No, it is Machapuchre("Fish Tail") mountain in Central Nepal. One of the smaller, but spectacular, mountains in Nepal.
No, it is Machapuchre("Fish Tail") mountain in Central Nepal. One of the smaller, but spectacular, mountains in Nepal.
I was last in Pokara just as the Maoists were starting up (1996), and I met a few of them running my hotel, they were obviously in sympathy.
The basic beef at the time was that the royals were stealing everything they could get their hands on (in particular foreign aid); that they ran the country like a serfdom (hard to argue with that); and that they provided absolutely nothing to the people, especialy outside Kathmandu.
At the time I argued that Maoism and communism had recently fallen apart everywhere throughout the world, and they reluctantly agreed, except that "We are a poor country, and this is where we have to start." We continued a bit, then they appeared angry, and I changed hotels the next day.
Great photo of Machupuchare.
Yeah, your pictures of home are gorgeous. And for what it's worth, I think most of us support the monarchy in Nepal as well.
Do you think that, realistically, there's a chance that the Maoist rebels could be put down permanently?
Or that an alliance with India could be formed?
Interesting connection between names - Machupuchre in Nepal, and Machu Pichu in Peru. Have you read "Prrof of World Vedic Culture's Global Existence" by Stephen Knapp? There are many linguistic connections between South America and Sanskrit, as well as cultural.