Joanna Lumley in Nepal Championing the Gurkha cause
By Chryssa Kanellakis-Reimer The first thing you notice about Joanna Lumley these days is the way she pronounces Nepal. She is delighted to be in Nep-hal, she tells us, in her incredibly posh, unmistakeably upper-class voice. It’s neither Ne-paul, nor Ne-pall, but an entirely different sound, a whisper almost; never before has this country’s name sounded so glamorous.
There is much more, of course, to the actress-turned campaigner than a mesmerising voice. There is a pretty face to go with it, the tall, lean body, the blonde bob and impeccable manners. But above all there is passion. It is this, more than anything else, that has made her so successful in championing the Gurkha cause.
Nepal Gurkhas name beauty spot after 'Ab Fab' star
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Friday, 31 July 2009 10:40
KATHMANDU — A beauty spot in Nepal with a view over some of the most spectacular Himalayan peaks has been named after British actress Joanna Lumley, a Gurkha veterans' group said Friday.
By Ryan Parry and Graham Brough Joanna Lumley today pleads for an army of Mirror readers to again demand justice for the brave Gurkhas who fought for Britain.The Ab-Fab Read more
Kathmandu, July 24 (AFP) Nepal&aposs Gurkhas are planning a hero&aposs welcome for British actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley when she makes her first-ever visit to the Himalayan nation tomorrow. Read more
KATHMANDU: British actress Joanna Lumley, who became the most recognised face in her own country of the British Gurkha soldiers’ fight for an end to discrimination, will be arriving in Nepal on Read more
Nicola SmithWHEN Joanna Lumley flies into Nepal today for a week-long “victory tour”, the first in line to greet her will be Gyanendra Rai, a Falklands veteran, who is one Read more
Kathmandu, July 24 (AFP) Nepal&aposs Gurkhas are planning a hero&aposs welcome for British actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley when she makes her first-ever visit to the Himalayan nation tomorrow. Read more
Gurkhas welcome Joanna Lumley in Nepal 'homecoming'
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 10:30
She may have saved the world as Purdey from The New Avengers, but Joanna Lumley can surely never have dreamed of such a hero’s welcome to a strange land.
Kathmandu, July 24 (AFP) Nepal&aposs Gurkhas are planning a hero&aposs welcome for British actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley when she makes her first-ever visit to the Himalayan nation tomorrow.
WHEN Joanna Lumley flies into Nepal today for a week-long “victory tour”, the first in line to greet her will be Gyanendra Rai, a Falklands veteran, who is one of the first to benefit from her campaign for Gurkha rights.
Rai will be among about 2,000 Gurkhas flocking to Kathmandu airport to cheer on the actress who helped to secure a High Court ruling that grants them the right to resettle in Britain.
KATHMANDU: British actress Joanna Lumley, who became the most recognised face in her own country of the British Gurkha soldiers’ fight for an end to discrimination, will be arriving in Nepal on a six-day visit Sunday for a first-hand assessment of the conditions of war veterans, many of whom are reduced to beggingwill be arriving in Nepal on a six-day visit Sunday for a first-hand assessment of the conditions of war veterans, many of whom are reduced to begging.
British actress Joanna Lumley, who was the public face of a successful campaign to win British Gurkhas the right to live in the United Kingdom, termed Nepal her home on Monday. “I am very happy that I have come home,” said the 63-year-old “Absolutely Fabulous” star after being felicitated by hundreds of British Gurkhas and their family members in Kathmandu.
Gurkha Justice Campaign -- a victim of its own success?
ALEX MCPHERSON
Gurkha veterans from across Nepal are putting the finishing touches on their ‘Ayo Joanna’ banners to welcome the renowned British actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley when she touches down at Tribhuvan Airport on Sunday afternoon, July 26th.
Whilst the veterans are preparing to celebrate their recently-won right to settle in the UK, there have been unconfirmed reports that up to 800 Gurkha places might be axed from the Brigade over the coming year. Commentators have been fast to make a link between the two: the Gurkha Justice Campaign (GJC), in its success, has made Gurkhas more costly to the British Army, and therefore damaged them in the long run.
