Word: kathmandu
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...show that democracy and progress contradict one another ... In pursuit of liberalism, we should never overlook an important aspect of our conduct, namely discipline." As he spoke, telephone lines and Internet connections across Nepal went dead. The airport closed. Armored cars and soldiers with riot shields began patrolling Kathmandu's narrow alleys and set up roadblocks to catch anyone on a long arrest list that included everyone from student activists to human-rights workers. Later that day, the new Home Minister, handpicked by the King, announced a state of emergency, suspending rights to freedom of expression, assembly, information, property, privacy...
According to his teachers and classmates at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan University, Kundal Kamle's defining trait was his relentless sense of injustice. A humanities undergraduate and student-union leader, Kamle spent much of his time whipping up political passions, hectoring passersby through megaphones and blocking the main road outside the campus with banners or burning tires. His causes ran the gamut from human rights to the price of gas. "Sometimes I liked him and I thought what he said was right," says Keshab Kumar Shrestha, an anthropology lecturer. "But other times he annoyed me. He was just too much...
...clothes carrying a shotgun walked up to Kamle. They exchanged words. Suddenly Kamle threw up his hands, looked at Shrestha and shouted: "Sir! Sir! They are taking me! This is the death of democracy in Nepal!" The man marched Kamle to the truck and he was driven away. Across Kathmandu and other major cities, similar scenes were taking place. Police and soldiers say they arrested hundreds of students that day. Jails were already packed with Maoist rebels and suspected sympathizers, so the students were taken to army barracks and to requisitioned gyms. Students weren't the only target: soldiers also...
...must dodge rebels' bullets each day or face the wrath of a mob led by angry parents who have just lost a child to a big cat. The voices of those in the field should have been heard in your story. They are the true heroes. DEVENDRA S. RANA Kathmandu, Nepal...
...rebels' bullets each day, or face the wrath of a mob led by angry parents who have just lost a son or a daughter to a big cat. The voices of those in the field should have been in your story. They are the true heroes. Devendra S. Rana Kathmandu, Nepal...