Spoken of like ghosts

At the end of my service in Nepal, Maoist-affiliated groups were gaining influence and growing violent in the Terai. While rhetorically identical, the backgrounds of these groups differed drastically.

Conflict, Maoists, and the People War by rangichangichha

Rangichangichha now has an amazing collection of photos from Janakpur, Dhanusha, of a Maoist-affiliated group, the People’s Liberation Army. Wild. Very different than I imagined what such a group would ‘look’ like.

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4 Comments

  1. adam
    Posted January 16th, 2008 at 23:12-0800 | Permalink

    very interesting. I don’t really have a frame of reference, but I’ve been intrigued seeing your old photos on flickr lately.

  2. Scott
    Posted January 16th, 2008 at 23:40-0800 | Permalink

    Fascinating seeing what was only spoken about in whispers in the government offices I visited.

  3. Andrew
    Posted January 26th, 2008 at 15:44-0800 | Permalink

    Hey, man. The People’s Liberation Army isn’t a Maoist-affiliated group, but the military wing of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).

  4. Scott
    Posted January 29th, 2008 at 15:46-0800 | Permalink

    Ah, yes. I had thought they were PLA-affiliate. I suppose an armed faction might qualify as an affiliate. Nonetheless, I stand corrected.

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