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27 Jan - 2 Feb 2017 #843

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27 Jan - 2 Feb 2017 #843

Preparing the field

Editorial

PERFORMANCE LEGITIMACY

Columns

On the Way Up

by Kanak Mani Dixit

Programmed to be heartless
Preparing the field

Miss Moti-vation

by Kripa Joshi

Our lives begin to end the day
Preparing the field

Backside

by Ass

Nepalis of the non-resident persuasion
Preparing the field

Nation

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

Om Astha Rai

Preparing the field

Never heard from again

Hundreds of Nepali migrant workers never return home, not even in coffins. They simply disappear.

Om Astha Rai in NAWALPARASI

Never heard from again

Victims help would-be victims

Having endured hardships, migrant worker returnees help others avoid suffering the same fate

Upasana Khadka in MAKWANPUR

Victims help would-be victims

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

Puru Shah in DUBAI

High risk and no return

Back in the USSR

A resurgent Russia is reviving the interest of Nepalis in education, trade and tourism

Kristina Shperlik

Back in the USSR

Nepali Times Buzz

All in the family

Girls are not safe even within their own homes, especially in households dislocated by the earthquake

Sahina Shrestha in DOLAKHA

All in the family

Sounds of Shillong

With their upbeat medleys and soothing vocals, the Shillong Chamber Choir is out to get the world

Smriti Basnet

Sounds of Shillong

Review

Anne Frank in Kathmandu

What was short in terms of stage props was made up through powerful performances delivered by the cast

Someplace Else by Raisa Pande

Anne Frank in Kathmandu

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

Florence Foster Jenkins

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India’s thali democracy

23rd August 2007

At 60, Indias castes, creeds, colours, cultures, cuisines, convictions, costumes, and customs rally around a democratic consensus

SHASHI THAROOR

A king who could do no wrong

23rd August 2007

A new biography of King Birendra by his professor at Harvard

CHIRAN S THAPA

Closed for business?

30th August 2007

Election-related political action mustnt destroy tourism

NARESH NEWAR

Yes, yes, yes

30th August 2007

Say no to another poll postponement

RAGHU PANT