She looked to be about the same age as my older girls, Goma, Karma, Anjali, and Nisha.

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"She was the brightest student in the classroom, " said a school friend who identified herself only as Nisha.

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After being introduced by Nisha Desai Biswal, USAID's Assistant Administrator for Asia, I heard from the women about their experiences in their respective fields.

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Eat at Nisha Restaurant or Craters Bar and Restaurant.

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Even more important than reform of state companies, says Nisha Agrawal, the World Bank's principal economist in Hanoi, is the government's attitude towards private ones.

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Until this year, says Nisha Taneja, a researcher at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, Pakistan let only 14 products enter by road.

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Nisha Agrawal, CEO of Oxfam India, agrees.

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