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                         The Maoists are making their presence felt in the capital with street patrols               
        ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY  
Nation 
 
                         Kul Chandra Gautam returns to his village for a long-overdue visit              
        NARESH NEWAR in BUTWAL  
 
                         Women are often excluded from post-conflict plans in ways big and small              
        MARTY LOGAN  
 
                         Rural electrification works best when managed by local communities             
        MALLIKA ARYAL in MUGLING  
 
                             
        Photo feature by Fr?d?ric Lecloux  
Nepali Society 
 
                             
Music 
 
                         As the final strains fade away, glimpses of Surya Classic Jazzmandu 2006              
Leisure 
 
                         Openness means more and better documentaries              
        MALLIKA ARYAL  
 
                         Modern technology might just be what helps the Rautes keep their old ways             
        ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY  
Review 
 
                         A Lhasa Newar family memoir documents the rise of two remarkable individuals             
        MARK TURIN  
Interview 
 
                         Ellen Sauerbrey, US Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration spoke with Navin Singh Khadka of the BBC Nepali service about the American resettlement offer.             
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