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Monthly Archives: November 2003
Characters, part 2
Previously I wrote about some of the unique people I'd met in Jhapa district, namely Sunjay the Islamic Extremists and a child named Time Pass. I'd now like to write about some of the odd Birganj-wallahs that have crossed my path since coming to this town.
Posted in Birganj, Peace Corps culture Tagged Birganj, Burning Man, death, Ghantaghar, haikus, Himanchal Cabin, poetry, Screaming Man, shaving, Terai life, The Master Comments closed
All the news fit to print
As I mentioned before, former fellow Birganj-wallah Rob departed Nepal. On his last day in country, he hired an elephant to take him from his hotel to the Peace Corps office to hand-in his final paperwork. It's lovely living in a place where the elephant is just as much of a zoo attraction as a mode of transportation.Here's an article from The Himalayan Times about the recent developments with the pre-service training that was occurring in Butwol.
Posted in Peace Corps culture, Technical training Tagged Butwol, evacuation plans, Maoists, Narayanghat, Prachanda, PST, Rupandehi, The Himalayan Times Comments closed
Epistle from Birganj
My job is far more complicated than it seems, more problematic that than a printed job description could describe. Basically I work for the Parsa DEO and have a counterpart based there. Her name is Shova. She's a nice woman. We don't really work together much these days, mostly because when I'm in Birgnaj, she's in Kathmandu. And when I'm in Kathmandu, she's in Kathmandu, too, but doesn't return my calls.
Posted in Peace Corps culture, Teaching Tagged Chhapkyia, children, counterparts, cultural misunderstandings, DEO, headsir, Shukra Raj School, vomit Comments closed
Haiku composed upon recent developments