On 21 June, Himal organised a discussion in Kathmandu entitled "To Fight Or Not to Fight: Nepalis in Foreign Uniform." Below is a summary of the discussion in
Is royalty being paid by the British or Indian governments, either to the Nepali Government or to some other entity, for the privilege of recruiting Gurkha soldiers? It certainly began
The perception of insecurity in South Asia is today more marked than before, and water appears to be a key component of this new insecurity.
In the 1990s, water may
Pakistan's feuding provinces have at last agreed to share the precious waters of the mighty Indus River. But there is new doubt about whether the plan is politically
In 1929, the British reached an agreement with Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shumshere to an unequal swap. India would build the Sarda Barrage on the border river of Mahakali in
lndo-Nepal water negotiations are muddied by Nepalis who come without doing their homework, Indians who tend to have an overbearing attitude, and donor agencies which have yet to be made
Almost every Tibetan refugee talks about that hope of the "return" which will happen, according to the conventional wisdom, when the Dalai Lama and Beijing come to a
In exile, Tibetan Buddhism adapts to new conditions and to new followers.
Karma Pemba is a 13-year-old Tibetan monk at the Thrangu Tashi Sholing monastery in Baudha. His parents fled
Tibetans have turned their ancient folk art into Nepal's top-ranking export.
One day in early 1960, when the Tibetan exiles were newcomers in Kathmandu, Jesuit priest Marshall D.
Himal editors Kanak Mani Dixit and Kesang Tseten met with the Dalai Lama at "Thekchencholing", his Dharamsala residence, in early-February. Excerpts:
Himal: What led you to dissolve the
The Sherpas of the Khumbu region look affluent, but they might not all be rolling in money.
Almost everyone has heard of the Sherpas through the literature of mountaineering and
The more you try to understand poverty in the Himalaya, the more confusing it gets. How does one gauge poorness? Is it material deprivation or is it a state of
