Entries Tagged as 'Politics'

Friday, June 20th, 2008

KTM is on Strike: Nobody’s Going Nowhere Today

Stayed up till 2am last night preparing for our BIG DAY of interviews. We have had this Saturday all booked up and scheduled perfectly for over a week now. We were supposed to conduct our interviews with Pragya, Manita (her mom), Shanta and her brother, Kumar, today. Saturdays are key because it is the only [...]

Monday, April 21st, 2008

This just in from our new boss…

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 [...]