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Tourists and Sherpas
The article explores the relations between tourists and Sherpas of northern Nepal. It discusses the development of tourism from the Rana regime to the 5th plan. The article tabulates data collected fr...
Sita and the Goddess: A Case Study of a Woman Healer in Nepal
The article offers an emic perspective to facilitate an understanding of a woman's performance as a healer and her actions with the devotees in Nepal. The author argues that this kind of understanding...
Determinants of the Quality of Life of Rural Household Heads in Chitawan
The article discusses the quality of life of rural household heads in Chitwan, Nepal. The quality of life discussed here is the subjective feeling expressed in terms of levels of satisfaction on selec...
Migration, Adaptation and Socio-cultural Change: The Case of Thakalis in Pokhara, Nepal
The article discusses the adaptation, cultural continuity, and change among the in-migrant Thakalis in Pokhara, Nepal. The article is based on the data collected in between 1980 and 1984. It includes ...
Review of Mahesh C. Regmi, The State and Economic Surplus: Production, Trade and Resource Mobilization in Early 19th Century Nepal
This is a review by Chaitanya Mishra of Mahesh C. Regmi, The State and Economic Surplus: Production, Trade and Resource Mobilization in Early 19th Century Nepal.
Ethnicity and National Integration in Nepal: A Statement of the Problem
The article discusses ethnicity and national integration in Nepal. Nepal is a multi-ethnic and pluralistic society. In Nepal, its various social segments called by their respective caste names (jat or...
Nepālako Saugāt Velāyatalāī
The article discusses gifts taken by Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal to the Queen of Britain on his visit to Britain. The aim of one year trip of Jung Bahadur Rana to Britain is difficult to establish, but...
Epigraphy and Society in Ancient Nepal
This article is a critical analysis of the work of Regmi, Epigraphy and Society in Ancient Nepal. The article discusses this published paper and also inscriptions and vamsavali of different per...
Social Change and Status Emulation among the Nisyangte of Manang
The article gives an account of social change and status emulation among the Nisyangte of Manang, Nepal. It attempts to extend the ethnographic basis of evidence for continuity of social change in the...
Women's Work and Child-bearing Experience: Two Ethnic Groups of Salme, Nepal
The article studies how motherhood is related to the working behavior of women in a mountain environment in Nepal. In many societies, women play a dual role: they contribute to the subsistence economy...
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