No. Title Date
1 After the earthquake : Relations between the international community and the Nepali government have rarely been worse than they are now
2 The aftermath : the current adversity presents an opportunity to bring about policy changes and enforce them
3 Aid and interests : Despite much chest-thumping, Indian and Chinese aid efforts have been bumping into each other and neither side has had an easy time helping
4 All in one : A national unity government could be helpful in reconstruction and rehabilitation, along with the promulgation of a constitution
5 All shook up : The Saturday earthquake holds many lessons for donors, the people, and the government
6 An unnatural disaster : Those of us who escaped unscathed are complicit in the suffering of others, one way or another
7 Art and the city : Demolition of traditional structures in Kathmandu in the name of urban planning will be tantamount to cultural suicide
8 At your own risk
9 Beyond science : Earthquake are complex geophysical phenomena and we have to accept the fact that quakes in the Himalayas are mind-boggling, even to scientists
10 Beyond the valley : In the aftermath of the quake, there is a need to follow the people, not just the flattened buildings
11 Bhimsen’s folly
12 Build back badly? : The absence of a detailed scientific study on quake-hit mountains could result in futile reconstruction
13 Building back better : Much of our national heritage has been damaged in the Great Earthquake, but it is imperative that we rebuild
14 Bureaucratising relief : Prioritisation of the lives of citizens, not the policing of restrictive rules, should be central
15 Choice is yours : Short-term Panchayat-era nationalism or long-term vision of Nepal owned by all?
16 Class-conscious earthquake : State and society will come together for national reconstruction, other must support
17 Climate of change : The quake has changed old narratives of the Maoist war, development and a Nepali identity
18 Come together : May the tensions and political tearing apart of contrary imaginations of state-building be levelled with this earthquake
19 Cost of corruption : Lives were lost when the Dharahara, which was unwisely opened to the public, fell during the earthquake
20 Costs of reconstruction : Resources must be expeditiously mobilised to reconstruction work to completion