Issue #768

July 24-30, 2015

Headline

Blazing trails

pics: Cody tuttleNEGOTIATING WITH NATURE: A mule train with earthquake relief passes a precarious landslide triggered by the 25 May quake, made…

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Editorial

Made to jump through hoops

Instead of making things easier for earthquake survivors, the government machinery is structured to make it as hard as possible to get help.

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Columns

Damakant Jayshi
The deadline by Damakant Jayshi

Let’s move on

Chance to finally have a constitution for the people, by the people, of the people

Bidushi Dhungel
One To Many by Bidushi Dhungel

Get it over already

Bureaucratic failure has nothing to do with nationalism or the level of loyalty individuals have to their country

Ass
Backside by Ass

Ass for national animal

Good thing the gubbermint declared a two-day holiday to submit our feedback on the draft constitution, because what I had to say about it could…

Nation

The high life

The earthquake hasn’t deterred families living in tall apartments from living there

Sahina Shrestha

Disaster geopolitics

The devastating flood of 1954 first exposed Nepal to the geopolitics of natural disasters

Sharad Ghimire and Tom Robertson

Caring in Kavre

Earthquake-related injuries have been replaced by pre-existing ailments

Peregrine Frissell

Review

Versatile versifier

A collection of 69 poems about Kathmandu’s unique architectural heritage sites

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The Ship

A cosy place to conduct your business meetings or just hang out

Karma Gurung

Multimedia

Nepali Times Buzz

Protecting the ruins

The earthquake has raised fresh fears of a surge in theft of Kathmandu’s religious objects

Sarthak Mani Sharma

Leaving shelter

Around 850 people who had been living in Tundikhel after the earthquake are now moving out of the military parade ground

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Must See

Belle

One of those films made with care even if it may err towards simplicity

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

From The Nepali Press

Solu’s Pemba

Jangbu Sherpa in Himal Khabarpatrika, 19-25 July

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In this issue:

Blazing trails | Editorial : Made to jump through hoops | Get over it, already | The high life | Disaster geopolitics | Air time in the thin air | Protecting the ruins | Female refugees of Nepal’s earthquake | Caring in Kavre | Let’s move on | Blazing new trails in the monsoon | Even more secluded sanctuary | Honour people’s verdict | Who will be a Nepali | Backside: Ass for National Animal