This had to have been in 2005, 2006. I was doing democracy work for Nepal. My blog was my primary tool. And I had the largest Nepali mailing list in the world. I had managed to penetrate all the key organizations inside the country and out. And I stayed on a constant lookout for new email addresses.
So I am at this event in Queens. It has not started yet. I am working the room, meeting people, blatantly asking for email addresses.
I came across this guy who apparently did not know what an email address was. Every Nepali in the city has a phone, but only a minority even today have email addresses.
"Would you have an email address?" I asked.
"I do, but I forgot it at home," he said and saved face.
The guy apparently thought I was talking about some kind of a physical object. Like, do you have a Vespa?
