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Epistle from Birganj

Nov 1, 2003 – 16:22

My job is far more complicated than it seems in print. Basically I work for the Parsa DEO and have a counterpart based out of that office.
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 [...]

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Maha Shivaratri

Feb 28, 2003 – 8:02

I remember how my host family explained Maha Shivaratri to me a year ago when I was living in Gaidankot.
I asked how they would celebrate and they just shook her hand, grimaced, and non-verbally said, We don’t.
It’s a gesture that might mean alcoholic or tipsy in America. Basically, the hand is extended vertically and shaken, [...]

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