A Window on Literary and Archaeological Research
Cecil Bendal, A Journey of Literary and Archaeological Research in Nepal and Northern India During the Winter of 1884-85 (New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1991) (Originally published by Cam…
Book Reviews
Articles, interviews and notes in English and Nepali.
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Nepal: A Journey into the Mythical Past
Munshi Shew Shunker Singh & Pandit Shri Gunanand, Nepal: History of the Country and the People (New Delhi: Cosmo Publications, 1983) (Originally London: Cambridge University Press, 1877) (Edited …
The Growth of the Nepalese Nation
Ludwig F. Stiller, S. J., Nepal: Growth of a Nation (Kathmandu: Human Resources Development Center, 1993) Ludwig F. Stiller, S. J. is not a new name in Nepal. He was a famous American Nepalese hi…
Kirkpatrick's Classic on Nepal and Its People
William J. Kirkpatrick, An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul [New Delhi: Manjusri Publication House, 1969] [First published in 1811] The Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul : being the substance of o…
Nepalese state, democracy and geo-politics
Lok Raj Baral, Nepal - Nation-State in the Wilderness: Managing State, Democracy and Geopolitics (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2012) Nepal is at very crucial stage of its history as a "nation st…
Early Accounts of Nepal
Francis Buchanan Hamilton, An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal and the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha (Edinburgh: Longman, 1819) The book of Francis Buchanan Hamilton …
Changing Caste Relations in Nepal
A. Patricia Caplan, Priests and Cobblers: A Study of Social Change in a Hindu Village in Western Nepal [Aylesbury Bucks; International Textbook Company Limited, 1972] [Reprinted in Nepal by Manda…
The Country Caught in 'Chakrabyuha'
A book entitled Chakrabyuha ma Chandra Surya: Rastriya Surakshya ra Swadhinata ka Chunautiharu [The Sun and the Moon Caught in Chakrabyuha: Challenges of National Security and Independence], whic…
Tragic Hero of Kashmir
Book Review Ajit Bhattacharjea, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah: Tragic Hero of Kashmir (New Delhi: Lotus Collection, 2008) Asoj 30 2066 When the British were leaving South Asia, there were approximatel…
The Idea of Justice (Penguin-Allen Lane, 2009)
Justice is a moral concept about what is right, fair, appropriate, and deserving. As a concept of righteousness, it builds on ethics, rationality, natural law, equity, fairness and similar princi…