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Servant as Murderer

"The fact that Nepalis are by nature straightforward has been proved false." On the night of 13 January 1996, 48-year-old executive Satya Prakash Sharma, his 42-

By Mitu Varma

/ 1 Jan 1997

Care Takers

Democratic decay in most countries in South Asia has suddenly made it fashionable once more to say some pretty (politically) incorrect things in public. Things like: maybe things were better

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1997

Regionalism Washed Away

An important element which was included in the 1977 agreement, and a point that has come up again and again in the Indo-Bangla water talks, was the need for

By Ajaya Dixit

/ 1 Jan 1997

New “Nepali” journal

Studies in Nepali History and Society Vol 1 No 1 Edited by Pratyoush Onta, Mary des Chene et al Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu, June 1996

By The Editors

/ 1 Sep 1996

RIVERS RUN THROUGH IT

Two uncomfortable border problems have come up for discussion between India and Nepal: one in Nepal's southeastern tip in the Tarai plains and the other diagonally across, in

By The Editors

/ 1 Sep 1996

Nepalis are justifiably proud of their multi-party democracy which they claim to have achieved after a long struggle against an unjust, apathetic and authoritarian regime. In the political lexicography

By A. Gupta

/ 1 Aug 1996

LETTERS OF DISCREDIT

When smart-talking Ram Sharan Mahat finally quit on 31 July, with some opposition prodding, he became Nepal´s first-ever Finance Minister to resign over allegations of "financial

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 1996

Idea and Reality, Nepal and Rolpa

The national-level politicians and political parties have failed Nepal, oblivious as they are of cynicism and desperation that is developing countrywide. The national-level politicians and political parties have

By Rishikesh Shaha

/ 1 Jul 1996

The Birds of Nepal, and a Book

Bird watching is trying to gain wing in Nepal, spurred by a unique manual prepared by an American father-and-son team. Nepalis are not known to be great book

By Deepak Thapa

/ 1 Jul 1996

HANG THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

These purveyors of the pastoral dream have a hidden neocolonialist agenda. Having achieved the highest levels of development in the West they want to freeze underdeveloped countries in pastoral poverty.

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

Incomplete Revolution

The Challenge to Democracy in Nepal: A Political History by T Louise Brown Routledge, London and New York, 1996 239 pages, £ 40

By S.D. Muni

/ 1 Jun 1996

Indigenous Media: Bold Is Beautiful

When the disenfranchised of the world see that they, too, can be bold and beautiful, a positive self-image is created. Switch on cable television in Tansen, a small town

By Michael Wilmore

/ 1 Jun 1996