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  • A Big Fat ‘Illegal’ Nepali Wedding

    In Nepal, Marriage Is A Public Affair Where You Show Off Your Power and Property. Yes, Even If That Is Illegal. Because Who Can Touch An Army General Who Is Considered Above The Law? General’s Juwai: On the marriage day: pic taken on Sunday, May 14. Pic by Todd Krainin General’s Daughter, the Behuli. Pic…

  • Recovering From The Jana Andolan Atrocities

    UWB Photo Blog Twenty one people died during the historical people’s movement of last month where as thousands were injured in the atrocities committed by the army and police directly working under the orders of the royal regime. Some of the injured have returned to their normal routines where as others are still in the…

  • Maoists Abduct, Maoists Extort and Maoists Loot: RNA

    Digitized avatar of a copy of today’s press release issued by the Royal Nepal Army. (translation below) According to reports emerging out from different parts of the country, Maoist comrades have gone to the looting and extortion spree. That is happening after the rebels have announced three-month long ceasefire. Press release issued by the Royal…

  • The Days Of Maoist Comrades Have Come IV

    Monitoring Maoist Activities in Nepal Maoist Talk Team: CPN-Maoist on Wednesday said it has formed a three-member talks team with the government, reports Chitranga Thapa in eKantipur. The team, headed by Maoist Spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara, includes other leaders Dinanath Sharma and Dev Gurung, according to the Maoist sources. The Maoists formed the team on…

  • United States welcomes Nepal Political Parties unity

    Madam Rocca is a Bit Happy, a Bit So So “We remain concerned about the reports of continuing repression of civil liberties and additional arrests. We continue to urge the government of Nepal to release all political detainees, restore civil liberties, and reach out in a pro-active manner to the political parties. At the same…

  • Meanwhile Maoist Comrades Continue Extortion, Looting and Beating

    They aren’t killing people because they have officially declared ceasefire for three months. But Maoist comrades aren’t keeping quite, at least according to the Royal Nepal Army. RNA was fighting with the Maoists until last month’s popular movement forced autocratic king to give up the power to people. Now both sides are observing ceasefire but…

  • Nepal Democracy Movement: Story of a Living Martyr

    Poster boy of Jana Andolan II: Shiv Bidari holds a poster that has a photo of himself when he fell down after being shot by the police in last month’s pro-democracy movement. “Who is he?” asks the headline of the poster. Everyone thought Bidari was dead. Pic by Bimal Sharma via Kantipur. Another pic inside.…