#987 (6-12 Dec)

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nepalitimes.com Watch a video of the preparations for the Gadimai Mela, the arrival of the estimated 2 million devotees from India and Nepal and partially sanitised visuals of the slaughter.


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10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK



NATION

MADE IN NEPAL Naresh Newar

BIZ BRIEFS

NOT CURSING THE DARKNESS

Meet Sita Tamang face-to-face and hear her describe her struggle — from dropping out of school, to escaping the Maoist war by moving to Kathmandu, and then starting a candle factory. She is an example of how hard work and determination can open up options. nepalitimes.com



NATION

SO FAR SO GOOD Lisa Choegyal


Laxmi Basnet


6 - 12 DECEMBER 2019 #987

Sanghamitra Subba in Kavre

Mukesh Pokhrel in Chitwan


STAY HOME TOURISM

Visit a homestay community in Kavre to learn firsthand how both hosts and guests benefit from this unique form of people-to-people tourism that injects income directly into grassroots Nepal. nepalitimes.com


GETAWAY

OUR PICK

AIR QUALITY INDEX


Reeti K.C.


HAPPENINGS

Sewa Bhattarai


HAPPENINGS

NEPAL WHEREVER YOU ARE. .com


CLIMATE CRISIS

Sonia Awale

Josie Wang

Marty Logan


CLIMATE CRISIS

2.9

Share of carbon of the average passenger on a

tons of CO2 London-Lukla roundtrip via Kathmandu

London Heathrow

Stopover

Kathmandu

Lukla


BACKSIDE

The Ass


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