Govt ignoring SC verdict on chhaupadi Kathmandu, November 25:The government is yet to implement the Supreme Court verdict regarding the practice of chhaupadi. The Supreme Court had ordered the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Ministries of Women Children and Social Welfare and... Travel 26 Nov, 2005
Shake off stigmas Social stigmas and taboos are expendable nuisances the Nepali society could do well without. For example, in the past people suffering from what is now a curable disease, Leprosy, were driven out of their homes and villages. The obsolete belief still... 05 Jun, 2005
LETTERS Accounting systemThis refers to the news “Develop national accounting system,” published in THT on May 7. Random accounting system has often meant that the statistics used in predicting economic trends are often inaccurate. The participants of the... 08 May, 2005
LETTERS Praiseworthy commitmentIt is nice to see THT in the new international size. Your commitment towards recycling and preventing deforestation in whatever capacity is indeed praiseworthy. The use of recycled paper should be encouraged in different... 05 May, 2005
No discrimination In yet another order following Monday’s landmark ruling banning the Chhaupadi custom, the Supreme Court has decreed launching of awareness programmes to abolish caste discrimination in the western development region. The so-called high class... 04 May, 2005
Banning Chhaupadi By asking the government to promulgate necessary laws and orders to ban the Chhaupadi custom, the Supreme Court has made it clear that it is time the Nepali society shunned all kinds of existing social evils thriving in the name of culture. The... 03 May, 2005
Social malpractice a bleeding pain for women here Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, March 28:A forty-minute long documentary “Chhaupadi” screened today revealed the trauma that women of the Far Western region have to undergo every month, during their menstruation. In the name of hackneyed culture... Travel 28 Mar, 2005
