Preparing the field
Gopen Rai The uncertainty about elections (doubts about whether the main parties wanted them) was somewhat allayed this week after Parliament…
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January 27 - February 2, 2017
Headline
Editorial
PERFORMANCE LEGITIMACY
Wining an election no longer guarantees accountability, voters will now decide based on achievement.
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Columns
Miss Moti-vation by Kripa Joshi
Our lives begin to end the day
On the Way Up by Kanak Mani Dixit
Programmed to be heartless
We have become hardened and automated when confronting death. Madhav Ghimire would have been able to contextualise.
Backside by Ass
Nepalis of the non-resident persuasion
So it looks like The Federer Democratic Republic of Nipple (damn autocorrect) is finally giving in to the 125-point demand of Non-resident…
Nation
Back in the USSR
A resurgent Russia is reviving the interest of Nepalis in education, trade and tourism
Kristina Shperlik
Victims help would-be victims
Having endured hardships, migrant worker returnees help others avoid suffering the same fate
High risk and no return
Nepali migrant workers borrow money, do not earn promised salaries, and if they die their indebted families are cheated of compensation
Never heard from again
Hundreds of Nepali migrant workers never return home, not even in coffins. They simply disappear.
Preparing the field
Parliament needs to pass three more bills, and if that is done by the weekend local elections can finally be held for the first time in 20 years
Review
Anne Frank in Kathmandu
What was short in terms of stage props was made up through powerful performances delivered by the cast
Raisa Pande
Nepali Times Buzz
Sounds of Shillong
With their upbeat medleys and soothing vocals, the Shillong Chamber Choir is out to get the world
Smriti Basnet
All in the family
Girls are not safe even within their own homes, especially in households dislocated by the earthquake
Sahina Shrestha
Must See
Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins is a film for a day when you feel like you just want to unwind, laugh, and pretend that the world isn’t full of awful people
Sophia Pande
From The Nepali Press
Biz Brief
Jet set go
Turkish Airlines will be adding Conakry in Guinea as one of its destinations from 30 January onwards. Roundtrip flights between Istanbul and…
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In this issue:
Preparing the field | Editorial: Performance Legitimacy | Programmed to be heartless | Back in USSR | National interest, not nationalism | Victims help would-be victims | Never heard from again | Nepalis for non-resident persuasion