14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

It was absolutely not just social media ban, it was mostly youth protesting against the corrupt government and unfairness, social media ban was one element that was against the freedom of speech, but it was right around the time where everyone was documenting the rich politicians, their business connections and their families that have been living lavishly and just inheriting the election seats from generation to generation and spinning beurocracy to their sides.

I was there a few hours ago. It was a class struggle, but it was bound to be spun up as "kids don't get facebook and throw tantrum".

The corruption is simply incredible. About fifteen years ago I found myself in Kathmandu after getting altitude sickness. The team's fixer brought me to lunch with some government officials. The topic of discussion? How to steal from a hydroelectric project. One of his guests outright asked, "should we be talking about this in front of this guy?" The fixer shrugged it off saying "he's a Westerner, what is he going to do about it?" And, well, he was right. It wasn't like I could go report it to the police.

Years later the fixer was finally jailed for gold smuggling. https://english.khabarhub.com/2022/16/232667/

Edit: add link

Just went to look you up on your profile to see why you might be hanging out with government officials, and just fyi your website link seems gone.

It's not terribly unusual to end up with random government officials if you're a white guy going into a non-touristy part of the 3rd world. I went to a village in Paraguay, first thing locals did was take me to some government project creating an industrial cow milking operation where I was promptly offered an engineering job.

Low-level 3rd world officials love showing off whatever they're doing to whoever will listen. They usually don't have much else to do. It is best to accept their offer and drink the tea with them or whatever, get on their good side and talk about how modern their little village is, and get on their good graces.

Here in East Africa some people tell me that it should be easy to find a job for me, but I must be talking to the wrong people. Not lamenting, just sharing how different the experience can be...

Not just there (waves at East Africa, where I used to live).

I live in New York (Long Island). People are constantly telling me that I should be having jobs thrown at my feet, considering my skills and track record.

That was not the case, which is why I'm retired.

If I were an inexperienced young buck, living in Brooklyn, that might be the case, but not for an old expert, out on The Island.

It's likely that it's difficult to get capital in East Africa. I knew many very smart, educated people, when I lived there.

On Long Island, it's easy to get capital for non-tech stuff, but tecchies are kind of ghetto, out here.

er, sorry if this is a stupid question, but nowadays couldn't you just work remotely?

Does location matter as much in 2025 when there are oodles of remote first companies out there?