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Press evaluation:
Background:

Great expectations, by Ramesh Khatry (rep 25/12/2011)

Christians warn of nationwide strike (kp 30/10/2011), Christians warn of fresh stir (ht 02/11/2011)

Goddesses and divine females: All Hindu goddesses are said to be one of the forms of Sarasvati, Laksmi or Parvati, by Vinaya Ghimire (kp 04/10/2011)

Not a simple blessing: Stories behind the sanskrit blessing’s verse are full of ambiguous characters, by Sewa Bhattarai (kp 04/10/2011)

Burial grounds for concerned communities (rep 20/09/2011)

A few Mahabharata tidbits: Hinduism is an ever dynamic religion and its mythology is ever changing, by Sewa Bhattarai (kp 31/07/2011)

Christianity, communism & constitution, by Achyut Wagle (rep 05/07/2011) [???], Christianity, freedom of choice & democracy, by Sradda Thapa (rep 07/07/2011)

Burying the grave issue: Sleshmantak interment area for long-standing burial traditions, by Semanta Dahal (ht 07/06/2011)

New twist to burial ground demand (kp 22/05/2011)

Rationalising faith: Dealing with superstitions requires exploring the conditions that perpetuate these ways of handling misfortune, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 17/05/2011)

Burial ground agitation in limbo (ht 23/04/2011), No hope of immediate solution, say agitators, by Ankit Adhikari (kp 25/04/2011), Christians end hunger strike (ht 02/05/2011), New 15-member panel mooted (ht 05/05/2011)

Panel for graveyard talks set (ht 16/04/2011)

Predicament of a Hindu secularist: Pashupatinath as state institution or private Hindu religious endowment?, by Semanta Dahal (ht 13/04/2011)

Christians to opt for stern stir if demand goes unheard (kp 08/04/2011), Govt forms panel to
study burial row: Asks Christians to end relay hunger strike
(ht 08/04/2011)

SC directs PADT not to obstruct burial in Pashupati area until final verdict (nn 19/03/2011), Burial row: PADT on the backfoot (kp 20/03/2011), Shleshmantak burial ground: Burial row refuses to be buried (kp 21/03/2011), Fight for burial grounds: Christian agitation continues (kp 25/03/2011)

A Saffron Wave, by Amish Raj Mulmi and Pranab Kharel (kp 05/03/2011)

UCAN calls for new religious commission (ht 05/02/2011)

Unearthing Shleshmantak: Unraveling the Kiranti - Christian controversy, by Bidushi Dhungek and Aastik Pokhrel (kp 05/02/2011), The prime minister’s directive misinterpreted, by Ankit Adhikari and Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 07/02/2011), Reclaiming the Sleshmantak, by Deepak Simkhada (kp 13/02/2011), Christians warn of agitation (ht 20/02/2011), Christians warn of burial protest (kp 21/02/2011)

Christians demand land for cemeteries (ht 27/01/2011), Christian cemetery in sacred Hindu forest sparks religious controversy (nn 27/01/2011), Christians cry for burial ground, by Ankit Adhikari (kp 29/01/2011), Christians, Kirats threaten agitation: On Saturday as well, the Kirat community clashed with the police after being forbidden to conduct a burial in the forest (kp 31/01/2011), Burial denied for Kirati man in Hindu forest (ht 31/01/2011), Non-Hindus can’t bury dead here: Rijal (ht 31/01/2011), Allow Kiratis to bury their dead, PM tells PADT (kp 01/02/2011), The right to rest: Religious conflicts must be avoided at all costs (kp 01/02/2011), Respect indigenous rights: LAHURNIP (ht 01/02/2011), Burial ban triggers strike in Udayapur (ht 01/02/2011), Kirats to be allowed to bury their dead in Bankali forest until another arrangement is made (nn 01/02/2011), Govt removes security forces from Bankali (kp 02/02/2011), Christians threaten to
launch weeklong stir
(kp 02/02/2011), Panel to solve burial row to be formed (ht 02/02/2011), The dead still wait for their due, by Sudeshna Sarkar (rep 04/02/2011), Where does printmaking stand in Nepal, by Kanchan G. Burathoki (rep 04/02/2011)

Temple area clean-up: Management of non-Hindu graves begins (ht 23/01/2011)

On the Contrary: Sita’s simplified and distorted image is a disservice to her, and to womanhood itself, by Smriti Jaiswal Ravindra (kp 02/01/2011)

"Being a Christian in Nepal is both a great privilege and a positive challenge": This Christmas, Nepali Times spoke to two members of the growing community of Christians in Nepal (nt 24/12/2010)

Throw the doors open: It is hard to justify barring people of other faiths from our temples, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 29/10/2010)

Fakers & followers, by Ramesh Khatry (rep 26/09/2010)

Sacral animals & plants, by Arun Gupto (rep 18/08/2010)

Muslims throng mosques as Ramadan begins (nn 12/08/2010)

They're more violent: Incidents of religious conflicts are not only rising in Nepal, their form has changed too, by Monika Timsina (kp 02/08/2010)

Concepts of Hinduism, by Rishikeshab Raj Regmi (tg 02/06/2010)

Priestly duties in 21st Century, by Sharada Adhikari (ht 22/05/2010)

Buddhism in Nepal, by Rishikeshab Raj Regmi (tg 14/04/2010)

Born again Hindus: Religion is counterproductive when it becomes political and tries to dominate people of other faiths, by Pramod Mishra (kp 07/04/2010)

The way of the robe: Strict rules govern a female Buddhist monk’s  [i.e. nun's] life, yet she accepts it all as part of her ordination, by Jenee Rai (kp 13/03/2010)

Being & Emptiness: An exploration into various states of mind through Buddhist meditation and traditions, by Bhasker Kafle (kp 13/02/2010)

Minority Rights: Unsettling crisis for religious groups, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 28/01/2010)

Christians face repression in Egypt and Malaysia, but positive change in Nepal (Ekklesia 12/01/2010)

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