Climbing expeditions to K-2 normally approach the peak from Islamabad, travelling up the Karakoram Highway to Baltistan and to the base of the mountain. In April this year, however, an
Two recent books on Nepal's Tarai over-emphasise Mithila and ignore Tharu culture.
The vernacular art and architecture of this unique people in photographs and drawings so that it
Between the Trisuli and the Sun Kosi, north of Kathmandu, lies a cluster of peaks which has been divided into two himals, Lang tang and Jugal. These two ranges actually
The celebrated death of a Sherpa woman climber on Chomolongma seems to have served the purpose of politicians and journalists far removed from mountaineering.
A World Bank mission arrives in Nepal in mid-May to appraise the feasibility of the modified Arun III scheme, affectionately known as "Baby Arun". This rather oversized baby
Long before the first sightings of the Central Himalaya by intrepid colonial adventurers, the Newars of Kathmandu woke up everyday to the sight of the formidable Ganesh, Langtang, Jugal and
It is necessary to delienate the scope of `Himalaya'. It turns out, however, that this is a subjective exercise.
The Himalaya does not stand alone in the northern reaches
Separating the upper watersheds of the t3 Sunkosi and Tamakosi riven north-east of Kalhmandu is a long saw-tooth ridge of black rock known as the Pamari Himal or Lapchi Kang
In the summer of 1982, I was conducting ethnographic research on Tibetan pastoralists in Langtang Valley north-west of Kathmandu Valley. When I was not conducting interviews, studying the Kyirong Tibetan
I am a Nepali who has lived abroad for the past ten years, and have visited Kathmandu about once a year during the period. The annual visits have provided me
As politicians, planners and administrators continue their ostrich-like response to the Valley\´s ills and woes, one might well ask where all this "development" is leading. As we
Forests on the Valley rim have a heavy burden: they must help maintain bio-diversity, sustain the rural population, and prepare for the recreational needs of an urbanising Valley floor.
The
