Introduction Though wide-ranging and in-depth studies have been conducted about many religious ritual practices and sites in the Kathmandu Valley, there is a relative paucity of information about those ubiquitous and fascinating shrines which house...
The Limbu The Limbu is one of the two main branches of the historic Kirat people inhabiting the major portion of eastern Nepal after the takeover by the Lichchhavi Kings around the beginning of the Christian era. The Limbus, one of the ethnic groups...
Land and People Belief, the conviction of the truth in some phenomenon, is accepted as intellectual assent after realizing it by perception, and such confidential faith has been applied to the actual customary practices. So the belief and practice...
Introduction This paper presents the findings of a research addressing the question of how the role of political parties affects the implementation of the Income Generation and Community Development Programme (IGCD) conducted under the Melamchi...
Introduction: Patron-Client Ties in Agrarian Society and Haruwa System The Government of Nepal promulgated the Kamaiya Labour (Prohibition) Act 2001 to free and rehabilitate bonded agricultural labourers under the Kamaiya system. The Act also included...
Background This article is based on my empirical research carried out in the Nepalese political setting while the country was undergoing a serious political power struggle and armed conflict (2002-2005). It is a qualitative research carried out...
Prelude The specific objective of this paper is to analyze and discuss the role of panoply of cognitive or normative social capital for managing water for irrigation as a common property resource in a western Tarai village, Nepal. Such capital is...
Introduction The fight against poverty is a collaborative challenge, requiring a close partnership among the state, civil society and the private sector institutions and actors. It is international phenomena and can be overwhelmed by international...