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Politics and Environment
1. King and  political crisis (5:35)

2. News on Day 2 of crisis (3:55)
3. News on Day 3 (2:10)
4. The King and diplomacy (3:47)
5. Weather bulletin for mountaineers (1:01)
6. Mountain Stream (0:50)
7. Driving on mountain roads  (2:38)
8. Bird calls in nesting season (0:49)
9. Birds life on the Terai (5:36)
10. Elephant rides (2:21)
Family Life in a Village
11. Women’s work at break of day (4:48)

12. Washing clothes at spring (0:57)
13. Nearby ducks (1:20)
14. Churning butter  (2:52)
15. Grinding millet (1:41)
16. Flour mill  (1.34)
17. At home of an evening (3:23)
18. Family discussion (2:36)
19. Light-hearted exchange (1:37)  2
20. Radio and community (2:24)
21. Children and radio  (3:30)
22. Cleaning pots and pans (1:09)
23. Cooking curry (1:49)
24. Pigeons needing training  (0:55)
25. Game of Dandibiawo  (1:22)
26. House construction  (1:55)
27. Pit-sawing (1:38)
Farm Work
28. Ploughing and harrowing (2:05)

29. Milking buffalo  (2:34)
30. Threshing mustard (1:46)
31. Planting corn  (0:57)
32. Grazing goats  (0:55)
33. Winnowing mustard (2:27)
34. Threshing wheat (2:43)
35. Harvesting dhal  (1:07)
36. Transplantation of rice seedlings (2:40)
37. Harrowing of flooded field  (1:57)
38. Water released into rice field  (0:45)
39. Winnowing of dhal (1:32)
Family Life in Town
40. Rush hour traffic  (2:37)

41. Soundscape of family life (5:44)
42. Children doing their homework (1:37)
43. Children play outside (1:52)
44. Game of carom  (0:58)
45. Washing clothes at backyard pump  (1:51)
46. Pumping Water  ( 0:31)
47. Kerosene stove (2:20)
48. Pressure Cooker (2:11)
49. Women’s Sewing Class (2:27)
50. Closing security screens  (0:42)
Trades and Industries
51. Cloth merchant  (2:27)

52. Village tailor (2:24)
53. Blacksmith’s Workshop (2:24)
54. Blacksmith’s son (3:27)
55. Carpenter (0:58)
56. Text mill (1:04)
57. Sawmill (1:36)
58. Potter  (0:59)
Schooling
59. Mathematics lesson (2:26)

60. Language class (2:14)
61. Interview with headmaster (1:30)
62. School choir (6:28)
63. Distribution of boiled sweets (1:32)
64. Game of “Cat and Mouse” (1:44)
65. Game of “Kapardi” (2:11)
66. Grade 3 class song (1:23)
67. In-service teacher training (1:58)
68. Student prepares for exam (3:04)
69. Secondary Social Studies (1:29)
Forms of Music and Dance
70. Wedding Music :  1  (4:58)

71. Wedding Music :  2  (2:28)
72. Wedding Music :  3  (2:04)
73. Wedding Music :  4  (0:57)
74. Wedding Music :  5 (0:56)
75. Folk music broadcast (6:52)
76. Second folk music collage (7:56)
77. Pop music : 1  (2:35)
78. Pop music: 2 (3:19)
79. Rock music requests (5:16)
80. Nepalese “Rock” star (3:49)
Religion and Ritual
81. Priest lifting a curse  (4:23)

82. Wedding : 1 (2:20)
83. Wedding : 2 (3:40)
84. Wedding : 3  (5:47)
85. Wedding : 4  (2:29)
86. Naming ceremony of baby :1 (3:18)
87. Naming ceremony of baby : 2  (5:27)
88. Wayside shrine  (0:55)
89. Chant of widows at Devghat  (3:40)
90. Hindu temple bell  (1:02)
91. Chant in praise of Krishna  (2:40)
92. Priests in training  (2:39)
93. Kasara and Bikram Baba  (2:38)
94. Countering evil spirits  (2:35)
95. Worship at Kalika Mandir (3:42)
96. Prayer wheels  (0:54)
97. Buddhist temple bell (0:32)
98. Devotees at Swayambhunath (2:51)
99. Cremation at Pashupatinath  (3:30)
100. Personal devotions : 1  (3:21)
101. Personal devotions : 2 (2:37)
102. Personal Devotions : 3  (2:28)
103: Personal Devotions : 4 (3:38)
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