After a long history of isolated stagnation, Nepali society is entering 'times of trouble'. The stress of change is everywhere—the economy, the environment, religious practices, relations among
When the travel bug bites, first buy a guide book, or buy them all. A review of travel tomes.
The preface to Donald Maclntyre's Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and
They stopped him above Tista where the road curved up into the vicious climb called Kaazimaan-ko-ukkaalo: each armed with a long curved knife and the tallest dangled a
There is a glacier lake up in Rolwaling Himal above the settlement of Bed ing that is about to rupture. An earthquake or avalanche is likely to break the weak,
The responsibility of nations takes on multiple dimensions when a particular group of refugees bear affinity OT connections with more than one country. Such is the case with the Bhutanese
Dawa Tsering is the longest-serving foreign minister in the world. While he denied Himal entry into Bhutan, Lyonpo (minister) Tsering agreed to respond to questions by fax. (Readers should
Bhutan today teeters on the edge of geopolitical ruin. It could tip over, or it could recover in time. It is, basically, up to King Jigme Singye Wangchuk.
In 1990,
Are hill economies condemned to remain at the fringes, surviving as appendages to the plains? Or is there a path of development for them that is autonomous, different, creative? Unless
Teacher is always saying marrying young helps; and when he says it he holds his five-year-old daughter like she was a piece of evidence.
Teacher, dear eyes, thinning,
On 18 May 1994, five Nepali soldiers serving with the United Nations contingent in Mogadishu were killed by Somali gunmen, and one was later abducted from hospital.
The gurkha with
