This glossary of terms accompanies Ratik Asokan’s translation of select portions of Phanishwar Nath Renu’s Nepali Kranti Katha, published in Himal Southasian as Phanishwar Nath Renu’s story of Nepal’s 1950–51 insurrection. The terms are arranged in order of appearance.
Nepal is divided into three main geographical regions: the plains of the Tarai in the south, historically poor and marginalised; the middle hills of the Pahad, both culturally and politically dominant; and the high mountains of the Himal in the north.
