"The Kathmandu elite, in its wisdom, ignored [India's] advice ... and India decided that if that was to be the case, the possibility of strife and confrontation at the border would increase and the constitution would not have Indian support," Prashant Jha, a journalist and author of Battles of The New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal, told VICE News.
"If you do not have enough staff on the landings then problems such as prisoners not being able to get enough clean shorts or pillow cases will cause all sorts of strife," he said.
In the case of the Newbys, the strife between Mrs. Newby and her husband, Tom, 42, whose work in commercial flooring dried up last year as well, has cooled after flaring in the crucible of unemployment, but the embers remain.
Some say Angola will be among the world's top five performers again this year, with growth exceeding 8%.After four decades of strife, Angola was a basket case.
Both now live in the West (Mr. Abidin in Helsinki and Mr. Alsoudani in New York City), but their works reference a collective memory of strife and hardship — in Mr. Abidin's case, with a touch of humor.
After four decades of strife, many Angolans prefer stability to freedom.In any case, progress is being made.
But signs of strife were there.
/ Has it been so full of strife?
Maybe thoughts of strife were not so distant after all.
The level of strife had risen with each successive rebellion.
