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26 June - 2 July 2015 #764

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26 June - 2 July 2015 #764

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Editorial

Rebuilding ourselves

Columns

Legalese

by Binita Dahal

Interim order and interim constitution
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One To Many

by Bidushi Dhungel

Hold it right there
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The deadline

by Damakant Jayshi

Needless drama
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Moving Target

by Foreign Hand

The Indifferent Republic
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The Gadfly

by David Seddon

The disaster is not over
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GUEST COLUMN

by Richard Ragan

Mission far from accomplished
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Backside

by Ass

What’s so funny?
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Two month flashback

Interactive timeline of the aftermath of the 25 April Earthquake.

By: Ayesha Shakya

Comments

Nation

Subcontracting kindness

Less than 1 per cent of global funding for earthquake relief will go directly to groups in Nepal

Emily Troutman

Subcontracting kindness

Carving out a niche

Rebuilding temples won’t just restore our heritage, but also create jobs by reviving the woodcarving industry

Sonia Awale

Carving out a niche

Two months old

Babies born during the quake remind parents of the dreadful day, but also give them strength to face the future

Om Astha Rai

Two months old

Nepali Times Buzz

The baby who lived

Two months on, the Awal family is homeless but happy that both their children survived the earthquake

Sahina Shrestha

The baby who lived

All is well in Jhamel

Jhamel has escaped the ghost town vibe that inhabits tourist hot spots post quake.

Peregrine Frissell

All is well in Jhamel

Landless before, landless after

Much of the assistance is going to earthquake survivors in the mountains, and Kathmandu’s already-poor urban homeless have fallen between the cracks

Karma Gurung

Landless before, landless after

Love > Distance

Long distance relationship can be inconvenient and frustrating but it shouldn't be a dealbreaker

Anjana Rajbhandary

Love > Distance

After the aftershocks

From Changu to Sankhu the youth are pitching in to help rebuild Kathmandu Valley's historic towns

After the aftershocks

An opportunity for all: Nepal is open to visitors

One of the key tasks the Nepali tourism industry now faces is rebuilding confidence.

An opportunity for all: Nepal is open to visitors

Review

Should Dharara be rebuilt?

Rebuilding the iconic Dharara tower or leaving it as a reminder of the disaster?

Someplace Else by Stéphane Huët

Should Dharara be rebuilt?

The Vesper House

The restaurant building came down in the earthquake but the Vesper House next door reopened to their loyal fans within days

Someplace Else by Anjana Rajbhandary

The Vesper House

Must See

Jurassic World

It just had all the elements of a Spielberg film that put it above par: the crazy science fiction and technology to match the vision

Sophia Pande

Jurassic World

From our archives

Lies, damn lies

27th August 2009

If the quality of statistics in Nepal is dubious, then so are policies based on them

BISHNU DEV PANT

How far we lag behind

27th August 2009

The poverty and inequality that gave birth to the conflict persist, says a UN report

RABI THAPA

Business ecosystem

27th August 2009

Let's strengthen our collective entrepreneurial know-how for prosperity

ASHUTOSH TIWARI

Lame duck

27th August 2009

Editorial in Janadisha, 18 August