At a time when the world was entering into the twenty-first century, profound
changes were underway in the sphere of economic policy making at both global
and national levels. It was already establi
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This collection of writings taken from a variety of source provides wide-ranging perspective on the Maoist insurrection to inform readers of the many facets of Nepal's internal conflict. The selection
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The subject for this study is the terton Gshen-chen Klu-dga, a crucial figure in the development of Bon as an organised religion after the eleventh century. It includes an exhaustive annotated bibliog
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The past decade has been an eventful one for Nepal. It has featured thwarted attempts at democracy, a royal massacre and a coup, and finally, almost incredibly, Maoist guerrillas coming over ground, w
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The snow leopard of central Asia is one of the rarest of all big cats—perhaps the most beautiful, least-studied endangered species on earth. This is the extraordinary account of the first scient
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This book examines in rich detail the lives, struggles and strategies of South Asian activists seeking to advance various political, social and environmental causes. Through a series of case studies f
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He Worked in a half light, huge and cheerful, his movement not so much graceful as unshakably assured, his energy almost demonic. He had a tremendous, bursting, elemental infectious, glorious vitality
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Water and Culture ------------------------------------------- 1
River and Nepalese Culture --------------------------------- 15
Ponds, Lakes and Kunda in Nepali Culture
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During the early 1960s, as the Chinese army clamped down on Tibetans' freedom to move about, engage in trade, and practice their religion, the residents of Ru, an old Tibetan trading village and site
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Aziz?s quest to understand two women from the Arun Valley and Manakamana who
undertook important political and civil rights work. Yogamaya employed religious ideals
in a non-violent challenge to Nep
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