Lhotshampas, the Nepali-speaking people of southern Bhutan, are being forcibly evicted from their country by an elite that fears demographic inundation. Such fears are understandable, but not the method of
According to Kuensel (23 May 1992), a gang of terrorists gunned down Chimi Dorji, the Dungpa, or sub-district officer, of Geylegphug, as he was returning home from Taklai village. Dorji,
The Thimpu Government shames every other South Asian government in its ability to charm and manipulate the media. With an expertly choreographed programme of depopulation in progress, the Government had
Although both are generically called 'Drukpas', the world knows of Bhutan through the pastoral/peasant Ngalung society of western Bhutan rather than the forest dwelling Sarchops of the
Blurry definitions needlessly target the Nepalis of India. Terminology must come to the rescue.
A 'nomenclative crisis' today confronts all Nepali speakers in India. What to call oneself?
After 25 years of persevering belligerence, Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered the three cities of the Kathmandu Valley in 1769. One year later, on 23 March, he shifted his capital to
According to official figures, about 98 per cent of the 110 million people of Bangladesh are Bengalis — part of the larger Bengali population in the Indian states of West Bengal,
Historically discriminated because of their proximity to Kathmandu Valley, Tamangs demand alternative development models and a political structure that provides hope.
That same beauty had impressed me during a brief visit to Nepal in 1968, when I worked at Boris Lissanevitch´s famous Royal Hotel. A vague urge had pulled me
If there is one "melting pot" in the Himalayan region, it is the north-eastern region of India, particularly the "mother state" of Assam. Here, six different
Nepal has been aptly described as Asia´s ethnic turn-table. It is the land of interface between the oriental Kirant (Mongoloid) and occidental Khas a (Caucasoid) people. The former migrated
