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
M.A. Chitale of India's Central Water Commission does not give up. Yet again, there is a flurry of consternation over his proposal to cover Himalayan snows with
The sudden crop of urbane books on Garhwal have brought forth strident criticism from certain locals, indignant at outsiders daring to say more about this neglected corner of the Himalaya.
On 5 May, the television watchers around the world were served with live coverage of the China-Japan-Nepal Friendship Expedition to Everest 1988 conquering the highest real estate in
Havoc In The Himalaya
Environmentalists and social workers have for the last several years been criticizing the "development of the Himalaya through roads" strategy. The people of the
A Hazardous Strategy
The World Commission on Environment and Development in its celebrated report called for "economic growth that is forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally
Communication strategies are undeniably important for development, but we must ask: are we truly communicating or merely talking to ourselves? Are we using media mindlessly? Little is known about the
If you imagine this planet to be a single organism with a body of its own, then tropical forests would rank as one of its most vital organs of circulation
Last year, American and Nepali public health specialists successfully tested a new intramuscular typhoid vaccine. The epidemiologists reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that the prevalence of disease
It is good to see fledgling Nepal-TV doing so well, but distressing to note that most of its advertising revenue seems to derive from come-hither advertisements from soda
Three days before the Ides of March 1988, Kathmandu experienced the most shocking mass deaths since the earthquake of 1934. Scores of football fans lost their lives and many more
