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There’s a lot that amounts to a good audience turn out in a in a free SIM card for a mobile phone and add stadium concert, especially in a valley whose citizens have some of Nepal’s best rock acts on the bill, and been living under a lingering dark cloud of political and social you have a massive turn out for a stadium show. turmoil and are looking for a release of some kind. Throw Page 17 g]kfn Oltxf;s} ;+uLg df]8df Jazzmandu 2005 An Avalanche of Jazz sweeps through g]kfnLx?sf b'O{ 7"nf rf8 bz} / ltxf/ csf]{ jif{ cfpg] jfrf Kathmandu as the “biggest jazz party in the ub}{ ev{/} ljbfjf/L ePsf 5g\ . cfof] bz}+ 9f]n ahfO{, uof] bz} Himalayas” takes place in the valley for the C0f af]sfO{– rf8af8sf] of] k/Dk/fut wËwËLaf6 cfd g]kfnL 4th time. 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Address: 37-50, 74St., Jackson Heights, NY 11371 Tel: 718- 205- 2339 and 917- 605- 0973 2 | NEPALI AAWAZ NOVEMBER 9-22 2005 NEPALI AAWAZ | AN INTERNATIONAL FORTNIGHTLY Letters Contents Dear Nepali Aawaz, NEWS • 4 New York Bureau Just want to say thanks for the great poster of Lauryn Editor: Kashish Das Shrestha Hill and Melissa Ethridge. It’s good to know that Correspondents and/ or Regional Representatives: Nepali journalists are able to take photos just as good FEATURES Bhaskar Rai (MN), Dawa F Sherpa (IN), Neelam Sunwar (San as any international photographer. I guess that’s the Francisco), Neeha Shrestha (NC), Sakar Bhushal (TX), Santosh beauty of art, it breaks all barriers. Congratulations Basnet (CA) and Shreeja Shrestha (MD), Shiva Bista (Baltimore), k'j{df ;'/Iff kmf}h / dfcf]jfbL p:t}: dfcf]jfbLsf] Bel Bhujel (NY) on a great start! Samrat, Kathmandu. o'4 lj/fddf ;'/Iff kmf}h cfqmds • 8 Nepal Bureau Nepali Desk Editor: Dr. Pradeep Bhattarai A Weekend In The Lives of Nepali Students • 10 Editorial Staff: Preena Shrestha (KTM), Sahara Shrestha (KTM), Hello Nepali Aawaz team, Tsu C.B (KTM) I have heard Kutumba, I got their two albums when g]kfn Oltxf;s} ;+uLg df]8df • 21 Photo Contributor: Anup Prakash (KTM), Bhushan Shilpakar I was in Kathmandu in spring this year. I completely (KTM) Marketing: Jaison Chalise (KTM), Krishna Raj Sharma Belbase agree with your write up. They are absolutely (KTM) deserving of international promotion, and what better Distribution: Safal Media (Western Nepal), Birat Media (Eastern place than an international Nepali paper. I can’t wait Nepal) to listen to their new album. I’ll have to get my friend ENTERTAINMENT in KTM to send it to me. New York Corporate Office Susan T., UK. 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