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Two tidbits

Posted on November 19, 2007 by ast

A couple of completely unrelated and slightly old, but interesting pieces of news: Now that the Nepalese army (hopefully) doesn’t have anyone to fight at home, some Nepalese special forces have been deployed to Darfur as peacekeeping forces. From the … Continue reading →

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Happy Tihar, everyone! Suntiya bhintuna!

Posted on November 9, 2007 by ast

Wikipedia entry on Tihar, the Nepalese festival of lights (and a lot more). And from the BBC website, “Nepal dogs honored” (thanks to Rosie for the pointer). I just realized that they could be talking about our politicians (they’re not).

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Youth for Nepal

Posted on October 15, 2007 by ast

Youth for Nepal is a non-profit organization started recently by a few friends of mine, that I’m also helping out with. From the homepage, Youth For Nepal aims to encourage social entrepreneurship in the fields of education, environment and health … Continue reading →

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Some links on Nepal

Posted on February 28, 2006 by ast

Here is a pretty good, honest and down-to-earth primer to Nepal’s Maoist insurgency by National Geographic, devoid of the usual hyperbole that accompanies Western media reports about Nepal. And two beautiful videos from a documentary on Nepal: Video 1 Video … Continue reading →

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Vitamin Sherpa

Posted on November 3, 2005 by ast

Good stuff. (Nepali featured in Time magazine Global Health issue)

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