Issue #783

November 20-26, 2015

Headline

The siege

DIWAKAR CHETTRI Nepalis keenly waiting for a resolution of the Indian blockade were disappointed when post-festival talks billed as ‘decisive’…

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Editorial

In Dependence

This is not an Indian blockade, it is an Indian siege

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Columns

Tsering Dolker Gurung
Between The Lines by Tsering Dolker Gurung

Selective outrage

Some events are more important than others

Anurag Acharya
By The Way by Anurag Acharya

… who will bell the cat?

Both the government and the protesters realise this stalemate is not helping anybody, but …

Ass
Backside by Ass

Indians vs Cowboys

Nepalis have a perfect live-and-let-live understanding with their rulers: we don’t expect anything from our government and the government leaves us alone.

Nation

Electrified transportation

The blockade should be a wakeup call for the government to actively promote electric transport

Sahina Shrestha

#MadhesSpeaks

A social media campaign aims to bring voice of everyday Madhesis to the forefront

Ayesha Shakya

“We do not exist”

Seven months since the earthquake, what little help survivors were getting to rebuild has been halted by the Indian blockade

Sahina Shrestha

Review

Moving images

Proceeds from the sale of the book HOME will go to support child survivors of the earthquake.

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Multimedia

Nepali Times Buzz

Must See

News from Jaffna

A young female journalist embarks on an investigation to try and locate the whereabouts of Nimalarajah, a Tamil journalist who disappeared over seven years ago

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

The Siege | Editorial: In Dependence | Selective outrage | Democracy and the demographic shift | Electrified transportation | Both the government and the protesters realise this stalemate is not helping anybody, but … … who will bell the cat? | #MadhesSpeaks | A town as a museum piece | Moving images | When he’s (clearly) not that into you… | News from Jaffna | Neither here nor there | “Stay away from Nepal” | “We do not exist” | Still the shame | Shaping the future | Backside: Indians vs Cowboys