Southern governments are not well-prepared for the international environmental negotiations that are taking place, and the non-governmental organisations have not been of much help either.
The volume of
Diehard scientific positivism is confusing the public by constantly revising the height of Chomolongma. On behalf of the peoples of the world, it is time to call a halt to
A term developed in the Nepal Himalaya can be extended to cover the whole Himalaya.
The indifference with which the Himalayan peaks were treated by the people of the Himalayan
Climbing expeditions to K-2 normally approach the peak from Islamabad, travelling up the Karakoram Highway to Baltistan and to the base of the mountain. In April this year, however,
Two recent books on Nepal's Tarai over-emphasise Mithila and ignore Tharu culture.
The vernacular art and architecture of this unique people in photographs and drawings so that
Between the Trisuli and the Sun Kosi, north of Kathmandu, lies a cluster of peaks which has been divided into two himals, Lang tang and Jugal. These two ranges actually
The celebrated death of a Sherpa woman climber on Chomolongma seems to have served the purpose of politicians and journalists far removed from mountaineering.
A World Bank mission arrives in Nepal in mid-May to appraise the feasibility of the modified Arun III scheme, affectionately known as "Baby Arun". This rather oversized
Long before the first sightings of the Central Himalaya by intrepid colonial adventurers, the Newars of Kathmandu woke up everyday to the sight of the formidable Ganesh, Langtang, Jugal and
It is necessary to delienate the scope of `Himalaya'. It turns out, however, that this is a subjective exercise.
The Himalaya does not stand alone in the northern reaches
