Contributions to Nepalese Studies articles from July 2001

Contributions to Nepalese Studies archives from July 2001

Teaching of international relations in Nepal (1).
July 1, 2001... Introduction International relations has been taught in Nepal for over the last 40 years, but has never emerged as an independent discipline on its own. There are a number of factors responsible for this situation, among which include the...

Saano Dumre revisited: changing models of illness in a village of central Nepal (1).
July 1, 2001... Introducion Nearly 25 years ago, anthropologist Harvey Blustain published an article introducing the various levels of medicine in the central Nepali village of Saano Dumre. This well cited article has become somewhat of a landmark piece...

Process and characteristics of urbanisation in Nepal.
July 1, 2001... Introduction Urbanisation refers to increasingly large number of people living in small places and basically engaged in non-agricultural activities, which depends on development of industrialization, infrastructure within cities, towns and...

The state of child labour in Nepal.
July 1, 2001... Introduction Since the last two decades the child labour has been increasing in Nepal. As the tendency of children to work both inside and outside home increases, the issues have also been raising from the various sectors with different...

Mobility and agrarian change in central Nepal (1).
July 1, 2001... Central Nepal has been a region subjected much to the influence of mobility of its inhabitants since about 200 years ago. But its role has become crucial in recent times, mainly because of limited resources and economic opportunities in hill...

The morphology of the Maithili conjunctive participle? (Research Note).
July 1, 2001... i ke bataha kavi bhanga pibi svagata this who crazy poet hemp drink -CP welcome basanta achi gabi rahala? Kancinatha Jha `Kirana' spring AUX sing IMPERF ASP `Who is this...

Call me uncle: an outsider's experience of Nepali kinship. (Research Note).
July 1, 2001... Introduction The kinship terminology of any language is a natural meeting point for the disciplines of anthropology and linguistics. The manner in which people construct and understand their relationships with others has a direct impact on...

Functional base analysis of Tansen municipal town. (Research Note).
July 1, 2001... Introduction Municipal town or urban locality, according to the 1991 population census of Nepal (CBS 1994), is defined as town that contains inhabitants above 9,000 (1). By defining it as incorporated town, it acquires a status of an...

The Throne of Stone.(Book Review)
July 1, 2001... 2000. J.P. Cross. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point, 351pp. ISBN: 99933-10-07-7. Rs. Not mentioned. The throne of stone, depicted clearly on the cover photograph of the book under review, is a very large flat stone on a mountain top, slightly...

Leadership in Nepal.(Book Review)
July 1, 2001... 2001. Lok Raj Baral, Krishna Hachhethu and Hari Sharma. Delhi: Adroit Publishers, ix + 142 pp. Price IRs 300 (cloth). This book presents the findings of a survey of the background and attitudes of a sample of national and local political...