46 books
A stunning book of photographs and writing that explores the power and mystery of ancient indigenous healing practices among the Maya people of Guatemala. "Fran Antmann grew to know a culture, lived in it, merged with it, translated it, and loved it. She photographed the dreams that guide us to wisdom and healing, then wrapped those images in quetzal feathers. Today, she returns her vision of the world to the men and women she met through this encounter ...
The Pokhara Valley, first comprehensive travelers guide book will prove useful to readers, foreigners as well as Nepalese interested in knowing the most captivating features of the Pokhara Valley. The book deals with several newly developed tourist sights worth visiting around the Pokhara Valley. Virtually, Nothing has been written on these sights. The book will fulfill a long-felt need and turn out to be a source of information for the forthcoming books on the ...
The Gurungs : Thunder of Himal is the first attempt to a psychological study of the Nepalese. It is the first comprehensive attempt to analytically explore the psyche of the turbulent warriors, the Gurungs of the central Himalayas. It is an authentic account of the irresistible destroyer or the war hero of the two World Wars. Employing the empirical research on the modal personality of the Nepalese Gurungs, the author reveals in sheer anthropological and ...
Migration in Nepal is a brilliant example of ingenious research based on varied frontier migration experiences and migrants' adaptations in Nepal. Nanda Shrestha here aspires to describe, understand and explain the various facets of frontier migration, focussing on landlessness, near landlessness and spontaneous settlement among hill migrants in the Terai of Nepal. Extremely critical of the so called development or foreign aid scenario in Nepal which has ...
Wildlife is a mine of riches where one exploring the alpine heights of the Himalayas and dense jungles of Nepal terai experiences "the thrill of meeting tigers at close range, of hearing shama warbling at dawn and admiring the beauty of the Flame-of-the Forest trees". Profusely illustrated, the book contains stunning descriptions and rare anecdotes on wildlife along with the past hunting history, Nepal’s famous ring method of hunting, the present ...
A fascinating panorama of every area of vibrant Nepalese are and culture explaining the causes of present-day crisis of preservation of most of the fabulous monuments.
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 ...
Missing Elements, an outcome of Gunanidhi Sharma's recent researches, sheds light on the development thinking required for the realisation of greater democracy accompanied by a sense of stronger nationhood and self-sufficiency. The book begins with a brief survey of the scenario of economic development in Nepal and the potential it possesses to strengthen democracy at the grass root levels. Employing the most recent empirical data available so far, Sharma ...
Maoists is first comprehensive and candid account of the Maoist insurgency that has been rocking the Himalayan Kingdom for nearly a decade now. Authentic and up to date, the book discusses how Nepal popularly known as the birthplace of Buddha, the emperor of world peace, has recently got a new name -- a nation of Maoist insurgents who want to abolish Monarchy and turn Nepal into a 'peoples' Republic' The Maoists control a large part of the country, especially in ...