Gautam is Mr Nepal 2003

Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, March 5:Gautam Subedi bagged the title of San Miguel Mr Nepal 2003. He jovially stated, "I will utilise the honour given to me in a good way. I have always been interested in modelling and I will do something further in...

Travel Abroad 06 Mar, 2004

GUFSUF

Surprise B’day for AbhishekMUMBAI: Poor Abhishek Bachchan! On the day of his birthday, the guy was shooting at Mumbai’s Filmcity. He had no plans to celebrate it. “I will just go home and go to sleep,” he said. But he was in for a surprise....

Travel Abroad 05 Mar, 2004

Spies were hostage to mistrust

Martin Woollacott The rush of experts and politicians to the microphone this week to finally admit that US and British intelligence estimates of Iraqi weapons holdings were wrong underlines the fact that the invasion of Iraq was not conjured from thin...

04 Mar, 2004

Gufsuf

You could be a Bollywood star MUMBAI: This month a massive hunt will be launched for 30 new faces in Bollywood. Sahara Manoranjan and Percept D’Mark are behind the nationwide talent hunt called “Mr & Ms Bollywood” to find potential film stars....

Travel Abroad 01 Mar, 2004

Prisoner of the third dimension

Yuyutsu R D SharmaKathmandu,Knowing major Nepali poet Ishwore Ballab can be an engrossing as well as a taxing experience. This 60-year-old poet can easily charm you with his endearing voice and awesome presence. In spite of his formidable big-brotherly...

Travel Abroad 29 Feb, 2004

Dumped Churchill photos to go under hammer

The GuardianLondon, February 26Every politician can expect to be consigned to history’s metaphorical rubbish bin one day, but Winston Churchill probably didn’t expect to end up in a real one quite so soon.Still, it may come as some consolation to...

Women 27 Feb, 2004

GUFSUF

Raveena’s royal weddingUDAIPUR: Bollywood heartthrob Raveena Tandon married film distributor Anil Thadani at a glittering ceremony in this Rajasthan tourist resort this Sunday that was attended by a galaxy of film stars, politicians and...

Travel Abroad 25 Feb, 2004

Debate on the Constitution

Priority should be institution-buildingJan SharmaDream merchants have been selling road maps for peace that, among others, focus on the amendment of the 1990 Constitution, if not drafting a new one. It is unfortunate that the basic law of the land is...

23 Feb, 2004

LETTERS

Democracy Day: InsipidFalgun 7 is celebrated as Prajatantra Day in Nepal every year. But where is democracy in this country? All politicians keep referring to Janata and Rastra, but they themselves know that nothing constructive has been done for the...

23 Feb, 2004

Social worker still missing

Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 22The whereabouts of general-secretary of Pushpa Lal Memorial Foundation Lok Krishna Bhattarai, who was reportedly abducted by the security forces last week, is still not known. His wife Sabitri Bhattarai and...

Horoscopes 23 Feb, 2004

Play for peace

Himalayan News ServiceKathmanduMandapika Art Group presented ‘Shanti ko Kamana’, a play written by Mahesh Shrestha at Sama Theatre, Gurukul, Old Baneshwor on February 14. The event, the group’s debut, marked their inaugural also. The play...

Travel Abroad 16 Feb, 2004

Salute the dagger of justice

Yuyutsu R D SharmaKathmanduToday one of the most cherished stories that the distinguished American poet Michael Annis has is about Allen Ginsberg making brightly coloured chalk drawings on the city sidewalks in the early 1990s. “There was a huge...

Travel Abroad 15 Feb, 2004