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NRS20 IRS12 U$6 ISSN 1012-9804 SEPT/OCT 1990 ALTERNATIVE El-MONTHEY AIDS EXPOSURE KHUNJERAB EAST TO WEST PEACE FLA SICK OF HEIGHTS ERA FOSTERS HERO INSIDE 
COVER 5 Nepal's Tarai 9 Making of a Dynamic Region TO Plains People 11 East to West: A Highway to the Future 14 A Wild World that is No More Where Mountain Meets Plain Tension and Conflict in Western Tarai Deepening Crisis in Sagarhawa HIMAL Vol. 3 &: 3.:.'.;Sep.i/Oct, 1990
FEATURES Removing the AIDS Blinders Khunjerab Workshop Ignoring Altitude 26 33 35 Cover picture by Kevin Bubriskl: A hill migrant desperate for firewood in Kanehanpur, West Nepal. Himal (ISSN 1012-9804) is published every two months by Himal Associates, PO Box 42, Lalitpur, Nepal. Tel: 523 845. Copyright 1988. Turn to page 4 for subscription information.
TheAbode of Goefs,King of You hound ike oceans jram :. .."" := ,, east to west ■■■ ■■■■■-,.:"Anorthern yardstick To measure the Earth Edited and piiblisiied by KimakMaalDlxit : Jpr Himal Associates ? Kcsang tseteri v;: ■=::. Associate Editor, ArtUpRaj Josni :■;.■ , -Staff Writer C ,Mi Abflullah, Peshawar Adlai Amor, Manila Anita Anand, NewDelhi KlaleyDorje, Thimphu Harka Bahadur Gurung, Kathmand« Gorneille[Jest, Paris PremShankherJliB, Hew Delhi BliSrat JDiitt Koiraia; Kathmandu BamChandra Malhoira,JRome HwnantaMbhra, Kathrnandu David SassboHi New York Kumi ar K had ga Bk. Shah, Katlim andu Jt)oiisl(i ShantoF; New Yptk Ainbica Shrcstha,Kathmandu Vidya Stokes, Shimla. B.G. yergh^se; New Delhi Brian Welsh, Athens FRESH AIR OF FREEDOM As a visitor who has been to South Asia, particularly Nepal, again and again over the past eight years, I applaud the title piece 'Tryst with Democracy" by Dipak Gyawali (May/June 1990). I feel the fresh air of freedom in Kathmandu (who could miss it?), HIM^L 
and Gyawali's unabashedly direct article was additionally invigorating. I have been buying extra copies and mailing/giving them to friends so that they can gain a proper perspective on the deeper currents of Nepal's politics. I must say, though, that Gyawali's listing of the wrong turns in economic development, the brewing discontent in society, the intellectual bankruptcy, and the "tense interregnum" of the present, in the end, make for depressing reading. Is there any hope? Being a foreigner myself, I fail to understand Gyawali's point on the role of "the diplomatic and aid community" in propping up the Panchayat system. Their possible misinterpretation regarding the king's divine status can at best have had a tangential impact on the development of Nepali politics. People get the kind of political system that they deserve. If they are unwilling to stand up, they get a feudocratic monarchy, and why not? Following the people's movement, the Nepalis finally and most happily became deserving of democracy. That is how I see it. Is Gyawali taking a pot-shot at the expatriate community just because they are an easy target? G. Campbell-Reynolds Kathmandu BEWARE OF MANDAL Kedar Mathema's article on Nepali education, "Cheating Our Children" (May/June 1990), was clear, precise and cogent. While concurring with most of what he has to say, I strongly disagree with the suggestion that one remedy for the present unequal access to education in Nepa] is "allocating certain percentage of seats in higher education for applicants from dis advantaged groups, particularly girls". Although the author did not have the benefit of hindsight, the repercussions of the Mandal Commission Report in India must be noted. Nepal can well do without the troubles of New Delhi, especially during its presently heightened state of tension. Instead of suggesting that colleges should take persons because of who they are rather than how good they are, I would like to see the government allocate a certain amount of its education budget to support students from dis-advantaged groups who have qualified for a particular institution against the same standard as everyone else. Devendra S. Rana Kathmandu IN DEFENCE OF SEMINARS With the May/June Directory: collections -> journals -> himal -> pdf pdf -> Megalith to Chorten Speak up for the Khas pdf -> Himalayan magazine pdf -> He stress of uhange pdf -> Alternative: bi-monthly pdf -> Himalayan magazine pdf -> Hima la y an pdf -> Rhino Surgery Lima Meeting French Imaginings pdf -> Himalayan magazin e pdf -> NRs20 irs12 U$6 issn 1012-9804 jul/aug 1989 pdf -> NRs20 irs12 U$6;; : issn 1012-9804 Download 4.31 Mb. Share with your friends:
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