Tibetan Monastery

Higher in the hills above Mandara is a monastery that teaches Tibetan Buddhism to young boys. We got to go in during prayer time and watched about 50 boys reciting prayers in Tibetan. Well, most of them were reciting their prayers, some were talking or goofing off a bit. They were just kids and still learning.

Welcomed home in Nepal

October 18th 2013
During my Eid holidays from work in Bangladesh I flew up to Nepal for a week with my friend Catherine's family. She married into a Nepalese family almost ten years ago and has been encouraging me to go visit them ever since. Even though she couldn't get away from work this year, her husband Santosh came from London for the festival of Dashian, also known as Durga Puja. I was so fortunate to hav ... 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

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