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Posted by Gregory Karelas [Continued from Returning Home, posted September 26, 2011.] The bandh (strike) lifted at 4:30 p.m.  As 5 p.m. rolled around, so did my car, heralding the smell of burning rubber in its wake. Yet it wasn’t until 5:03 p.m. that I realized it was a stack of flaming tires and not [...]

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Posted by Sushant Wagley As a Nyaya volunteer, my recent travel to Bayalpata Hosptial was delayed by a week due to national and regional strikes called by the various political parties. The political situation in Nepal is in constant flux, and these strikes – typically in the form of road blockades and business closures, and [...]

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