Kathmandu Durbar Square

Nepal

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October 16th 2012
When I first came to Kathmandu it was an atmospheric ancient city. Impressive wooden buildings lined many of the streets from which shopkeepers were selling the things that their familiies had supplied for generations. Lepers came down from their villages in the hills to beg from the throngs of ethnic people who filled the streets. The first ATM had recently been installed. Now the pressur ... 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