Gorkha
‘Them greedy victims’
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: As the memory of the devastation of April-May earthquakes recedes, some have resorted to victim blaming.
Weena Pun | Aug 28, 2015
Distribution day
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Negotiating aid amidst village politics in post-earthquake Nepal.
Rune Bennike | May 26, 2015
Premature Gorkhaland
This is a translation from a Nepali-language article that originally appeared in the Kathmandu-based Himal Khabarpatrika, 15-29 June 2010.
Sanjay Pradhan | Jul 01, 2010
The long-ago fight for Kirant identity
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the eastern Himalayan region was a hotbed of conflict as the indigenous communities pitched themselves against Tibetan Buddhist and Gorkhali hegemony. Hitherto unstudied manuscripts afford a new understanding of …
Ramesh K Dhungel | Oct 01, 2006
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