| Headline Schools are turning into battlefields, children are being taught to fight  AKASH CHETTRI in RUKUM 
 Nation For now, the government is offering anti-retroviral therapy to 25 patients MUDITA BAJRACHARYA 
 From east to west, young Nepali volunteers are on the frontline of the battle against AIDS SRADDHA BASNYAT 
 The Maoists are playing dangerous ethnic games to keep up the momentum of their revolution SHARAD KC 
 MAYA SHARMA in NEPALGANJ 
 Culture A new book pores through royal records to find how past kings dealt with Nepal's indigenous Tharu 
 History Tul Bahadur Pun joined the British Army during the Second World War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery on the Burma front. 
 Nepali Society 
 Leisure 
 Three Nepali ensembles will be playing at the Jazzmandu Festival next week, let's introduce them to you 
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