HIMAL HAS WORKED single-mindedly i over the last eight years to address the concerns of the inhabitants of the Himalaya. What it did was necessary and important, delving deep into
This issue of Himal has a more than our usual variety of articles, traversing as we do the Far Eastern Himalaya to Jumla, the Nepal tarai, and Chang Thang.
The
Essays on North-East India Milton. S, Sangnta, Editor Indus Publishing Company, Delhi, 1994 ISBN 81 7387 015 2 IRs400
Published to commemorate the life and works of the late V.
Dare a Nepali from the midhills of Nepal write an article about Bhutan, more particularly an analysis of the innermost challenges before Drukpa society today? Can a Bengali do justice
Jyoti Basu (1914-2010) slipped into the night. He was a lifelong Marxist and Communist, and was the Chief Minister of Bengal from 1977 to 2000. Basu's service to
Tenzing Gyatso on Saddam Hussein and German U-Boats
The Dalai Lama, more than any other present day leader in South Asia (he might be Central Asian, but for the moment
Barefoot Amchis of Ladakh
As Ladakh develops and opens up, young Ladakhis see their future as tourist guides, soldiers and businessmen. Traditional professions are falling out of favour, and one
As remote control switches from Islamabad, New Delhi and Kathmandu open up restricted areas for tourism, Baltis, Sherpas, Ladakhis and Lobas are suddenly spollghted. The high valleys are playing host
Quite a lew readers were taken aback when we brought out our Literature Issue (May/Jun 1993).We think it was a pleasant surprise to most, and now feel that
Out! Out! Potato Blight!
The fungus that caused the infamous Irish potato blight of then 1840s is once again spreading throughout the world and threatening a crop that has become
CNAS, Tribhuvan University Katbmandu
Vol 18 No 2 (July 1991) of Contributions to Nepalese Studies containstwo book reviews—JayarajAcharya´s^Dcscri/Jfi´ve Grammar of Nepali and an Analyzed Corpus
