Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda will address the nation on the crisis at 3:00pm (0930 GMT). For more information, visit The Himalayan Times web site. A NSU activist attacks a two-wheeler at Putalisadak during a demonstration …
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Peace process in peril in Nepal
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Commuting to work and the drivers
Commuting to work is an always “exciting” experience. Paraphrasing the great Forest Gump, it is exciting because you “never know what you are going to get.” Every morning like in most cities, I suit up …
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Room to Read Event in Vancouver
The Vancouver Chapter of Room to Read will be hosting a fundraising evening on Thursday, May 14 with Mr. Allison Rouse, Senior Development Director of Room to Read, who recently launched education projects in Zambia. …
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Building a Library with no Librarian
I have come across a number of interesting projects where NGO’s have requested some assistance in regards to managing their “Resource Centre”, “Electronic Documents”, “Information Resources” or in some cases (yes, this buzzword made it …
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Empowering those who do not have the chance
One evening, I had a discussion with my work colleagues about who among the staff should receive IT training. One colleague said I should teach one of our office staff helpers on how to use …
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Roaming Chitwan
A weekend swimming with the elephants, a freaky encounter with a wild crocodile, Tharu culture and dance, and the familiar joys of hanging out with my Nepali-Filipino family were just some of the highlights of …
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Re: New wax for the ‘board and WAF
Peter makes me ROFL every time (see post). Also, newly learned term: WAF – Wife Acceptance Factor. Who would have thought this term existed. I guess anything is possible on Wikipedia.
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A Canadian Icon in Nepal
Prabin, my little studious 13-year old sidekick, the son of Saran who drives me to and from the office, was initially quite shy when I first met him back in February. As I got to …
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Books for Chankhu Besi Project Update
Oh boy, here we go… Thank you so much to the friends and family who have donated so far. We have already collected more than enough funds (and so quickly, thank you) and due to …
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I Promise
I have either been promising or indicating that I will “help” or “try” to a lot lately, to almost every Nepali person that I have met so far. I get a range of requests such …