Journalists from across the Himalayan region convened at the Hotel Summit in Patan on 22 and 23 June to examine "Media and the Himalaya". The 17 participants arrived
Docile even in the face of the loss of a kingdom, could it be that decades later the Bhutia and Lepcha are finding their voice, to try and protect what
For Tibetans, Yamdrok Yurntso is a 'La-tso'(repository of spiritual power) mystically linked with the fortunes of their land and nation. 'Yumtso' or 'turquoise
An emaciated Sunderial Bahuguna agreed on 27 June to end his protest fast after Uttar Pradesh Governor Motilal Vora arrived by helicopter from Lucknow with assurances that Prime Minister P.
Harnessing all of Nepal´s hydropower resource would require the building of about 60 run-of-river power plants and 30 reservoir/dam projects in the middle hills. The construction
While opponents of dam-building base their protests on issues of compensation, rehabilitation, submergence, seismic hazards, religious sentiments and cultural intrusion, in essence what is happening is that highlanders have
"His Majesty's Government, taking into consideration the pressure on the environment of the Khumbu region and to lessen the pressure in the area and to conserve the
The extraction of the Tharu is veiled in the haze of undocumented history. It is true that life is not permanent and history is not destiny, but it is nevertheless useful to ask, Who are the Tharu?
"The plane should come tomorrow," Hari was explaining patiently. "It left Nepalganj on time this morning but it had to turnback over Kalikot. The reported visibility there
Soon after Upper Mustang opened to tourism in 1992, a number of travel guides surfaced in the market. Promising to lead the German speakers up to the walled city of
