In these volumes Mary Slusser has documented and illustrated the origins and evolution of the remarkable Nepalese civilization that evolved in the Kathmandu Valley - known for much of its long history ... .. read
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What happens when a highly segmented, traditional society begins to experiment with modern, basically alien political concepts in order to accelerate national development? This is the question that Jo ... .. read
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Clint Rogers explores the entrepreneurial Manang community and their rise to economic success. With an in-depth view of their emergence as prominent international traders in the 1960s and later as tou ... .. read
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Articles:
Yasuko Fujikura - Borders and boundaries in the era of AIDS: Trafficking in women and prostitution in Nepal. Page 1-35
Devraj Humagain – Radio Nepalka karyakram: Ardhasatabdiko s ... .. read
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Editorial: Mary Des Chene
In the Name of Bikas Page 259-270
Articles:
Tatsuro Fujikura - Technologies of Improvement, Locations of Culture: American Discourses of Democracy and 'Community Develo ... .. read
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Martin Gaenszle with Nutan D. Sharma - Nepali kings and Kasi: On the changing significance of a sacred centre. Page 1-33
Rhoderick Chalmers - Pandits and pulp fiction: popular publishi ... .. read
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Kathmandu, Newar Buddhist girls as young as two years old are selected to become living incarnations of the Hindu goddess Taleju. Called 'Kumaris', the children are worshiped daily by both priests and ... .. read
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The book is a bold exploration of certain controversial issues that relate to the everyday life of Hindu women. As Michael Allen says, it is "a collection of quite brilliant essays that I feel certain ... .. read
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Mesocosm offers an entirely new understanding of the role of a traditional Hindu city In the lives, of Its. Inhabitants. Formerly the capital of Nepal, the city of Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley wa ... .. read
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The dictionary covers the colloquial, spoken language. It is certainly
not complete, but it is comparable in scope to existing bilingual Limbu-
English dictionaries apart from the completed but stil ... .. read
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