Environmental degradation, deforestation, and "deteriorating quality of life" are terms increasingly used to describe the conditions in which the people of the Himalayan foothills live. A refreshing exception,
Wheel Barrows, weeds and local labour build "gentler" and cheaper roads.
Construction foreman Pashupati Dawadi had helped build many roads in his lifetime. But sowing millet on a
If the Japanese are at all aware of the Shangri-la image of the Himalayan countries, in all likelihood they got it from the West.
"We are also from
Himalayan exoticism has turned out to be an economic commodity, and not just for those who live here. All kinds of Western (the term including Japanese) professionals continue to make
The myth of Gurkha invincibility is belied by their graves in the battlefields of Gallipoli and Tobruk. The myth of fearlessness tends to deny the humanity of the Nepali soldier.
Shangri-La…the perfect realm, shrouded in profound mysticism… visions of sacred monasteries, fluttering prayer-flags, maroon-clad monks in meditative chants… up among lofty snow-clad peaks deep in
Roles Reversed In Schoonerwoerd
Director: Hans Heijnen
Distributors: Coe Film Associates, New York
1988 (30 minutes)
