratap Bista (Kathmandu Post, 20/02/2003)

Suicide cases on rise, probes inconclusive, by Hem Dulal (Himalayan Times, 16/02/2003)

Quiet revolution: Nepalis have opened quite a lot on sex, by Robin Giri (Himalayan Times, 08/02/2003)

Western social scientists & Shangri-La, by Abhi Subedi (Space Time Today, 02/02/2003)

That's The Spirit! by BG (Rising Nepal, 31/01/2003)

Stone-breaking a source of earning livelihood (Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2002)

No more land to landless squatters: Ministry (Kathmandu Post, 19/12/2002)

Insurgency, poverty lead to mass migration, by Rudra Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 18/12/2002)

Class conscious needed to free the country and parties, by Naresh Sampati Shakya (People's Review, 12/12/2002)

Dom community against child marriage (Kathmandu Post, 05/11/2002)

Divorce cases increasing (Himalayan Times, 22/10/2002)

Love marriages still a taboo (Himalayan Times, 20/10/2002)

Bearing heavy burden — lightly, by Renu Kshetry (Himalayan Times, 07/10/2002)

Polyandry System And Nepal, by Birendra Lamsal (Rising Nepal, 27/09/2002)

Fashion: Kurtha-suruwal invasion, by Hemlata Rai (Nepali Times, 13/09/2002)

A National Alternative for 'Certificate Citizenry', by Upendra Gautam (Telegraph, 11/09/2002)

Prostitution must be legalized: Rajendra Adhikari, SEDA, by LB Thapa (People's Review, 05/09/2002)

Rakhi : A symbol of love and affection (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2002)

Local efforts bring about change in lifestyle, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 06/08/2002)

Hundreds throng to Merchelek to drink yak blood, by Ghanashyam Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 29/07/2002)

Nothing is what it seems, by Rajendra S. Khadka (Nepali Times, 19/07/2002)

Widow and widower set an exemplary marriage (Kathmandu Post, 09/06/2002)

Man, machine and wife, by Arati Singh (Kathmandu Post, 23/05/2002)

Why conflicts continue to wrack world’s mountains?, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 12/05/2002)

The Rise Of The Small Family, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 03/05/2002)

Marriages are made in heaven but not during bandh, by Suvecha Pant (Kathmandu Post, 26/04/2002)

Bratabandha, by Suvecha Pant (Sunday Post, 21/04/2002)

Nepali youths’ view on sex liberal (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2002)

Fatalism, capitalism and altruism, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 12/04/2002)

Arranged or love marriages: The missing factor could be ‘love’? by Tashi Dolma Thinley (Kathmandu Post, 05/04/2002)

Dhankuta grooms bring brides without Naumati bajas (Rising Nepal, 01/04/2002)

Marriage : A bachelor’s anatomy, by Bikash Sangrula (Kathmandu Post, 24/03/2002)

Dramatic intergenerational shift in attitudes towards sex: Report (Kathmandu Post, 20/03/2002)

Marriage no longer a two-night affair, by Shyam Bhatta (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2002)

Premarital blues, by Bindu Jha (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2002)

Rara ki apsara (Sunday Post, 13/01/2002)

Globalisation has not changed plight of S Asia’s poor: HD report (Kathmandu Post, 09/01/2002)

Little bit of red-light in Thamel, by Tejen Bhattarai (People's Review, 27/12/2001)

Use of plastic, aluminum wares hit Kumales’ lives (Rising Nepal, 26/12/2001)

No marriage is complete without Band Baja these days, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2001)

In the trekking routes of Nepal, the local Cupid waits to strike, by Ranjana Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 20/12/2001)

After the X-cultural Marriage, by Ganesh Khaniya (Sunday Post, 16/12/2001)
See also letter by Rupa Mathema, X-cultural marriage (Kathmandu Post, 18/12/2001)

Why are you rude to your own customers? by Ram Sharan Sedhai (Kathmandu Post, 02/12/2001)

Marriage: One Man’s Bride Is Another Man’s..., by Gyan Rai (Rising Nepal, 11/10/2001)

Pub culture, by Ganesh Khaniya (Kathmandu Post, 02/10/2001)
See also Ultra-conservative values, letter by Joe McClellan (Kathmandu Post, 04/10/2001)

Nepali Muslims: Partisans Of Peace, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 28/09/2001)

A growing middle class fuels consumer boom, by Prem Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 27/09/2001)

Voluntary inter-caste marriage, by Ganesh Khaniya (Kathmandu Post, 16/08/2001)

Pashupati and the begging bowl, by Seema A. Adhikari (Sunday Post, 05/08/2001)

Nuclear family on the rise in the Capital, by Subas Risal (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2001)

Checking Internal Migration: An Urgent Need, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 22/07/2001)

Social Security System Essential For Liberalisation, by Krishna Chandra Chalisey (Rising Nepal, 19/07/2001)

Feeling free at home? by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Sunday Post, 15/07/2001)

60 pc squatters get land in Dhanusha (Kathmandu Post, 13/07/2001)

Invest in social sector (Kathmandu Post, 12/07/2001)

Years passed for searching bride but in vain (Kathmandu Post, 05/07/2001)

Tomata’s job threatened as modern utensils flood markets (Kathmandu Post, 05/07/2001)

Time stands still for the Capital's Rajbahak community, by Subas Risal (Kathmandu Post, 05/07/2001)

Stigma of caste, status and generation gap in Nepali society, by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 22/06/2001)
See also critical letter by Drona P. Rasali: Of royalty and casteism (Kathmandu Post, 06/07/2001)

Squatters not necessarily be landless, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 01/06/2001)

From panchai baja to cassette players, by Tilak Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 23/05/2001)

Squatters threaten agitation for free land, by Razen Manadhar (Kathmandu Post, 23/05/2001)

Hospitality: A Nepali Tradition, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (Rising Nepal, 22/05/2001)

Consumerism: Shop Till You Drop, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 18/05/2001)

The pace of Nepalese society, by Arjun Niroula (Sunday Post, 15/04/2001)

'We' and 'they': A dangerous identification, by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 05/04/2001)

Nepalese Families: Heading Towards Disintegration, by Govinda Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 02/04/2001)

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Food Habits: Eating Out Is Becoming The In Thing, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 23/03/2001)

Early puberty in Nepalese children, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 22/02/2001)

Social Structure of Nepalese Society, by Khadga K.C, Bishwa Kalyan Parajuli and Dhruba K.C (Telegraph, 21/02/2001)

Suicide cases on rise in Ilam (Rising Nepal, 12/02/2001)

Cafe hopping comes of age in Kathmandu, by Tashi Dolma Thinley (Kathmandu Post, 07/02/2001)

Here comes the fitness boom, by Rebecca Harding (Kathmandu Post, 19/01/2001)

Middle class families in America and Nepal : Brief reflection, by Dilli R Dahal (Kathmandu Post, 07/01/2001)