· October, 2005

Stories about Nepal from October, 2005

South Asian blog roundup

  16 October 2005

Bangladesh: - Rifat of ‘Close your eyes and try to see’ discusses premarital sex in the context of Bangladesh. - Shappir of ‘Bring your own Shisha’ recollects the story of Joseph/Yusuf/Yosef, the prophet of three religions to uphold the virtue of forgiveness. - Razib of ‘Me, myself and Bangladesh’ links...

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Historical Monuments after the earthquake at Kathmandu Durbar Square. Image by Ajaya Manandhar. Copyright Demotix (25/4/2015)

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