These heavily made up people are my in laws? Part I – Salon (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
I knew there would be cultural differences when I married my husband Farshid, hell, we contended with them nearly every day, from our food choices, his love of lamb and my fear and sympathy for the animal, to how I should dress, our musical tastes …
Funeral for Nepalese clerk killed in Boston – NECN (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
(NECN: Ally Donnelly, Cambridge, Mass.) – Today was an emotional day for relatives of the Boston convenience store clerk, who was murdered on the job, just one day after Christmas. A Hindu funeral service took place today in Cambridge, Massachusetts …
Slain Nepali clerk mourned in Hindu rite – Boston Globe (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
CAMBRIDGE — About 200 people gathered today in a chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery to pay their respects to a Nepali clerk who was shot to death the day after Christmas during a robbery at a Jamaica Plain convenience store. A pundit, a Hindu spiritual …
Nonsexist Childrearing Project–Open Call – Salon (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
This was originally posted on Redstocking Grandma . Nonsexist childrearing plays a vital role in the struggle against misogyny and misandry. In the 70s and 80s, I was obsessed with freeing my four daughters from traditional gender roles. . I hunted …
Maoists, Madhesi parties agree on conditional support to statute … – Nepalnews.com (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
The main opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) has made a U-turn in its stance agreeing to support seventh amendment of the interim constitution on condition to reinstate Paramananda Jha as the vice president. The close-door meeting between the Maoists and …
media release – Crisisweb (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
Six actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in December 2009, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch , released today. The political crisis in Iran …
Nepalese refugees blaze a trail in Phila. – Philadelphia Daily News (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
The alarm clock’s 3 a.m. ring awakened 50-year-old Rudra Kuikel and his eldest daughter, Thagi, 22, in their lightly furnished South Philadelphia apartment. An hour later they were in a van along with other immigrants headed for the Swedesboro …
Blogging about Culture and Interracial Marriages – Elites TV (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
Hindu married women wear Sindoor (vermilion power) on their forehead and this practice is common in many parts of India and Nepal. But how about the practice in Washington DC? “No, my problem with wearing sindoor is that most days I’m headed into …
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Fake notes racket busted in Nepal, Madhya Pradesh police claims credit (January 4, 2010) – [read more]
Police in Madhya Pradesh Monday claimed that the arrest of the son of a former Nepali minister in Kathmandu for running a fake Indian currency racket was through the leads provided by them.
Indian Oil’s monopoly in Nepal to end (January 3, 2010) – [read more]
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Jan 3 : The nearly four decades of monopoly enjoyed by India’s public-sector enterprise Indian Oil Corporation in Nepal is heading towards an end with the private sector in the country having been given the go-ahead for gas imports while laws are being drafted to open oil trading as well.
Deported Nepali film student’s husband untraceable (January 3, 2010) – [read more]
Kathmandu: A former Nepali MP who reportedly used his political clout to get his wife, a film student at a Pune institute, deported from India remains untraceable.
Karat seeks Chidambaram’s help in Nepali deportation case (January 2, 2010) – [read more]
Communist Party of India-Marxist MP Brinda Karat Saturday sought Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s intervention in ‘an unjust case’ of a Nepali student at a Pune film institute being deported and demanded a probe into the incident.
Nepal ushers in 2010 with a general strike (January 2, 2010) – [read more]
Even as the fear of an indefinite strike declared by the Maoists from January 24 dampened festive spirits, the nation was caught unawares as the Adivasi Janajati Brihat Morcha, an umbrella of indigenous and ethnic communities, called a closure countrywide yesterday, hitting transport and business.
Ruchika Girhotra-like case erupts in Nepal (January 1, 2010) – [read more]
A case akin to the Ruchika Girotra molestation has emerged in Nepal with the police trying to cover up an incident of six cops raping a woman colleague.
Home ministry seeks report on Nepali woman’s ‘abduction’ (January 1, 2010) – [read more]
New Delhi, Jan 1 : The home ministry Friday sought a report from the Maharashtra government following reports that Neetu Singh, a Nepali citizen and a final-year student at Pune’s Film and Television Institute was reportedly deported at the behest of her influential husband Amaresh Singh, a Nepali Congress politician.
Elephant soccer draws crowds in Nepal (January 1, 2010) – [read more]
They may appear large and bulky, but during a soccer game, these elephant calves in Nepal proved nimble on their feet at the annual elephant festival.
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Controversial Promotion of the Year: Toran Singh is No. 2 of Nepal Army (December 24, 2009) – [read more]
By Kamal Raj Sigdel and Phanindra Dahal
In a controversial move that has angered many including some western donor countries and agencies, the government today (Thursday) promoted Maj. Gen. Toran Jung Bahadur Singh as Chief of the General Staff, the second-in-command of Nepal Army. The government had put the promotion on hold for six months in [...]
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