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FRONTIER TO BOUNDARY

The book Ethnicity, State and Development by Tanka Subba, an anthropologist at the North Eastern Hill University in Shillong, is about political conflict in an Indian hill territory that has

By Harka Gurung

/ 1 May 1992

One Flood Report and Some Muddy Reviews

The Third Citizens' Report on the State of India's Environment, which looks into the causes and effect of the annual floods on the lower plains of the

By Jayanta Bandyopadhyay

/ 1 May 1992

Fatal Myth

A critique of fatalism and development.

By Anup Pahari

/ 1 Jan 1992

Verghese’s Middle Way

WATERS OF HOPE B.G. Verghese Oxford and IBH, New Delhi 1990, ISBN 81-204-0519-6

By Ajaya Dixit

/ 1 May 1991

“A Kernel of Karnali”

KARNALI UNDER STRESS Livelihood Strategies and Seasonal Rhythms in a Changing Nepal Himalaya by Barry C. Bishop The University of Chicago 1990

By Harka Gurung

/ 1 Nov 1990

Nice Weather, Mr. Pradhan

Roles Reversed In Schoonerwoerd Director: Hans Heijnen Distributors: Coe Film Associates, New York 1988 (30 minutes)

By David Sassoon

/ 1 Jan 1990

Lost Horizon: the Movie Behind the Myth

Spectacle, excitement, romance… Stirring, fantastic… Thrilling and compassionate… A grand adventure…A drama of heart's desire come true." Such were the plaudits of the critics at the

By Jeanne Marie Gilbert

/ 1 Jan 1990

Explaining Rural Migration

NEPAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE AND RURAL MIGRATION Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. pp. 189, Price T.C. Rs. 190.00 Poonam Thapa Considering the facets of migration that are subtle

By Dilli R Dahal

/ 1 Nov 1989