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Review: Kölver, U; Shresthacarya, I; 1994, A dictionary of contemporary Newari: Newari-English. Vereingung fur Geschichtswissenschaft Hochasiens-Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH, Bonn, Germeny.
This is a major new resource for English speakers who wish to study Newari. There are other dictionaries, but this is rated very highly and also commended by Professor T R Kansakar, who has also...
Review of: Pokherel, J. C.; 1996, Environmental Resource Negotiation Btween Unequal Powers. Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, India.
This book attempts to build a conceptual framework on negotiation by particularly applying Roger Fisher's works on Negotiating Power. Studies on negotiation from a weak nation's perspective and strategies pursued by weak nations in enhancing power are of...
Book review: Agricultural Project Services Centre and John Mellor Inc. Washington D.C.; 1995, Nepal Agriculture Perspective Plan. National Planning Commission, His Majesty's Government of Nepal, Kathmandu,Nepal.
This is a brief introduction of the Nepal Agriculture Perspective Plan (APP) 1995-2015. The APP is the 20-year plan of His Majesty's Government of Nepal, National Planning...
Bickel, B; Gaenszle, M; eds 1999, Himalayan Space: Cultural Horizons and Practices. Volkerkundemuseum Zurish, Zurich, Switzerland.
Getting anthropologists and linguists to contribute articles for a shared volume can be as risky as asking genetically close but socially estranged cousins to have dinner together. Whilst both the academics and the cousins might have a great deal in common,...
Hutt, M; and Subedi, A; 1999, Teach Yourself Nepali: A Complete Course in Understanding, SPeaking and Writing. Teach Yourself Books, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. London, UK>
Despite being relatively small both in terms of size and population, Nepal and her national language have exerted a considerable influence across the northern reaches of South Asia. Home to more than 80 languages...
Book review: Sharma, G; Kanel, N.R.; Sharma, N.K.; eds. 2000, Nepal: Missing elements in the development thinking. Nirala Publications, Kathmandu, Nepal.
An eminent economist of international repute while answering questions at a talk programme remarked that the economy of southern Asian nations are fragile and have a narrow base. He added that the foundations of such economies were...
Book review: Vinding, Michael; 1998, The Thakali: A Himalayan Ethnography. Serinda Publications, London, UK.
As the author himself notes, the Thakali are the most studied group in Nepal. They have been dealt with by both foreign and native scholars and even a number of Thakali have written accounts about themselves. The quest for the Thakali started as early as 1873. Since then, they...
In this review, the author would like to make the general Nepalese scholars aware that Buddhism and Lamaism of Tibet by Austine Waddell cannot and should not be taken as an authoritative book of "Tibetan Buddhism" (as it it is well known as) but which the author calls Vajrayana of Tibet. There are literally thousands of mistakes, wrong information, misinterpretations and perhaps even...
Baral, L R; Hachhethu, K; and Sharma, H; 2001, Leadership in Nepal. Adroit Publishers, Delhi, India.
This book presents the findings of a survey of the background and attitudes of a sample of national and local political leaders carried out by the Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies with assistance from the Embassy of Finland in Nepal. The authors are well-known scholars, two of whom...
Reveiw of: Cross, J P; 2000, The Throne of Stone. Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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 raised one end. It is an unusual stone that generations of ancient Tura - known today as Dura - chieftains or rulersof Turlung in the Lamjung district of west...
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