Is royalty being paid by the British or Indian governments, either to the Nepali Government or to some other entity, for the privilege of recruiting Gurkha soldiers? It certainly began
If you can withstand asphyxiation by the combined fumes of the local latrine and the Patan buses enter Patan through Patan Dhoka. If you can find your way through, the
The art, culture and ambience of old, medieval Patan has almost disappeared under the assault of historical neglect and runaway "modernisation"
Buddhi Man Shakya, a 77-year-old
WATERS OF HOPE
B.G. Verghese
Oxford and IBH, New Delhi
1990, ISBN 81-204-0519-6
The Nepali government should relinquish its hold over small-scale hydropower and leave the arena free for more efficient consumer-run schemes.
In the upper reaches of the Kali Gandaki
For centuries, the waters of the more than 6000 big and small rivers of Nepal have been harnessed to power traditional water mills, the ghattas. There are about 25,000
