The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya – Kathmandu, Nepal
This research is going to study future expectations of youths at Kathmandu in Transition Nepal. Nepal has experience on ten years long armed conflict from 1996 to 2006. During the war, youths (Both side) expected to wing through the “Gun Bullet”. After ending the war, Nepal has being passing transition period. In this context, future …
In the wake of economic and political instability, high rates of unemployment and outmigration and the decade-long violence of the “People’s War,” increasing cases of “mass hysteria,” also known in Nepali as chhopne rog, among adolescents have been reported in government schools throughout Nepal. Investigating the phenomenon of mass chhopne rog, which affects mainly female …
Adolescent ‘Mass Hysteria’ in Post-Conflict Nepal: Ethnographic Impressions Read More »
The concept and practices of community forestry (CF) in Nepal is known as one of the successful intervention in forest resources management. It was introduced as a response to the massive deforestation occurred during 1950s and 2070s. More than 18 thousands Community Forestry Users Groups (CFUG), covering more than 23% of total forest area, has …
Social Space of Indigenous Peoples in Forestry Sector Public Discourses in Nepal Read More »
In this paper, I will uncover the politics behind the use of new label- the indigenous as an umbrella category to denote former ethnic groups of Nepal. The former ethnic groups known as ethnic nationalities (Janajati) shifted into indigenous nationalities (Adivasi/Janajati) in 1991 on certain global historical process. As Adam Kuper(2003) states, that it is …
The Politics behind Indigenous Rhetoric in Nepal Read More »
Nepal’s Lok Dohori industry is based on migration. The majority of performers, arrangers, producers, investors, and even most of its audience are rural-urban migrants within Nepal, and many have spent time working abroad. Song production is a collaborative process involving many different individuals, most of whom will have personal experience engaging with popular songs as …
Despite recurrent stories of exploitation, ill-health, suffering and death amongst Nepali labour migrants, widely circulated in literatures, media and NGO discourses, young men’s aspiration to out-migrate from rural Nepal has never been higher. In their attempt to escape the regimented and constrained life in rural Nepal, most migrants go through a considerable debt and hardship …