Manjushree Thapa is the author of eight books of fiction and nonfiction, and several literary translations. Her work appears in the New York Times, the London Review of Books, the Globe and Mail, etc. Her latest novel is All of Us in Our Own Lives.
A visit to the hill districts of Dailekh, Kalikot and Jumla in west Nepal in February 2003, three weeks after the declaration of the ceasefire between government and Maoist forces, reveals that the much-touted female involvement in the Maoist movement is ethically problematic for the Communist Party
In mid-December, Amnesty International (AI) released a report holding state security forces accountable for the wide use of summary execution, torture and disappearance in the past year; Al also questioned
She giggled, then moaned, then hissed out laughter through her tightly clenched teeth. So many things were so, so urgently funny that day. Oh, everything was. Everything? She snorted deeply
So leaf; Upper Mustang tourism has meant the individual's gain and the community's loss.
Life was hectic enough before tourism came to Upper Mustang. In the
It is time to open up the "Forbidden Kingdom", so that it, like Lower Mustang, can benefit from tourism and development.
Lower Mustang, home of the Thakalis with
The portraiture and landscapes in Kathmandu galleries reflect an idealised Nepal that does not exist. Art must evolve to speak for all Nepalis and not just for its elite urban
