The Tharus could not have hid out in the jungle for aeons waiting to be discovered during the malaria eradication campaign of the 1950s. They must have a history of
The editors of Himal have asked me to write a brief note on why I write economic history. Having engaged in research and writing on the economic history of Nepal
Soda! Activism in the Uttar Pradesh hills has its origins back in the days when the British still ruled. Back then, too, the inhabitants of Kumaun and Garhwal were politically
Anondescript building by the Blackfriars Bridge, over the Thames in London, houses the Oriental and IndiaOffice Collections of the British Library. Despite its unassuming looks, it is the repository of
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa has been enshrined in Nepal´s national consciousness as an authentic heroine, her legend established: need anything more be said?
Decidedly, yes. The article in Himal of
The situation in Southeast Nepal will become explosive if the Bhutanese refugees stay there much longer. Meanwhile, their leaders concentrate on running each other down.
The screening camp set up
Nepali and non-Nepali modern-day historians of Nepal have a lot to answer for.
Two decades ago, addressing a gathering of social scientists in Kathmandu. historian Ludwig R Stiller
The English edition of the classic French work by Bernard Pignede, The Gurungs (1966), has recently been brought out by Ratna Pustak Bhandar (see Abstracts, page 39). As an appendix
A Japanese ascetic stopping over on the way to Lhasa finds time to tell Chandra Shamsher like it is.
A glance back into the past of any nation reveals certain
There are too many hooks. But there are too few that are worth reading.
Recently, the author Ruskin Bond voiced his dismay at the lack of Himalayan literature. After we
Two kids, a boy and a girl, were excitedly playing a game they had just invented. One of them would make a small mound of dust on the ground, wait
