[Returning to a Rebuilding Nepal](http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/10/returning-to-a-rebuilding-nepal/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body)

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My arrival was six weeks after the earthquakes; the initial emergency and rescue operations were over, and the flock of parachute photojournalists had left as Nepal fell from the front pages. But the story continues, the less dramatic saga of cleaning up, rebuilding homes and entire villages, as well as healing the wounds of trauma, fear and uncertainty.