· June, 2007

Stories about Nepal from June, 2007

Nepal: Women and Empowerment

  25 June 2007

Nepal Monitor asks “But is there any causal relationship between women empowerment at the grassroots and women empowerment at the top political positions and vice versa?”

Nepal: Bhutanese Refugees

  18 June 2007

Kathmandu Speaks on the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, the urgent need to intervene, and India's big bully tactics in South Asia.

Nepal: Durbar Square in motion

  13 June 2007

An American blogger in Nepal working to promote and protect Dalit rights, has a photograph that captures the energy of a street when a banda (strike) is not in place.

South Asia: On Paris Hilton

  11 June 2007

Sepia Mutiny on the sudden relevance of Paris Hilton. “Meanwhile, you have so-called “enemy combatants,” some of them South Asian, who in many cases don’t get a lawyer or even get to hear the evidence against them. They are simply thrown into a cage. Not only do they not receive...

Nepal: On Creepy Anticipation

  5 June 2007

Nepali Netbook on the anniversary of a carnage and creepy anticipation. “If the elections are to be held on schedule, a modicum of law and order is what is really needed – not an arbitrary declaration of a republic. This can’t be news to Prachanda. Long before the premier, the...

South Asia: A Brown Doctor on the telly

  4 June 2007

Sepia Mutiny on the slow increase of brown faces on American television. “I do realize that because of stereotypes about Asians we’re likely to see Asian representation on TV increase soon, but I want more than just parity for yellows and brownz. And yes, I do also realize that TV...

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