Life appears untouched by modernity -- but change is coming in the Nepalese hamlet of Simen, five days' walk from the nearest town, children pay for schooling with wood or animal dung. Just two valleys away in Dho Tarap village, business is booming and satellite dishes that beam in American wrestling are set up beside prayer flags as the high Himalayan landscape of Upper Dolpa opens up to the outside world. The contrast between the two settlements points ...Sunday 14 October 2012
Modernity Is Entering Nepal
Life appears untouched by modernity -- but change is coming in the Nepalese hamlet of Simen, five days' walk from the nearest town, children pay for schooling with wood or animal dung. Just two valleys away in Dho Tarap village, business is booming and satellite dishes that beam in American wrestling are set up beside prayer flags as the high Himalayan landscape of Upper Dolpa opens up to the outside world. The contrast between the two settlements points ...
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