The efficacy or life of a new idea depends upon whether it is able to stir up controversy. After all, anything novel or transformative is bound to disturb some political
Arriving recently at Mohandas K Gandhi's samadhi in Rajghat, we asked the caretakers at the office for the visitor's book from the previous day, to see
We had to wait till 2009 before someone thought of knitting a song around the ubiquitous sound, dhantaran! This 'expression' does not have a Southasian origin as far
Closed-circuit television clips now offer an unprecedented ringside view of blasts, blood and carnage, making voyeurs of us all. Often, the suicide bombers of the Southasian Northwest tend to blow
In this column, we report on sig-nificant developments and new ideas relating to articles which appeared in past issues of liimal.
THE TUKIS OF DOLAKHA
"Tukis" are agricultural
Talking Language
Careening on a auto-rickshaw around New and Old Delhi while researching our cover feature on migration, we discovered that you don´t need English, Hindi or Punjabi to
HIMAL HAS WORKED single-mindedly i over the last eight years to address the concerns of the inhabitants of the Himalaya. What it did was necessary and important, delving deep into
This issue of Himal has a more than our usual variety of articles, traversing as we do the Far Eastern Himalaya to Jumla, the Nepal tarai, and Chang Thang.
The
Dare a Nepali from the midhills of Nepal write an article about Bhutan, more particularly an analysis of the innermost challenges before Drukpa society today? Can a Bengali do justice
As remote control switches from Islamabad, New Delhi and Kathmandu open up restricted areas for tourism, Baltis, Sherpas, Ladakhis and Lobas are suddenly spollghted. The high valleys are playing host
Quite a lew readers were taken aback when we brought out our Literature Issue (May/Jun 1993).We think it was a pleasant surprise to most, and now feel that
In the headlong rush from producing one Himal to preparing another, this column (meant to communicate with readers) tends to receive short shrift. So hello again, afteralengthy hiatus.
Firstly, we
