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Harold Bergsma's Blog: Stingers: Sores That Hardly Heal
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Stingers: Sores That Hardly Heal. Originally published on Desicritics. I had been reading the Pakistan newspaper, Dawn,. Yes, these were supplied by the CIA in the hundreds to the forces fighting the Soviets. Some sources say as many as two thousand stingers were given. 160;Oct.2, 2001, “Stinger, Stingers, Who’s Got the Stingers? What a hornet’s nest! 160; . Kathy Gannon’s book I is for Infidel: From the Holy War to Holy Terror: 18 Years Inside Afghanistan. 8220;The...
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Harold Bergsma's Blog: Lip Service: The Smile Train
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Lip Service: The Smile Train. Originally published 5/2/08 in Desicritics. In order to receive the services of Dr. Taylor, the youth, about my own age of eighteen, had hiked with us for six days, as Dr. Taylor and other members of the National Geographic Ornithological Expedition hunted for rare birds. On Sunday, our day of rest, Dr. Taylor performed surgery and held a day-clinic for others who had hiked along behind us. This is where The Smile Train. View my complete profile.
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Harold Bergsma's Blog: Sixteen Flies on a Rope
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Sixteen Flies on a Rope. Priginally published 5/14/08 on Desicritics. These ropes, still wet from the light rain during the night, now sagged from the weight of their wetness, but when the sun shone bright and brilliantly, would once again shrink and resume their tightness. I could hear their voices now. “Kaseru. How has the Barkat Zaman* sahib done today? Did you feed him? 8220;Well,” said Dr. Robert Fleming, the expedition leader, “we may just have to have him c...If you have e...
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Harold Bergsma's Blog: 09/30/07
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Sunday, September 30, 2007. Ammonites and Sri Salagrama Shila. Originally published 9/29/07 on Desicritics. Or hear Oliver Wendell Holmes who caught the idea of the progression of the soul in his poem “The Chambered Nautilus”. “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, as the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, shut thee room, heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea! I sat wi...
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Harold Bergsma's Blog: The Opium Eaters - The Roads Between
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008. The Opium Eaters - The Roads Between. Originally published on Desicritics. Amazingly, America through its international clout exerts controls in many other sovereign territories it avoided many years ago. Remember The Monroe Doctrine? What we may remember is President T. Roosevelt’s statement, “ Speak softly and carry a big stick. De Quincey’s famous book, Confessions of an English Opium Eater. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. If you have even j...
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Harold Bergsma's Blog: 09/03/08
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Stingers: Sores That Hardly Heal. Originally published on Desicritics. I had been reading the Pakistan newspaper, Dawn,. Yes, these were supplied by the CIA in the hundreds to the forces fighting the Soviets. Some sources say as many as two thousand stingers were given. 160;Oct.2, 2001, “Stinger, Stingers, Who’s Got the Stingers? What a hornet’s nest! 160; . Kathy Gannon’s book I is for Infidel: From the Holy War to Holy Terror: 18 Years Inside Afghanistan. 8220;The...
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Harold Bergsma's Blog: Bagheera, By Any Other Name: My Black Panther
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Friday, June 20, 2008. Bagheera, By Any Other Name: My Black Panther. Originall published on Desicritics. Yesterday, I was reading stories of Jim Corbett, the legendary man-eating tiger killer. I found it strange that at the exact time I was writing the initial draft of this article that Jason Bellows, on April 29th. 2008 was engaged in writing something just as interesting about the same topic, A Large-Hearted Gentleman. Do you remember your home in the jungle of the Nepal terrai? 8221; When asked if sh...
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Harold Bergsma's Blog: 01/21/09
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Supersized Kids - Don't Do What America Does. Originally published on Desicritics. I watched a group of school kids being shepherded by their teachers on a cultural outing to the San Diego Zoo. There were two children who were lean and athletic. Twenty others were, shall I say, fat! Of course I am being nostalgic for the ‘good old days’ where what was ‘cool’ was what was Nepali or Thai. Are those days gone forever? 8220;Where have all the chaplis gone, long time passing?
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Harold Bergsma's Blog: 09/25/07
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Memories of Chinars - Kashmiri Treasures. Originally published 9/17/07 on Desicritics. What brings back precious memories to you? Smells, sights, sounds, kinesthetic sensations? The fragrance of Scheherazade perfume on an elevator? The glint of sunshine on jet black hair? The sound of a tinkling laugh that turns your head? The hard mace-like seeds of the Chinar crunching underfoot? The name Suffering Moses? 8220; Thank Emperor Akbar. A huge bowl of whipped cream from the milk...
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