Travels in Nepal: The Sequestered Kingdom
Charlie Pye-Smith Aurum Press, London 1988, 12.95 Pounds
Review by Miriam Poser
The title of this well-written book is very misleading. It is
In this column, we report on significant developments and new ideas relating to articles which appeared in past issues of Himal.
TENGBOCHE: WHAT WENT UP IN FLAMES? (Jan/Feb 1989)
While many international donors search oul exotic locales such as the Khombu or Thak Khola to conduct their
aid activity, others shun the limelight and persevere in remote areas. One
In this column, we report on significant developments and new ideas relating to articles which appeared in past issues.
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT (July 1988)
The
A successful Kathmandu cardiologist who had made a name for himself treating the rich and powerful was suddenly jolted into an acute awareness of the entrenched poverty and endemic disease
HIMALAYAS
by Blanche C. Olschak, Augusto Gansser and Andreas Gruscke
Facts on File 288 pp. U$ 40, 1988 Now translated from German into English, this 288-page illustrated volume is a
A Classful Of Gods And Goddesses
Ruth Higbie
Boxwood Press, California
U$ 12,50. 1988
Review by Jay a raj Acharya
Ruth Higbie´s book is a well written persona]
Staying Alive Women, Ecology And Survival in India
Vandana Shiva Kali for Women IRs 60, 1988
Review by Vlalavika Karlekar Vandana Shiva´s impassioned plea, "…the violence to nature,
FOLLOW-UP
In this page, we report on significant developments and new ideas relating to articles which appeared in past issues. What follows concerns Hi ma I´ s coverage in the
Through its childcare programme, working through our balwadi centres, the Bhuvaneshwari Mahila Ashram is trying to protect the "rights of the child" in every respect. Our programe therefore
Ten years ago, Swami Manmathan, known across for his crusades against religious superstition, illiteracy and environmental degradation across Garhwal, stopped by at Anjanisain, a small village some 50 kilometres from
The oracle has spoken. The reader of English books in India is a rich, lonely, serious, young man. The images evoked by this sentence could make it the opening line
