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Danger, Will Robinson

By Scott Wallick | Published: Sep 15, 2003

While I don’t usually use words like ‘peaceful’ to refer to Birganj, I must say that last night’s triade of bombings in my hometown did come as a surprise. Two of the bombs were at offices to the north of Birganj proper. One, however, was located not far from Shripur.

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Introducing Alfred

By Scott Wallick | Published: Feb 23, 2003

I was out doing the bidding of Peace Corps when I met Alfred. He’s the headsir of St. Xavier’s, a private school next door to Shripur, a government secondary school where I had been doing some scouting for a possible site for a volunteer. St. Xavier’s facade suggested that it was an upper-tier school. Like its headsir, St. Xavier’s was clean and well kept. My meeting with Alfred was accidental. As I was leaving Shripur, I stopped to get a look at the large, enclosed playground across the street. Alfred was following behind some students when he approached me.

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