Monthly Archives: June 2002

One-armed man of Birganj

Jun 22, 2002 – 15:48

In Birganj there’s a sizeable Sikh population, especially in my neighborhood. Sikhism is a religion sprouting from Hinduism, reflecting some Island, in a brief (and debatable) synopsis. I knew Sikhism by two things: knives and hair. Sikhs carry a knife (a kirpan that they carry with them.
The knife is symbolic of the warrior heritage of [...]

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Mental health days

Jun 4, 2002 – 10:12

It had been a rough couple of weeks. I had the misfortune of being in the first group of volunteers to leave Narayanghat the day after swearing in. We were to leave early, by 6 o’clock.
We were the volunteers to the southeast, just three hours away: Jane-Erie, also going to Birganj; Patty, a forestry instructor [...]

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