The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya – Kathmandu, Nepal
Evidence suggest huge health benefits of breastfeeding including reduced risk of infectious diarrhoea and ear infection, improved cognitive development, lower rates of obesity among mother and child, reduced risk of diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, low cholesterol, and some types of cancer. There are greater relative risks of hospitalization among formula-fed infants for a range of …
With no history of indentured labour, or displacement caused by partition, or even of the trauma of colonialism; it may be easy to overlook the Nepali diaspora within the rubric of South Asian diasporic literature. If South Asian diaspora foregrounds multiple positioned identities and legitimises cross-cultural habitation; where and how does the Nepali diaspora fail …
Panel: Nepali Diasporic Identity in the Context of Multiculturalism Read More »
Critical discourses of postcoloniality proposed by subaltern studies have challenged Enlightenment rationalism, ideologies of progress and the nation-state, as well as the generalization of the capitalist market economy and its consequences on subalterns. This research focuses on the experiences of women employed in the production sector in Kathmandu in order to provide insights into the …
Challenges of Nepalese Women in Production Sector Read More »
From the macroeconomic perspective, Nepal is a surplus labour economy, with 64% of the workforce in agriculture. It has significantly more pressure on its agricultural land than its neighbouring countries, China and India, which are regarded as surplus labour economies. The average operational farm size is 1.08 hectares in India and 0.90 hectares in China; …
Labour Market Friction to Understand the Labour Shortage in the Surplus Labour Economy Read More »
The erosion of asylum rights globally is a growing concern, with developed nations not taking responsibility for hosting refugees, resulting in a disproportionate burden on developing countries.[1] This study uses primary and secondary data sources, including interviews with Rohingya refugees living in Kathmandu, to explore the livelihood experiences of Rohingya refugees living in two refugee …
Experiences and Livelihood Situations of Rohingya Refugees in Nepal Read More »
Humans, since the dawn of civilization, have always longed for an address- a place called ‘Home’. It has been recognized as a basic human necessity. Thus, the place we belong to gives us a sense of belonging and identity. Everyone attempts to gain an identity card which reflects the information of a person’s belonging which …
The present Northeast of India, more precisely the Brahmaputra valley, saw a rapid transformation in the economy with the onset of colonial rule in the early 19th Century Establishment of trade relations-both internal and external- brought the region and its resources into the eyes of the colonial administration. Resource mobilization using unlimited resource exploration soon …
Graziers Vs Cultivators: Clash for ‘Settlements’ in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam Read More »
The paper aims to explore the engagement of school stakeholders for transformative school performance through participatory school self-evaluation. I visited community schools in the Dhading district on a regular basis from January to May 2022. I interacted with the teachers, students, parents, management committee members, as well as local government representatives, and commonly they shared …
Participatory School Self-evaluation as a Tool for Transformative School Performance Read More »
Street businesses provide employment opportunities to a large number of people, especially to the immigrants in urban areas, and at the same time, subsidizes the cost of living of the urban poor by selling goods at comparatively low price (Bhowmik, 2005; Bhowmik, 2010). Street businesses in Nepal occupy 3.87 percent of informal sector enterprises and …
Street Businesses in Kathmandu: Crushed by the Pandemic, Evicted by the State Read More »
Nepal is going through waves of political and social changes over the past several decades. There has been contentions and inequalities between marginalized communities and the ruling elites. Marginalized communities are often seen as ‘weak’, ‘powerless’, and ‘uneducated’. Yet, they are able to continue their struggle demanding equal social, cultural and political representation specifically by …
Reimagining and Reviving Resistance: An Anthropological Study of the Limbu Community Read More »