Issue #771

August 14-20, 2015

Headline

Two thousand widows

ROJITA ADHIKARI Nani Maiya Prajapati (above) was serving food to her daughter, son-in-law and their two children when the building in Sankhu…

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Editorial

The authority to rebuild

Do we have the political will to save time and money to fuse the long-pending Disaster Management Authority with the Reconstruction Authority?

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Columns

Anurag Acharya
By The Way by Anurag Acharya

It ain’t over yet

The parties have arbitrarily drawn state boundaries, but who is going to own this draft constitution?

Anjana Rajbhandary
All In The Mind by Anjana Rajbhandary

Maybe baby

It is unfair to expect a woman to be a great mother, daughter, sister, wife, niece, aunt, a successful professional who can still cook two meals a day

Om Astha Rai
As It Happens by Om Astha Rai

Bound by boundaries

If the disputed districts must be recarved to bring the Madhesi, Tharus and Janajatis on board, let us do it.

Ass
Backside by Ass

Provincial mentality

Anyhoo, the headlines are peppered this week with refutations. Everyone is in denial: KPO has denied that he is in a tearing hurry to be Prime…

Nation

Better build back

Nepal’s post-earthquake rehabilitation now hinges on the formation of a credible and independent Reconstruction Authority

Sonia Awale

2,000 widows

Women who lost their husbands in the earthquake suffer bereavement and a lonely struggle for survival

Rojita Adhikari

None of the above

Nepalis don’t trust the present crop of leaders, but this is an opportunity for fresh new faces to win public support through performance.

Mother’s name

Widespread coverage of protests in favour of citizenship in the name of mothers seems to have had an impact on public opinion.

Review

Durbar Restaurant

Dining at Durbar Restaurant should be part of a whole-day visit

Sarthak Mani Sharma

Multimedia

Nepali Times Buzz

Remembering the future

photo.circle launched a fundraising sale of archival photographs to help the reconstruction of historical houses and patis of Patan

Stéphane Huët

The vision thing

In Visible highlights the visual dependency in our society

Stéphane Huët

Must See

A Little Chaos

You will probably come out of A Little Chaos being amused at the light fun it sometimes pokes at the characters

Sophia Pande

Gizmo

From The Nepali Press

On more bloodshed

Gopal Kiranti in [www.onlinekhabar.com](http://www.onlinekhabar.com ), 9 August

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More able

Sajana Baral in Himal Khabarpatrika, 9-15 August

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In this issue:

Two thousand windows | Editorial: The authority of rebuild | It ain’t over yet | Better build back | Race to the bottom | Remembering the future | The Vision Thing | Maybe Baby | The August Offensive | 2,000 widows | Finally federalism | More able | Innovations in Nepal’s Tourism Industry | Nepali businesses need to introduce new products to the market | Bound by boundaries | Backside: Provincial mentality