The Dalai Lama's proclaimed path of ahimsa sets the theme for Tibetan refugees. But for a while, there was Chushi Gangdruk, the Tibetan guerrilla resistance, which operated along Nepal's northern frontier.
Thanks to the favourable impact of movements for democracy in Nepal and Eastern Europe last year, the Dalai Lama was compelled to announce some democratic measures in Dharamsala, seat of
Granted that Bhutan's is extremely difficult terrain for journalists, but the subject deserved better from the regional and international media — more depth and less bias.
The events in
The ever-increasing external pressures were bound to crack Bhutan' s self-image, forcing it to change slowly, though not silently.
Twenty years ago, everybody in Nepal was chanting
In today's Kathmandu, there are two kinds of rich: the lords and the masters. Who are they?
Any story about poverty in the third world cannot be complete
The highest mountains of the Himalaya stand in the central part of the range. The peaks shrink in size to the east and to the west until they rise suddenly
The East profits from Zen and the art of money-making, and the capitalist West from the consumerist spirit and Protestant work ethic. Why does South Asia totter?
Poverty has
The new Nepali Constitution represents a milestone, but it has many problems of principle and interpretation that have to be overcome through amendment by the future Parliament.
The eight-week-
Tourists and travellers are essentially the same. Yet, while the former acknowledge their otherness, the latter do not.. They deceive themselves by believing that they can be cultural insiders.
Pumpernickel
Gauri-Shankar was once thought to be the highest mountain in the world. This peak of 7134m, in what is known as the Rolwaling Himal chain, is actually 1714m lower
The Aymara and Quechua people of the Andean highlands are only superficially Roman Catholic by religion: they retain beliefs and rituals which date back to pre-Inca times. Their worldview
Third World environmental movements seem preoccupied with tree-plantings and ceremonial observances. Meanwhile, the underlying political issues relating to global and local environmental issues are ignored.
June 5, World Environment
