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...young-adult novel, Sold (Hyperion Books for Children; 263 pages). A journalist by training, she's an avid researcher, but her books are not dry. Sold is told in poetic vignettes in the voice of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl who lives in rural Nepal. Life is grueling there for women young and old. "A girl is like a goat," a local saying goes. "Good as long as she gives you milk and butter. But not worth crying over when it's time to make a stew." Her stepfather sells her for 800 rupees to a woman who spirits...
...beneficiary, Deep Roots, grants scholarships to students in Namibia, Nepal, Zambia and Guatemala...
...more than 100 international climbers at a base camp on Cho Oyu, the world's sixth highest mountain, watched as border guards from the Chinese People's Armed Police opened fire on a group of several dozen Tibetans ascending the 5,700m Nangpa La, a pass linking China and Nepal. "At first I was thinking it was simply warning shots," says an American who watched the scene through binoculars. "The reality is that they were taking direct aim at people trying to cross the pass." As the mountaineers looked on, the guards allegedly shot dead one Tibetan?later identified...
...provide a night of really amazing comedy for Harvard students and we can make a serious effort to raise both money and awareness.” Proceeds from the event will go to Deep Roots, a charity that offers scholarships to underprivileged youths, especially women, in Guatemala, Namibia, Nepal, and Zambia. “We at Harvard take for granted every now and then that we do have an education, a fantastic education,” said HCC Production Chair Samantha H. Fink ’07. “There are people across the world who never get basic...
...planned to launch an environment-themed Tibetan-language newspaper?only to have the authorities reject his approval requests. "If I didn't have support from the government, I knew I couldn't make a difference," he says. "So I had to leave." Tsering Dorje crossed Tibet's border with Nepal and eventually made his way to Dharamsala, the first stop for many Tibetan refugees...