Generally, in the Himalaya, the poor population eats vegetarian food, consuming meat only on special occasions. The situation, however, is quite different for the burgeoning middle and upper-middle classes. Although,
Dentist say there is a 100 percent correlation between diet and tooth decay; and that the worst thing in diet is the eating of refined sugar as found in candy
Eating conventions are in a state of flux as Himalayan communities open up to outside influence. While the most dramatic transformations are in the urban middle-class diet, changes in rural eating habits and nutrition are potentially more hazardous.
High on a pass, a day´s walk east of Bhojpur in Nepal, porter Krishna Bahadur Limbu slurps up a bowl of noodles before heaving his doko of grain and
The bulk of tourists in the Himalaya do it the way the others do it. But there is a breed that marches to a different beat. They do "alternative
"People from the United States and Canada have everything that money can buy and yet they still want something. That you can't buy with money." – Chundak
There is no doubt that tourism is vulnerable to a number of pressures that can seriously hamper efforts at promoting "traffic" to destinations. Should a situation arise in
Since it cautiously opened its borders 13 to foreign visitors in 1974, following the coronation of HM King Jigme Singhe Wangchuk, Bhutan has been earning about U$2 million a
The Himalaya has taken to tourism in a big way. International visitors are swelling the high valleys from Chitral in Pakistan, eastward through Manali, Thak Khola, Khumbu, Sandakpu to Wangdiphodrang
On a cold spring morning, if one looks up from the wide mountain highway that leads up from Kalka, the bright sunshine, striking the smoke billowing from thousands of coal
The Nepali Government's commitment to providing "Health for All" by Year 2000 is a laudable aim. If there is one country that should be concerned about
There was a time when, with great craftsmanship and skill, the village people of Nepal built their own bridges. Temporary spans were built with bamboo ropes, twisted vines and matted
