Michael KoboldAug 2, 201919 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - PART 13Dr. Richard Fuisz, the retired CIA operative, reached into his jacket pocket and produced a brand new Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera. “Here,...
Michael KoboldJul 26, 201913 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 12“Michael has a very generous present for you, general,” U.S. Ambassador Alaina Teplitz said to General Rajendra Chettri, the chief of the...
Michael KoboldJul 19, 201916 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 11“Mr. Kobold is a friend of the president, please give him an all access pass,” Bill Clinton’s aide said to the security officer,...
Michael KoboldJul 12, 201921 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 10“This is excellent,” wrote Sam Pitroda, the chairman of Indian Overseas Congress, the international outreach body of Rahul Gandhi’s...
Michael KoboldJul 6, 201922 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 9Prithivi Pande is without equal in the lofty worlds of investment banking, art-collecting and politics. The self-made tycoon is the...
Michael KoboldJul 5, 201930 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 8In order to improve his news conglomerate’s public image, Kantipur's owner, Kailash Sirohiya, hired Anup Kaphle as the Kathmandu Post’s...
Michael KoboldJul 4, 201927 min THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES -Part 7July 4, 2019 “America sucks,” Professor Jack Roseman said, smiling broadly, “it sucks, but I always remind everyone that it’s still by...
Michael KoboldJul 2, 201923 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 6On July 1, 2019, the Nepal national chapter of Rotary International inducted Kiran Lal Shrestha as it’s new governor of district 3209. In...
Michael KoboldJul 2, 201928 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 5Gautam “G2” Rana was born into a life of immense privilege. The grandson of the last hereditary prime minister of Nepal, G2 purported to...
Michael KoboldJul 1, 201925 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 4In 2012, after the headline-grabbing Everest summit rock controversy had simmered down, I discovered that Namgel and Thundu Sherpa did...
Michael KoboldJun 29, 201940 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part III“Namaste Michael, I have been following you and your brand since my childhood days,” Kamal BK wrote via Facebook messenger. “I urge you...
Michael KoboldJun 29, 201921 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part IIFive days after publishing Part One of The Nepal Controversies, and after I contacted the Kathmandu Post's editor-in-chief, Anup Kaphle,...
Michael KoboldJun 21, 20191 minThe Fire Truck Expedition short filmPresented by Malcolm McDowell alias Maiko McDonald.
Michael KoboldJun 18, 201933 minTHE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part I In December of 2018, the biggest English-language newspaper in Nepal, the Kathmandu Post, published the first of six front-page,...
Michael KoboldJun 18, 20193 min6th Anniversary of James Gandolfini's Passing Six Years after James Gandolfini died in Rome, the Fire Truck Expedition carries on the great actor's spirit. James Gandolfini was more...
Michael KoboldJun 18, 20191 minDocumentary Film: Start DiggingThe proverb "we start digging the well when we see the smoke on the roof," sums up the laissez faire attitude of the Nepalese people. Yet...
Michael KoboldJun 18, 20193 minShoulders of giants: how the dream almost became realityA project as ambitious as the fire truck expedition cannot be successful without a team of very talented and dedicated professionals....
Michael KoboldJun 18, 20191 minEthics in JournalismThe Kathmandu Post is run by a former Washington Post writer. When he moved to Nepal, Anup Kaphle forgot the rules of professional...