Nepal goes to polls for historic vote
Nepal goes to polls for historic vote
The Two-phase Elections For National And Provincial Parliaments Are The First Under A New Post-war Constitution Born Out Of A Peace Deal That Ended The 10-year Maoist Insurgency In 2006 And Set The Country On A Path From Monarchy To Democracy. PTI | Updated on: 26 Nov 2017, 09:02:16 AM
Chautara (Nepal):
Millions of Nepalis are voting on Sunday in historic polls billed as a turning point for the impoverished Himalayan nation, hoping to end the ruinous instability that has plagued the country since the end of a bloody civil war a decade ago.
Narratives from Nepal: Relief and rebuilding after the Gorkha Earthquake
by Lucas Joel Wednesday, November 18, 2015
People at base camp on Everest shown here during an avalanche in 2013 felt the shaking of the April 25 Gorkha quake, which was followed by an enormous avalanche that killed 19 people. Credit: Deana Zabaldo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Base Camp, Mount Everest, April 25, 2015, about noon: A tremendous boom echoes through the air, the ground heaves and a wall-like cloud of snow propelled by an avalanche advances toward the tents. Mountaineers scatter, diving into tents to avoid the blast. One mountaineer has a video camera and captures the whole thing, as he curses and dives into a tent while the cloud of snow engulfs him. He survives, but 19 others perish. This firsthand account of the Gorkha quake is now famous, caught on camera and posted to YouTube.