Tag Archives: nepal

A tractor ride and the highway

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

To the plains, I traveled a distance of about 96 kilometers in the past 36 hours. Of those thirty-six hours, I spent almost 11 hours in Jeeps (four in total including a Hulas Mustang) AND a tractor with six wheels. … Continue reading →

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From the hills [Baglung Bazaar]

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

Long and mostly tiresome bus journeys.From THE valley to the almost plain to the lap of the giant hills where I always love to be in. This moment is on the 30th hours of the journey that has already seen … Continue reading →

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The Earthquake that Rocked Us [भैंचालो जसले हामीलाई हल्लायो]

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

[This post is bilingual. यो पोस्ट दुइ भाषामा छ । Read a news report on the quake here] The scary thing (or good, depending upon how you see things) is that the epicenter of the 6.8 earthquake that rocked Kathmandu and eastern … Continue reading →

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Yet another Nepal banda. Bus burnt (no one killed).

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Kathmandu: A small group of criminals set a passenger bus on fire at the Manohara bridge early in the morning today (around 4:30 am). The bus was coming out from a garage in Balkot, Bhaktapur, to ply on the Nepal Yatayat route, … Continue reading →

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From the Constituent Assembly town (two pics)

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

New Baneshwar, the Constitution Assembly town in Kathmandu, looks like a battle zone. Riot police have overtaken the public spaces where on a normal day one would see people chatting over cups of tea. The extended one-year tenure of the … Continue reading →

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