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Himals prototype issue, published in May 1987, dealt in detail with the pollution problems of Kathmandu. It was entitled, ´The Valley Chokes". Among other things, the issue raised
On 13 October 1991, Himal organised a panel discussion to cover a limited range of issues on the present and future of Kathmandu Valley. Three themes on the deteriorating social,
Perhaps the urban residents of Kathmandu, in their cosmopolitan and west ward-looking straitjacket, would be more willing to preserve some of what they still have if they stopped and considered
Banepa, an old market town of 15,000, situated along a long and narrow vale just outside the eastern rim of Kathmandu Valley, is ideally located to serve as a
"Gurkhas to Go" – The Independent, Kathmandu, 10 July
British Gurkhas to Stay" – British Embassy press release, 24 July
On 4 June, the Ministry of Defence in London
These hills of central Nepal run on Gurkha remittances, but is the money being used productively?
The rural hinterland of Palpa, Gulmi, Syangja and Arghakhanchi in central Nepal is Magar
On 21 June, Himal organised a discussion in Kathmandu entitled "To Fight Or Not to Fight: Nepalis in Foreign Uniform." Below is a summary of the discussion in
Himal editors Kanak Mani Dixit and Kesang Tseten met with the Dalai Lama at "Thekchencholing", his Dharamsala residence, in early-February. Excerpts:
Himal: What led you to dissolve the
There are many individuals and institutions engaged in different aspects of AIDS research and treatment in India. Not surprisingly, there is not always a meeting of minds. To get to
The tourist brochures about Nepal invariably look to the hills, and the rhetoric of the national identity is derived from the mountainous regions of the country. Nepal's southern
