Nepal - Himal Southasian (Page 29)

An iconographic pilgrimage

The Nepalese Caitya by Niels Gutschow Lumbini International Research Institute, 1997 (Unpriced) 328 pp

By George Sioris

/ 1 Mar 1998

RAW WOUND

The leaking of the "interim report" of Justice M.C. Jain, who constituted the one-man commission to investigate the death of Rajiv Gandhi, has suddenly changed the course

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1998

King and Country

While the aloofness from the public behind dark glasses – the signature of King Mahendra – has long been abandoned by his son King Birendra, his advisers over at the Narayanhiti Royal

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 1997

No Revolution Without Democracy: No Democracy Without Revolution

The French Revolution did not need an ideol-ogy. Recent uprisings in Mexico and Peru have shown that oppressed people rising up against their tormentors do not necessarily need to call

By Peter Litnqueco

/ 1 Sep 1997

Nepali Cart Before Horse

When the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) declared a "People´s War" in February 1996 and attacked police posts in some areas in the Nepali hills, it came

By Shyam Shrestha

/ 1 Sep 1997

Himalayan Treasure

If the best of a commodity happens to come from the Himalaya, should it trade more cheaply in world markets than lesser brands simply because it is South Asian? Despite

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1997

Doom and gloom

If observers have been concerned about the squabbling parties and the resultant political downturn in Nepal, take a look at its economy. With the financial year coming to a close

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1997

Roads without borders

If one does not count the Indo-Pakistan land border, which has to have its own solutions, the problem of closed terrestrial crossings may be resolving itself elsewhere in South Asia.

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1997

Test of the treaty

Expectations were high in Bangladesh when the newly-signed Farakka Treaty came into effect on 1 January 1997. Bangladeshis swung into action to take advantage of the additional flows as the

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Left-right-left-right

Seven years is not a long time in a country´s political history. But during this period Nepal has seen unfettered political promiscuity. It is, to some, a horrific reflection

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Sins of statecraft

The Spring of 1990 ushered democracy to Nepal and with it the hope for the achievement of a more just society created by upright leaders commanding popular respect. Half a

By Dipak Gyawali

/ 1 Mar 1997

Monitoring the Monitors

For the last few years, every general election in a South Asian country has seen a group of individuals from the region fly off to monitor the polls. The South

By Sasanka Perera

/ 1 Mar 1997