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International Herald Tribune: Life had been good for Sunyali Majhi, a farmer in Dolalghat, a small village about 50 kilometres from landlocked Nepal’s Kathmandu. She harvested enough rice to sell and feed her brood at home. But the portions have been getting smaller, the financial squeeze tighter.
In the shade of a Peopaal tree, Sunyali and her children are silhouetted against the blue Nepal skies. The scene is idyllic but the family’s anxiety undercuts it: crop yields have fallen drastically this year.
“Over the last decade......
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What happens in Nepal doesn’t stay in Nepal
Posted by International Herald Tribune: Shabbir Mir on April 7th, 2013
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