Recently, we have all heard declarations on the virtues of privatisation in Nepal. They come from the large Nepali business houses, the global capitalist states, and financial organisations like the
For Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus has been under fire for quite a few years now. Farmers, agronomists, environmentalists and scientists have all condemned the planting of this species. In 1983, Karnataka farmers
There is heartening report about the Javanese cousins of the South Asian rhinoceros. At the same time, there is reason to worry about the Manchurian relative of the Royal Bengal
The closure of the southern transit points by India, in late March, brought unprecedented crisis to landlocked Nepal. The impact was severest in Kathmandu, where two kinds of lines were
There was a time when, with great craftsmanship and skill, the village people of Nepal built their own bridges. Temporary spans were built with bamboo ropes, twisted vines and matted
Bhutan's infant air carrier, Druk Air, is thinking big. It is poised to begin simultaneous air links with neighbouring Nepal and beyond the South Asian region with Thailand.
We would like our readers to know that Himal is not just an environmental magazine. To clarify, Himal is a magazine on social, economic, cultural and environmental matters which affect
Every year, uncontrolled flooding in the Brahmaputra and Ganges river basins results in loss of life, damage to crops, dwellings and other properties, contamination of water supplies, the spreading of
Much water — most of it polluted — has flowed under the bridge since the Stockholm Conference of 1972, when most non-Western Governments rejected environmentalism as a Western fad. However, there
Like the waters that rush down these mountain slopes, many other things seem to have a penchant for moving down and out of the mountains — the soils, the people and
The Indian Supreme Court's August 1988 decision against limestone quarrying in Doon Valley was vindication of grassroots activism. By their awareness and action, the Valley's people
Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) kills too many Himalayan children. It is a painful way to die: infection, either bacterial or viral, fills the lungs with puss and the child literally
