i feel very obligated to let all the nerds know that there is a free game like geoguesser where you guess the location of origin and time period for art and historical artifacts. really high level:

How KP Sharma Oli rose, ruled and fell @gangabc traces the journey of a communist revolutionary who rose from obscurity to become the country’s most powerful leader, and who is now on the verge of being pushed back into obscurity. kathmandupost.com/politics/2…

RZA: "If you want beef then bring the ruckus" Crowd outside MSG: "New York Knicks Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit" (📸Adam Glyn)

Balen vs the bureaucracy @inkthink @WeeklyKalam api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

Why did private firms, not state-owned enterprises (SOEs), come to dominate China’s EV sector? My new @ChinaJournal article (co-authored with Xiao Ma @maxiaoalex) challenge the "top-down industrial policy" narrative. The real engine? Strategic alliances between local governments and private capital. 🧵 Based on 3 years of fieldwork, 60 interviews (with officials, entrepreneurs, and engineers), and rich first-hand accounts, we show how strict central regulations inadvertently drove local states to bet big on private EV players. Here is the story: (1/15)

Joe Sacco spent years reporting on a communal riot in Uttar Pradesh for his new work of graphic reportage. But his Indian publisher abruptly dropped the book before it could be sold there. We have published an excerpt.

One of the Greatest Spaghetti Western Scenes.

Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) - Auditorium feat. Slick Rick (2009) 🔥🔥 Produced by Madlib This beat is absolutely incredible

De vez en cuando vuelvo a este vídeo. Rakim en la Live Mixtape junto al DJ y productor J.Period, rapeando sobre el beat de “Survival Of The Fittest” de Mobb Deep. No lo llaman The GOD MC por casualidad.

Examining the investigation report as well as initial news coverage and popular conspiracy theories around the royal massacre, I explore why 25 years on- many (and likely most) Nepalis still don't believe the official narrative for @WeeklyKalam api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

Many continue to believe there is no definitive conclusion on what happened and who was ultimately responsible for the royal massacre. Twenty-five years later, this gaping hole in the national imagination continues to haunt the collective memory of Nepalis. (1/2)

This week, read our deep by @PragyanTG on the conspiracies theories surrounding the 2001 royal massacre. (2/2) api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

How did Nepali and Bhutanese communities get involved in a Medicaid scandal in the US? A conservative American outlet says Bhutanese and Nepali immigrants are behind a billion-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme in Ohio. Here is what is real, what is disputed, and what it means for the diaspora. kathmandupost.com/nepali-dia…

If anyone is coming to Nepal soon from abroad and doesn't mind doing me a small favor, I am looking to buy these four books. I will, of course, reimburse you for the book(s) and buy you a beer or three, or coffee and cake if you prefer, as a thank you.

This is not true. It's not official. These two authenticated bills do not ensure voting rights for Nepalis abroad nor do they ensure NOTA provisions.

healed so much that I stopped caring about being healed enough

रोष्टमबाट बालेन्द्रको अभिव्यक्ति पश्चात; - लिम्पियाधुरा-लिपुलेक-कालापानी (LLK) बारे नेपालको दाबीलाई भारतले खारेज गर्दै आएकोछ। यद्धपि, कुटनीतिक च्यानल जहिले पनि खुला राखेको जानकारी गरिरहन्छ । - कोभिड-१९ को बेला केपी ओली सरकारको व्यवस्थापकीय असफलतालाई ढाकछोप गर्न, नेकपा भित्रको आन्तरिक किचलो लाई राष्ट्रवादी हथौडा मार्न द्रुत गतिमा चुच्चे नक्शालाई राष्ट्रवादको रकेटमा बसालेर संविधान संशोधन गर्यो, लाग्थ्यो नेपालसँग १००% प्रमाण सुरक्षित छ! - संविधान संशोधन पश्चात केपीले LLK मा नेपालको दाबी सावित गर्न प्रमाण संकलन र अध्ययन कमिटी बनाएको थियो। आजसम्म नेपालले नेपालको दाबी पुग्नेगरी अध्ययन पुरा गर्यो? प्रमाण संकलन कार्य फत्ते भए नभएको बहस पनि हुँदैन। - पछिल्ला ५-६ वर्षमा नेपालले भारतको "#जग्गा_मिचेको" बारे स्वेम भारतले कहिले गुनासो गरेको सुनिएन, पढिएन, देखिएन। -- श्री बालेन्द्रले संसद्को रोष्टरमबाट नेपालले पनि भारतको जग्गा मिचेको भनी उच्च कोटिको परिपक्व अभिव्यक्ति दिएर भारतलाई भविष्यमुखी ' क्लेम' गर्न स्पेस दिनुभाको हो? -- श्री बालेन्द्र महेन्द्रीय attire रुचाउनु हुन्छ। हे श्री बालेन्द्र, तपाईंको attire icon महेन्द्रले LLK दाबीमा चुइक शब्द नबोलेको रेकर्ड पक्कै पढ्नु भएको होला। -- श्री बालेन्द्र, महेन्द्रीय युगमा LLK मा भारतीय सेनाको उपस्थिति बढिरहँदा ऋषिकेश शाह Council Minister हुनुहुन्थ्यो। सीमासम्बन्धी विषय विदेश मन्त्रालय मातहत पर्ने गरेता पनि ऋषिकेश शाहले महेन्द्रलाई LLK मा भारतीय सेनाको उपस्थिति बारे ध्यानाकर्षण गराउँदा महेन्द्रले भन्नुभो, ' यो तपाईं र तपाईंको मन्त्रालयको बिजनेस होइन!' (बुधबार साप्ताहिक: १९९८ , पत्रकार सुधीर शर्मा) । -- त्यसपछि महेन्द्रका दुवै सन्तान (विरेन्द्र र ज्ञानेन्द्र) कसैलेपनि LLK मा नेपाली दाबी पुष्टि गरेको छैन। बरु यस विषयमा जहिले पनि मौन! -- लिपुलेक हुँदै मानसरोवर यात्रा गर्न भारत-चीन धेरै पहिलादेखि सहमत नै रहेको रेकर्ड छ। हे बालेन्द्र, फेरि सोध्न मनलाग्छ, आजको अभिव्यक्ति भारतलाई भविष्यमुखी 'क्लेम' गर्न स्पेस दिनुभाको हो? की अल्गोरिदममा दबदबा बनाइराख्न संसदबाट कन्टेन्ट क्रिएट गर्नुभाको? या, बढ्दो महंगी, बेरोजगारी र स्वर्णिम करबाट निम्न र मध्यम वर्गको ध्यान इधरउद्धर गर्न swag 😎 हान्नु भो? गम्भीरतासाथ कुटनीतिक तयारी गरौँ सरकार! Sam Cowan को यो पुस्तक बडो रोचक छ। अनि घोचक पनि। पढौं।

Just remembered-Royal China Mountain Restaurant in Uttar Dhoka is also pretty good (loved the laziji). The main chef/owner worked in the first Chinese restaurant in Nepal, which had a tough time during the insurgency. We did a translation of the account: thearanikoproject.substack.c…