Real life Prison Break-esque story except he hasn't made it out! This is the story of a Nepalese man, unable to leave Qatar because the authorities wouldn't right all the wrong done to him. In a last ditch effort, deliberately gets arrested with the hope of being deported! But he is still languishing in Qatar! Can someone help?
A piece published in Kantipur, a Nepalese paper, written by Hom Karki, a journalist I talked to the day after my release from prison in May 2013.
Two Human Rights workers of Nepalese origin but British nationals "disappeared" at the end of August 2014 in Qatar. This post provides details of the actions one can take to help them.
A short write-up about our August 26-29 visit to Thangpalkot with Doug and Devika Grant of Tennis Trekker.
Video of January 3, 2014, interview on Kantipur TV breakfast show Rise and Shine. It's entirely in English.
A short post about my most recent visit to Thangpalkot. I was accompanied by a friend and former colleague from my days in Qatar.
Though not an avid cyclist, having gotten into the sport for fitness purposes, I decided I would participate in a protest ride Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, to the entrance to Shivapuri National Park on the perimeter of Kathmandu Valley.
In rural Nepal, the innocence of children and their dreams are often stolen and lost, respectively, because of a lack of will on our leadership to do anything concrete to tackle poverty and lack of education. Often such children become victims of trafficking.
COMMITTED makes regular visits to our project site, Thangpalkot village. This is post about our March visit when we took along our Swiss friends!
Traffic in Kathmandu is beyond bad! It's absurd...but then what system in Nepal isn't?! I have decided that one of the ways of dealing and coping with it is to make jokes and laugh about it. (The other option is to go mad, go crazy!) Here are two jokes Jerry Seinfeld might crack about it.