Issue #875

September 8-14, 2017

Headline

Trading tears for votes

Jiyalal Sah A bullet killed her son. Now she is turning to the ballot for justice, not just for herself but for everyone in the community. On a…

Jiyalal Sah

Editorial

Flotsam

Bikram Rai It will take a long time for the Eastern Tarai to recover from the floods that ravaged the plains in eight districts, affecting 20%…

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Columns

Kripa Joshi
Miss Moti-vation by Kripa Joshi

Nature

Bhola Paswan
GUEST EDITORIAL by Bhola Paswan

Between the cracks

Saptari District is still reeling from the destructive flooding of last month. Twenty thousand families have been affected, and 5,000 here have…

Kanak Mani Dixit
On the Way Up by Kanak Mani Dixit

Day of the Carpetbagger

Gangamaya's hunger strike for justice is tied directly to Nepal's economic progress

Bikash Gauchan
Comment by Bikash Gauchan

People, Politics, and Placentas

Despite dramatic improvements in maternal survival, many Nepali mothers are still dying needlessly at childbirth

Ass
Backside by Ass

Trek king

Unlike other countries which only have four directions, in Nepal we have six cardinal points on the compass: North, South, East, West, Up and…

Nation

Trading tears for votes

A bullet killed her son. Now she is turning to the ballot for justice, not just for herself but for everyone in the community

Jiyalal Sah

Nepali Times Buzz

Window to a New Future

I would not have been able to complete my high school if it hadn’t been for this school

Shreejana Shrestha

Falling with water

Lwang Ghalel waterfall in Kaski is becoming the most popular for canyoning among Nepali youngsters seeking adventure

Yuvaraj Shrestha

The Beautiful Square

After two earthquakes, a long-overdue restoration reveals Sundari Chok’s glory

Sahina Shrestha

Must See

Equity

A film about Wall Street, naked ambition, passion, hard work, betrayal and one woman’s grasp on her own integrity as things start to fall apart.

Sophia Pande

From The Nepali Press

Biz Brief

920 hours with Qatar

Qatar Airways’ award-winning in-flight entertainment system, Oryx One, now offers passengers 920 hours of hit TV shows and must-see movies from…

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In this issue:

Trading tears for votes | Editorial: Flotsam | Day of the carpetbagger | People, politics and placentas | Window to a new future | Falling with water | The beautiful square | 100 days of Kathmandu's mayor | Big promises, no cash | Back to the land | Trek King