Nepal - Himal Southasian (Page 20)

Wild frontier: Valmiki-Chitwan-Parsa

Shouldn’t the tigers of a trans-boundary Nepal-Bihar forest area be given dual citizenship, so that they are protected on both sides?

By Samir Kumar Sinha

/ 31 Oct 2005

A very Maobaadi holiday

One of the more peculiar aspects of Nepal's decade-old internal conflict has been that, for the past few years, the autumnal Dasain festival has heralded a brief pause

By Deepak Thapa

/ 31 Oct 2005

Nepali vortex

Kahin aphnai bhurnarima Aphai paryau ki… "Have you got pulled into a vortex of your own making?" asks the opening lines of a song by the music maestro

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 24 Sep 2005

Looking back in BEWILDERMENT

The perplexity of Ram Sharan Mahat is palpable. He did everything according to the book of the Washington Consensus, and religiously followed every prescription of IMF-World Bank. The results weren&

By C K Lal

/ 1 Sep 2005

Royal regime change in Nepal

When King Gyanendra of Nepal conducted a military-backed coup on 1 February 2005, even those who thought it was drastic and ill advised had expected that he had 'a

By The Editors

/ 30 Jul 2005

The principle of the thing: Nepal’s king and the rule of law

Nepal's 1990 Constitution, wounded by the royal action of 1 February, must be revived and Parliament restored. The country must be saved from both the constitutional waywardness of a Pakistan and the legislative faint-heartedness of a United States of America.

By Aziz Huq

/ 22 Jul 2005

The Lhotshampa and Indian abandonment

The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) formally unveiled the draft of its constitution on 26 March 2005 with public ceremonies across the country. The Calcutta Statesman enthusiastically enumerated the '

By A.C. Sinha

/ 21 Jul 2005

Superhuman porters

It has always been believed that the porters of Nepal are the strongest load-carriers on Earth. With a strap that goes across their foreheads to carry the weight, they lean

By Benjamin Zeitlyn

/ 13 Jul 2005

A Nepal-Bangladesh win-win

Just a decade ago, the roof racks of passenger buses arriving in any one of Nepal's cities and towns would be piled high with firewood. All through the

By Rajendra Dahal

/ 1 Jul 2005

Tool of terror

The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Control and Punishment) Act, 2002 (TADA), was Nepal's reaction to a global apprehension of terrorism since the events of 11 September 2001, and

By The Editors

/ 31 Dec 2003

Women and the Maobaadi: Ideology and Agency in Nepal’s Maoist Movement

Two anthropologists examine the Maoists' claims of radical social transformation in the light of women's experiences on the ground. Based on fieldwork in several areas, they consider

By Judith Pettigrew and Sara Shneiderman

/ 31 Dec 2003

Trading off a jewel

The present Nepali dispensation has agreed to let India build a hydropower project that it (Nepal) holds dear. Let the terms be fair, however.

By Santa B Pun

/ 1 Nov 2003