In the wake of recent democratic movements in Nepal, Terai-Madhes region has emerged as a hot topic in politics and academia. It is now known not only as an agriculturally fertile, but also a politically contested region. There is a contest for recognition for representation and for redistribution of power to tens of ethnic groups residing in this region.
Whatever the present contentions are people in this region had long been suffering from the ignorance by the establishment as well as the regional elites. Unfortunately most of the academic analyses so far have been concentrating merely on centre to periphery exploitation.
This book counter argues that there are also many other reasons than this, viz, international geopolitical interests stronghold of regional elites and immense diversity of societies within the region. This book begins its journey from the semantic debate on the region illustrates the historical context of exclusion and discrimination provides a snapshot of the regional uprising of 2007 and explores international geopolitical causes behind the prolonged conflict. Mainly focusing on the rise of communalism, it also discusses about positive and negative impacts of the overall conflicts in Terai-Madhes region.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bishnu Raj Upreti
Bishnu Raj Upreti holds a PhD in conflict management (2001) from
Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He is actively engaged in conflict
transformation and peace research as a researcher in South Asia. During 26
years of professional career, he has engaged in teaching and research at
University of London and University of Surrey in the UK as well as
teaching at Kathmandu University and South Asian Institute of Technology
of Purbanchal University. He worked in international organizations such as
UNDP, SDC, IDRC, IUCN, SNV, UMN, International Alert, DANIDA, DFID, ADB,
MS, WFP, FAO, and CARE International, ARD Inc, in the capacity of
professional staff and consultant. He has also spent some years in
government service as an assistant agricultural economist selected from
the Public Service Commission. He has eight books to his credit on
conflict management and many articles in different national and
international journals, magazines and edited books. Currently, he is
Regional Coordinator, South Asia Coordination Office of Swiss National
Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR)-North-South, based in Kathmandu.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Safal Ghimire
Safal Ghimire, an M.A. in Resources Studies from Kathmandu University, has concentration on conflict and economy. He has edited and authored books and scientific papers on conflict and security issues for national and international anthologies, peer-reviewed journals, magazines and daily newspapers. At the South Asia Office of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Suman Babu Paudel
Suman Babu Paudel has obtained Masters from School of Arts, Kathmandu University with thesis research on "Madhes Conflict and Changed Social Relationship'. He has penned several articles on migration and displacement as well as surveyed widely on the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South and can be reached.
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