So, as reported in the article copied below, Kathmandu is in a condition of general road strikes. There is a great deal of hubbub about petroleum prices–basically the government can’t afford to subsidize the stuff, and it costs the same here as it does in the states. Only, most people here earn no more than [...]
This from today’s Kathmandu Post: A Plague of Strikes Upon Us? Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, June 22 - At least four strikes - Valley and Nepal bandas — in a month and many more in the making. As if the rest of the country felt left out in the Valley-only transport strike on Saturday called by [...]
The government of Nepal has declared at least a three day ‘holiday’, during which basically nothing will take place. Unless, of course, you count the transition of the government from a 239 year old monarchy to a nominally democratic republic. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we plan on doing very little in the way of official business. We [...]
Rec’d this reassuring email from the Little Sisters Fund’s director, Trevor Patzer, today. Things look good politically. The Maoists won the election but they did not win “big enough” to rule with impunity. Instead, they will have to work with others in the government to form the majority they need. This is good. They plan [...]
We lived in Cairo for a couple of years, and this article? Well, it pretty well hits the nail right into the eardrum. Nope, no idea how the reporter came to refer to noise as a silent enemy. Maybe there was a winky emoticon in the original that some pernicious copyeditor struck?
