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Book SynopsisA VSO volunteer is posted to Tajikistan to work for a local agricultural extension organisation as an economic adviser. This memoir is the story of his encounters with the people of this remote and little known Central Asian republic - his own Sentimental Journey to a place that once formed part of the Soviet Union.
Table of ContentsPART I: PROLOGUE; 1 FOOTNOTES & ANNEXES; PART II: BECAUSE IT'S THERE; 2 ABDULMAJID-I; PART III: DEPARTURE; 3 DEPARTURE-I; 4 TAJIKISTAN; 5 HANGING AROUND; PART IV: THE NEEDS OF STRANGERS; 6 ABDULMAJID-II; PART V: DUSHANBE; 7 THE ASSETS OF DUSHANBE; 8 THE STATION OFFICE; 9 KIS; PART VI: MOVING ON; 10 I'M KT BOUND!; PART VII: KHATLON-I; 11YOVON-I; 12 WORK-I; 13 SWORDE-TEPPA; 14 FARHOR; 15 ABDULMAJID-III; 16 ON THE ROAD; PART VIII: KHATLON-II; 17 BEING THERE; 18 PYANJ-I; 19 WORK-II; 20 YOVON-II; PART IX: GIFTS; 21ABDULMAJID-IV; PART X: KHATLON-III; 22LOSING IT; 23TURKEYS - A SAVING GRACE?; 24PYANJ-II; PART XI: ?; 25BUT HOW IS IT TO BE DONE?; PART XII: COMING AND GOING; 26DEPARTURE-II; 27RETURN; 28RESOLUTION; 29ABDULMAJID-V; 30DEPARTURE-III; PART XIII: EPILOGUE; 31AND NOW?; ANNEXES; ANNEX I:INTERFERENCE - THE AGENCY'S MO; ANNEX II:AGRICULTURE IN TAJIKISTAN; II ACOTTON; II BLAND REFORM; II CFARM DEBT; SOURCES OF INFORMATION; Documents; Films; Websites;
