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Online order for delivery

During this research, I have learned a couple of new things about food in Kathmandu. One of them is this website (http://www.foodmandu.com/Restaurants.aspx). I thought this website was quite innovative. Basically, it has a list of restaurants in Kathmandu and you … Continue reading

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KFC

one of the article that I’m using for my paper from a local newspaper called Republica. http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=46677

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Bajeko Sekuwa- local fast food chain

I came across this fast food chain called Bajeko Sekuwa which literally means Grandfather’s Sekuwa (a dish that consist of roasted meat with traditional Nepali spices and its prepared in a Nepali country style on a open fire). The closest … Continue reading

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Monsanto in Nepal

Here is a article that talks about USAID trying to introduce Monsanto maize seeds in Nepal. more to come on how it relates to my research… http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=18674

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“Farmer’s markets” to “supermarkets”

  As I talked about in my presentation about change in food system in Nepal especially in Kathmandu, there is a slow shift in consumption from “farmer’s market” style grocery shopping to “supermarket” grocery shopping. The impact of this is … Continue reading

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Change in food system and nutrition

Here is a article that I found on how globalization through adoption of “western” fast food industry impacts developing countries. When observing just on the  surface it appears simply as “copy” or emulation of western food and not harming the … Continue reading

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Struggling with Klor de Alva

Klor de Alva argues that the native Americans suffered a devastating decline in their population due to its contact with the colonial Europe (246). However, “as a consequence of the subordinate condition attendant on this state of dis-empowerment, the greater part of the … Continue reading

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Kanye the Crossdresser

As we reflected on last week’s class presentations, particularly the two focused on Japanese culture, one aspect sustained our discussion. When thinking of the Japanese celebrities who cross dress, we couldn’t imagine how that would be accepted as the norm here in … Continue reading

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I Was Surprised….She Was Not.

“Freeing South Africa: The Modernization of Male-Male Sexuality in Soweto” was an insightful read for each of us, although learning about the gay community in South Africa was fascinating for different reasons. For Dolma, it was interesting in finding out … Continue reading

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Fair and Lovely lotion – Individual blog

  Capitalizing on the cultural norms in South Asia and North America If you have been to south Asian countries one of the commercials on TV as well as billboards you will see often is of Fair and Lovely, a … Continue reading

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