IC814 Hijacked!
By Flt. Engr. Anil K. Jaggia and Saurabh Shukla
Lotus Books (Roli Books), 2000
IC-814 had many firsts to its credit. It was the first international flight
Girija Prasad Koirala is back in the saddle at Singha Darbar. This is his fourth stint in the hot seat that have seen ten turns and six occupants since democracy
It is a Lhasa shop-front, with bins full of t-shirts meant for tourists. Many of these are embroidered with the likeness of the Potala, the traditional palace of
It has been more than three months since Indian Airlines suspended its flights to Kathmandu at the insistence of the Indian government, and the recent failure of bilateral talks regarding
Nepalis working abroad earn more hard currency for their home country than all exports, tourism and foreign aid put together.
Most articles on Nepal by foreign correspondents would begin: "
Next only to the Gulf War and the Kargil conflict, the hijacking of Indian Airlines' IC 814 has become every satellite network's infotainment dream. The region'
If you didn't know, the eighth edition of the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games was held in Kathmandu in October-November; and as expected, there were no earth-
The 'Nepali women' you get to know from the development blurb are conveniently homogenous. All are equally poor, illiterate and oppressed.
In the struggle against patriarchy, the idea
The first surprise was the turnout. About 65 percent of Nepal's 13.5 million voters cast ballots in the country's general elections held this May. Conventional
