Neo-Gandhian Maoists vs. Nehruvian Stalinists
When everyone thought that the day of the large dam was over, the tables turned with a sudden agreement on a massive project on
Few can match the skills of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her Pakistan People´s Party when it comes to creating intimidating opponents and rivals out of whatever is
The Lhotshampa refugees from Bhutan in the camps of southeast Nepal have finally raised some dust. Having tarried for over five years on UN HCR dole, waiting for desultory talks
The 15 February elections in Bangladesh left a government loudly proclaiming victory, and almost no quarter giving it the benefit of the doubt. Voting day itself was marked with polling
When Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Nepali counterpart, Prakash Chandra Lohani, put their signature on a treaty for the integrated development of the Mahakali river, which runs
High magazine has made its second attempt (the first being in 1993) to make one comprehensive list of all the mountain ranges of the world and their more prominent peaks.
A press conference was held earlier this year in Kathmandu to publi¬cise the success of the national team from North Ossetia, Russia, on Everest. The obvious pride the Ossetians
"His Majesty's Government, taking into consideration the pressure on the environment of the Khumbu region and to lessen the pressure in the area and to conserve the
Was glad to note that Kalimpong has finally made it into the calculations of the babus at the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation, who put out a full page ad
There are thousands of above-5,000mpeaks in Nepal of which only 142 are open for climbing after permission has been received from the concerned authorities. Anyone who climbs one
Mountain rescue facilities in Nepal need to be built up from scratch.
When considering 'mountain rescue infrastructure in Nepal and the institutions dealing with accidents in the Nepal Himalaya,
As someone emotionally involved with the Uttara¬khand agitation, I have followed, with interest the articles and correspondence published in the last three issues of Himal. I was born in
