The Challenge to Democracy in Nepal: A Political History
by T Louise Brown
Routledge, London and New York, 1996
239 pages, £ 40
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 in
Nepali film producers waste good money and celluloid, but are unable to keep the cinema buffs attention from straying.
It is just one of those ironies that Nepal´s most
The Hindu Kingdom of Nepal, despite the religious signifier, actually has very little 'Hinduism' in its state structure even though the king is Hindu.
Nepal is said to
Cleaner Air in Kathmandu
WHAT IS MADE in India, is powered by Bangladeshi batteries, charged with Nepali electricity, and runs on us-made DC motors?
Answer: Kathmandu´s electric three-wheeler commuter
The internal airways of India, Pakistan and Nepal are in ferment as infant carriers grapple for a toehold in a market that might just expand beyond all expectation.
The domestic
Nepal has not fought a war since 1856. Of course, as Gurkhas (Gorkhas), hill people from Nepal have fought and died in other peoples´ wars. But, it has been a
Among South Asian countries, there is some anxiety about a possible Bharatiya Janata Party victory in the upcoming Indian elections. Surprisingly, BJP pragmatists might live and let live.
with reports
