A victim of Holi

Happy Holi!

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April 16th 2008
Flashback to my first few days in Nepal: To cut a long story short (like I'm capable of that), the cab driver, who lent me the Visa money, took me to a guesthouse in Kathmandu, where I discovered that Nepal's capital is not unlike Bangkok, only smaller, dirtier and more frantic still. In my imagination Kathmandu had been a quiet, chilled-out town, surrounded by picturesque mountains and catering ... read more

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more