Issue #791

January 15-21, 2016

Headline

Deal making

After 150 days of unrest in the plains, four months of border blockade, and 25 rounds of failed talks, a deal between the Big Three parties and…

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Editorial

Stirred, not shaken

On National Earthquake Safety Day, it is worth remembering that 25 April 2015 was not the Big One everyone had feared. That one is yet to come.

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Columns

Bishal Thapa
Comment by Bishal Thapa

Exorcising the Indian ghost

The lesson from this blockade is that we must develop alternatives in sourcing and managing our energy supplies

Navin Jha
Comment by Navin Jha

Near a deal

Fearful of anarchy and criminalisation, the Madhesi parties and Kathmandu are coming close to a deal, but will it last?

Rubeena Mahato
This Is It by Rubeena Mahato

With us, or against us

Those blindly supporting the tactics of the Madhesi Front are the ones who have harmed the Madhesi people the most

Ass
Backside by Ass

PM’s an Ass

The Ass is soon going to be out of a job if PM KP Oli keeps up all this joking and clowning around.

Nation

Ham radio to the rescue

Amateur radio can be a vital source of information in the aftermath of future disasters

Sarthak Mani Sharma

Review

Nepali Times Buzz

Lit-Fest in Laketown

This year’s Nepal Literature Festival will be held in Pokhara, with hopes of inspiring dialogue through an eclectic exhibition of art

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Must See

Sicario

Sicario is a kind of neo-realistic take on what it might be like to be an everywoman trying to work in impossible situations

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

In this issue:

Deal Making | Editorial: Stirred, not Shaken | With us, or against us | Ham radio to the rescue | Exorcising the Indian Ghost | ear a deal | Lit-Fest in Laketown | More diversity this year | EX-MINOR EX-MAOISTS | A traveller’s tale | Rivalry in Madhes | A hill settler finds a home in the plains | Alternative post-quake housing | Rebuilding new structures using old traditions | PM's an Ass