Didn't realize things were this bad in Nepal

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060821/od_nm/nepal_women_dc

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Dozens of Nepali women stripped naked and plowed their fields in west Nepal, hoping to appease the gods and get some much needed rain, a newspaper report said Sunday.

About 50 women in two villages in Kapilvastu district, 120 miles west of Kathmandu, resorted to the desperate move at night Friday as days of prayers and Hindu ceremonies failed to bring rains for the parched paddy crop, it said.

"This is our last weapon, we used it, and there was light rainfall," Nepali daily Rajdhani quoted one of the women as saying.

Although there is no clear religious basis for the practice, some locals believe such a move could appease the rain gods.

Officials said there was insufficient rain during the June-September monsoon season this year and vast stretches of land along the southern plains, Nepal's bread basket, were parched.
 
It was several years ago in the forum when this was last reported. At the time, conditions were not as dire. Jokes were easier then, and now nothing funny can be said. Too many years of chaos, too many dead people, too much sheer human misery.



munk
 
Sad to say, because Nepal has little to offer the US, the US.gov will do little.

I can admit this and I am a Soldier. But also as a soldier, I have a strong urge to help them on my own, cause its RIGHT.
 
Azsoldier said:
Sad to say, because Nepal has little to offer the US, the US.gov will do little.

I can admit this and I am a Soldier. But also as a soldier, I have a strong urge to help them on my own, cause its RIGHT.
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Or is it that the US cannot possible save every person in every country in the world?

Even though we would like to.
 
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