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JacobGodshallFirstEssay 3 - 29 May 2017 - Main.JacobGodshall
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| | | Manoj left Bhojpur when he was sixteen because the Maoist insurgents put their rifles in his face and ordered him to carry their bags of rice. I once asked him what he thought of the Communist Party of Nepal, now that they were leading the coalition government. “They weren’t willing to work then, they will not work now.” | |
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< | We arrive at the district court at afternoon tea. The courthouse is more like a courtyard with open space in the middle and small rooms lining the outside. I later learn this used to be a horse stable. Nepali men in suits and topis stand outside talking, sipping milk tea. I get two cups for Manoj and I, successfully convincing the Didi to give me just black with no sugar. Scanning the crowd, Manoj spots the Tulo Manche standing in a circle with some other lawyers. He walks over, standing a few feet away, patiently and somewhat apprehensively waiting for his chance. I turn away and look around some more, seeing the prisoners for the first time. | >
> | We arrive at the district court at afternoon tea. The courthouse is more like a courtyard with open space in the middle and small rooms lining the outside. I later learn this used to be a horse stable. Nepali men in suits and topis stand outside talking, sipping milk tea. I get two cups for Manoj and me, successfully convincing the Didi to give me just black with no sugar. Scanning the crowd, Manoj spots the Tulo Manche standing in a circle with some other lawyers. He walks over, standing a few feet away, patiently and somewhat apprehensively waiting for his chance. I turn away and look around some more, seeing the prisoners for the first time. | | | They sit in lines, handcuffed together in strings of ten. They are dressed in street clothes, the typical knock-off brands of Nepal--sweatshirts and jackets with American corporate brands like Facebook, Apple and Angry Birds, shirts silk screened with photos of Sid Vicious. Their chief expression is of boredom, and I think at this moment that this is the only emotion that can overcome fear. For they are so young, and I can’t imagine what jail would be like in Nepal. | | | important.
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