Mountain rescue techniques in the Himalaya have been fashioned after rescue systems in the Alps and the American Rockies. The tendency has been to concentrate on sophisticated helicopter based rescue
Those of us working in the mountaineering trade as sardars, guides and porters have seen a consistent pattern of commercialisation among some of those from the West who come to
Perhaps the most traumatic period in the life of girls in "high caste" Hindu society is the onset of menstruation. The pubescent girl, besides having to deal with
"What age do you prefer?"
"Dark or fair, skinny or well built?"
"To a lodge or to your own house?"
"For the afternoon
Bombay's red light district is notorious for being the endpoint of a flesh trade that has taken thousands of young Nepali girls from the poverty of hill villages
When the United Nations Decade for Women ended in 1985, there was unspoken relief among many people that the "women in development thing" was finally over and life
The list of endangered species of the Himalaya includes the Royal Bengal Tiger, snow leopard and musk deer, but does not include the mithun, the semi-wild cattle that inhabit the
Nepal's Infant Stock Market Gets Cracking
Immediately after Kathmandu's stock exchange was opened in 1984, a letter arrived from a village in West Nepal with an
In the chill of the evening by the banks of the Bhagirathi River near Uttar Kashi, the stars are beginning to show as Mahant Shankar Puri raises his voice in
Nepali's living under palm trees and close to long white sand beaches? A contradiction in terms, one would think. Yet 10,000 Nepalis live on an island in
By the time Indian President R. Venkataraman inaugurated Bhutan's massive Chukha Hydro Electric Project on 21 October, it had already become the nation's leading employer and
Experts at the Floods Information Centre in Dhaka began to get concerned towards the last week of August because of heavy rainfall in Bangladesh and in the catchment areas of
