Our Poverty, What an Irony :(

Posted on June 30th, 2007 by UWB

Dailekhis grabbing the rotten rice is a crude irony to our society just like, umm…. let’s say, the hi-fi UN vehicles running on the streets of Kathmandu. Wish the rice had gone to the needy hands on time.

Moonshiners in Dailekh district headquarters scavenge rotten rice before it could be disposed of, Thursday (28 June). The [...]

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A Maoist Comrade Shakes Hand With Kofi Annan (and Others)

Posted on June 30th, 2007 by UWB

Maoist leader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, second in rank after Chairman Prachanda, meets…

…former UN boss Kofi Annan (right). The bespectacled tall guy is Ian Martin, chief of United Nations Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) Pic by Biwsodeep Pande.

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