Nepal - Himal Southasian (Page 28)

VOTER POWER

The first surprise was the turnout. About 65 percent of Nepal's 13.5 million voters cast ballots in the country's general elections held this May. Conventional

By Dipak Gyawali

/ 1 Jun 1999

Nothing to be Cross about

The Call of Nepal by J.P. Cross Bibhotheca Himalayica, Kathmandu, 1998 241 pp, NPR __

By Mark Turin

/ 1 Jun 1999

Nepals pioneer Jesuit

Moran of Kathmandu: Pioneer Priest, Educator, and Ham Radio Voice of the Himalayas by Donald A. Messerschmidt White Orchid Press, Bangkok. 1997314 pp, NPR 650

By Rajendra S. Khadka

/ 1 Jun 1999

Pre-election: Public opinion poll indicts the politician

As Nepal prepared for general elections in May, the results of a country-wide opinion poll created quite a stir when it was published in mid-April. The poll, seeking to find

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1999

Bhutan-Nepal Missive

It is a rare occasion when the Kathmandu government can be roused to strong action in its dealings with Thimphu on the issue of Bhutanese refugees who started streaming into

By Sudhir Sharma

/ 1 Apr 1999

GOT ANY INGOT?

After years of profit-making, smugglers sneaking in gold from Nepal into India had been rendered jobless by the latter's liberalisation of gold imports in 1997. But now things

By Shantanu Nagpal

/ 1 Mar 1999

PINOCHET AND PANCHAYAT

"There was no reason for the police to shoot at all. We were just demonstrating on the streets, when all of a sudden, bullets began raining down on us.

By Ajaya Bhadra Khanal

/ 1 Feb 1999

Addressing a public ceremony in early December, Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala complained about the severe conditions imposed by donor agencies that often had debilitating effects on project implementation.

By C K Lal

/ 1 Jan 1999

Radical cheek

Since 13 February 1996, when the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) launched their ´People´s War´ in the districts of Rolpa and Rukum in the mid-western hills of Nepal, the

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1998

POWER WITHOUT AUTHORITY

Beyond finding answers to who exercises power and how, what makes the political analysis of developing countries interesting is the attempt to understand how those in power increase their capacity

By C K Lal

/ 1 Nov 1998

Ready to act

The Nepali Parliament is winding down its monsoon session amidst the most rowdy inter-party squabble the Lower House has ever seen, reminding one of the bedlam that overtook the Uttar

By Rajendra Dahal

/ 1 Oct 1998

Beyond behaviour change

AIDS in Nepal: Communities Confronting an Emerging Epidemic by Jill Hannum AmFAR/Seven Stories Press New York, 1997

By Stacy Leigh Pigg

/ 1 Oct 1998