Issue #769

July 31 - August 6, 2015

Headline

Rebirth

JANA AŠENBRENNEROVÁ Sunita BK was 6 months pregnant when the quake struck her Dalit village near Kerabari in Gorkha on 25 April. The baby was…

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Editorial

Vox populism

The people do not want the new constitution to make anyone stateless or second-class citizens, and they want a better quality of life.

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Columns

Om Astha Rai
As It Happens by Om Astha Rai

Faith in the future

Federalism is a fait accompli. Now we have to make it work to raise living standards

Foreign Hand
Moving Target by Foreign Hand

The Shameless

Nepal’s leaders don’t know the meaning of shame and care about nothing but themselves

Ass
Backside by Ass

Secularism, federalism and rheumatism

Despite the fact that Nepal was never under the colonial yolk and is frequently visited by natural calamities, it is heartening to note that our…

Nation

Jump-starting the economy

... but strong leadership and an independent Reconstruction Authority needed first

Sarthak Mani Sharma

Ruin in the rain

Quake survivors hunker down amidst confusion about rebuilding grants

Sahina Shrestha

Business

Emerging market

There is a lot Kathmandu can learn from up-and-coming Weifang in China

Ayesha Shakya

Review

Al Fresco

One of the best-kept secrets about fine Italian dining in Kathmandu

Sunaina Rana

Multimedia

Nepali Times Buzz

Amrit at O2 Academy

Two years after its gig at the Wembley Arena, Nepathya returns to London

Stéphane Huët

Normally proud

Twelve Nepalis of the LGBT community tell their stories

Stéphane Huët

Gorgeous Chobar

The ridge town that straddles the city and its rural outskirts

Peregrine Frissell

A rising Nepal

Photographer Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi wants to bring optimism and raise awareness

Stéphane Huët

Union with the universe

Why are we interested in yoga only after it is ‘discovered’ by the West?

Shristhi Shrestha

The Vipassana way

The meditation technique that holds the key to post-disaster recovery

Roop Jyoti

Must See

Far From The Madding Crowd

A novel with a woman of the 19th Century as a central character becomes a film about the integrity of the men in her life in a 21st Century

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

Home-made froyo

Let’s say your love handles are getting heftier, you can’t keep away from the carbs, the doc has told you to lose 10 kg fast, but you can’t keep…

Yantrick

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Editorial: Vox populism | Federalism, republicanism and secularism | Emerging market | Budgeting for energy self-reliance | Faith in the future | Amrit at 02 Academy | Normally proud | CLOUDS from BOTH SIDES | Gorgeous Chobar | A rising Nepal | The Shameless | Jump-starting the economy | Ruin the rain | “I gave it all I had” | How (not) to write the constitution | The crime of reporting | All in the mind | Union with the universe | The Vipassana way | Backside: Secularism, federalism and rheumatism