Image by tonynetone via FlickrRadio Nepal would serve the news in Nepali at seven, morning and evening, and the news in English an hour later at eight. This was during the days of the autocratic monarchy. And so there was much state propaganda. I much preferred listening to the BBC. In English, of course. Of course no one in my village listened to the news in English. The smart ones listened to the BBC Hindi service.
But then there was always some smart alec who would turn the radio on for the eight o'clock news in English.
"Can you understand this?"
"Yes."
The polite ones simply asked at other hours.
"Can you understand the news in English?"
"Yes."
That is when they figured I was going to be a doctor some day.
"Bring Home An African Next Time"
Padgurum
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