As a traveler who has come to the Nepal Himalaya over 30 times, I have studied closely the trends in Himalayan tourism, particularly as it relates to Japanese visitors. Recently,
Since the early 1970s, shrill alarms have been sounded that because of deforestation Nepal is in danger of being washed away into the Bay of Bengal. Indeed, as one approaches
Every Five Year Plan since Indian independence has focussed on eliminating poverty. Yet, 40 years later, about half of the population still lives below the poverty line. The poor are
Recently, we have all heard declarations on the virtues of privatisation in Nepal. They come from the large Nepali business houses, the global capitalist states, and financial organisations like the
Every year, uncontrolled flooding in the Brahmaputra and Ganges river basins results in loss of life, damage to crops, dwellings and other properties, contamination of water supplies, the spreading of
Much water — most of it polluted — has flowed under the bridge since the Stockholm Conference of 1972, when most non-Western Governments rejected environmentalism as a Western fad. However, there is
Like the waters that rush down these mountain slopes, many other things seem to have a penchant for moving down and out of the mountains — the soils, the people and
The Indian Supreme Court's August 1988 decision against limestone quarrying in Doon Valley was vindication of grassroots activism. By their awareness and action, the Valley's people
M.A. Chitale of India's Central Water Commission does not give up. Yet again, there is a flurry of consternation over his proposal to cover Himalayan snows with
The sudden crop of urbane books on Garhwal have brought forth strident criticism from certain locals, indignant at outsiders daring to say more about this neglected corner of the Himalaya.
On 5 May, the television watchers around the world were served with live coverage of the China-Japan-Nepal Friendship Expedition to Everest 1988 conquering the highest real estate in the world.
