Prayers and Guns; A Report from Nepal

February 15, 2005

by Gaku Homma Nippon Kan Kancho February 15th, 2005 Twenty minutes before landing at the Tribhaun airport in Kathmandu, I looked out of the window of the plane as the Himalaya Mountains appeared; rising from the blanket of clouds with such majesty I caught my breath. A man, seated in front of me, stood up excitedly when he saw the …