Always a giant among Nepali women

To the West

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September 9th 2008
We’ve been talking about this trip to Nepalgunj for weeks now. This would be my last chance to go the field before I left the country, and this would be the only chance that either Nicole or I would have to visit the west—Nepal’s frontier where development indicators are lower and cultural practices are more conservative. This was going to be the trip during which I would get the crucial inf ... read more

Asia » Nepal

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more