27 March - 2 April 2015 #751

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The wheels of life

GOPEN RAI

A man sacrificing a lamb at the wheels of the Rato Machendranath chariot on Thursday in Lalitpur. Every 12 years, the structure and wheels of the chariot of the rain god are constructed from new timber. The pre-monsoon festival begins next month.

From our archives

Getting to the meat of it

21st October 2004
A new abattoir in Thankot will modernise and systemise animal slaughter
TULASI GAUTAM

Naming and shaming

9th December 2004
Defaulters are defaulters and should be called defaulters
ARTHA BEED

Open secret

2nd September 2004
Everyone, even the government, knew Nepali workers were going illegally to Iraq
NAVIN SINGH KHADKA

Dreaming of Iraq

2nd September 2004
"Iraq is not safe, but neither is Nepal."
NARESH NEWAR