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The Far East becomes the Middle East

Friday, November 28, 2008
There’s a movie I have in my DVD collection titled ‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’, the story of a guerrilla column (a ‘flying column’, as they were called) in 1920 colonial Ireland fighting the British. This is an absolute must for anybody with half a sense of history....

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Strike: Bhand!

Thursday, November 27, 2008
I guess I was overdue for one of these, a bhand, also known as a protest staged by any given group for any given ...

It Must Be Raindrops: Nepal's Climate

Monday, November 24, 2008
Before Nepal, I had never seen people carry an umbrella over their heads without the rain prompting them to. Until ...

Nepal's Human Trafficking Problem

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
What could possibly be the worst event that could happen to a child in the United States? Abuse by the family? Losing ...

Kathmandu, Animal Town

Friday, November 14, 2008
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” - Mahatma Ghandi ...

Streets and (almost no) Signs

Monday, November 10, 2008
Funny how it goes when you’ve just moved to a new place. The first thing you will inspect by default is traffic. You ...

Election Day

Thursday, November 06, 2008
People will really label me a goob after they read this, if they haven’t already. Yesterday I wore black. This was not ...

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