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Religious minorities is a daring exposure of the disturbing issues central to the projection of Nepal as a land of ethnic harmony. Analysing the power structure of Nepal in the context of age old Chettri-Brahmin domination, Dastider profiles the neglected religious minorities in a multi-lingual multi-ethnic, multi-religious but predominently Hindu Society of Nepal. There has been in Nepal, argues Dastider, a tendency of assimilating the followers of non-Hindu ...
Arguably one of the most diverse countries in the world, the plurality of Nepal has been a great revelation since the onset of democracy in 1990. This work engages the historic transition of Nepal from a monolithic Hindu kingdom to a multicultural democracy. At a time when the Janajatis and the Madhesis of Nepal are demanding constituencies along ethnic lines, this book traces the background developments in the decade of 1990s. It was a period when little-known ...