Here I am at my goodbye party in Baglung. After a snack and tea, Chandi

Dalit leaders in Baglung give speeches next to a bonfire on Friday night. Their demands

Only a couple days ago, I arrived back to my room in Baglung and saw

Yogendra (left) in a meeting with the man in charge of the elections in Baglung

Called mani stones, these rocks have carvings of the Buddhist mantra, om mani padme hum.

  On this last trip back to Kathmandu for meetings, I took a less direct

I’m back in Kathmandu for a meeting with the four other Peace Fellows as well

After about three hours of hiking pretty much straight up the hill (and remember hills

It had rained all night and it didn’t stop until about 6 am when we

There’s a group of hawks constantly cruising the Baglung valley, and from my vantage point

I bid farewell to Nishi in the background and get a friendly goodbye from the

Well, I knew it would happen sooner or later. Nepal has caught up to my

If a donkey doesn’t carry it, then it’s a human and often it’s women doing

ICC week officially kicked off yesterday with a gathering of human rights organizations in central

I went on a four day excursion to a remote village in the northwestern part

I arrived yesterday in Kathmandu to cover a week long International Criminal Court (ICC) event

The Advocacy Forum (AF) held a conference in Baglung on Tuesday to mark the United

After only the first day he called me his bhai. This means younger brother in

After being in Baglung for almost a week now, I’m struck by the huge number

Yesterday, I attended a meeting in Baglung held by the UN arms monitors for the

I’ve found that Nepalis are avid spitters. I thought it was maybe because of the

Some good news and some bad news today. The good news is that I moved

Today the buses ran and I’ve finally arrived in Baglung. It was a long trip

While I was lying in bed, trying to fall asleep, my mind raced in anticipation

The picture is nothing special. It could have been taken in any village in Nepal:

Arrived to Kathmandu from Delhi and thankfully it’s nowhere near as hot as India (over

I was sitting having lunch with a couple friends in Vilnius when the usual question