As unexpected results continue to manifest after Nepal’s recent election, one particular result is worth noting: Baban Singh from Gaur, the capital of Rautahat district. Mr. Singh, allegedly, is an old-school flatlands dacoit (though not as cool as some).
Mr. Singh, according to NepalNews.com, is one of wanted criminals in Nepal.
Baban had openly admitted to [...]
I just finished listening to This Week with George Stephanopoulos, which I do almost every Monday morning. During a 10-minute period of questioning, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley confuses Nepal for Tibet, repeatedly saying “Nepal” when he meant “Tibet.” No correction occurs during the interview or in the subsequent article on ABCNews.com.
This Week with George [...]
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. [...]
On Sunday, we saw the Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited. On Tuesday, we go to Darjeeling. While in India, we will not take any trains though I do love the trains there (and for reasons wholly unexplored in the film).
Binita was disappointed that the film had nothing to do with Darjeeling. But I was [...]
Scott is an editor living in Queens, New York, who enjoys language (specifically English). He is strangely fascinated with Web typesetting, if such a thing exists. Scott is married to Binita, for whom he once ghost wrote a blog about court reporting for almost two years. They have been married four.