A Series of Contemporary Writing

Annapurna & Stains of Blood
Life, travels writing on a page of snow
by Yuyutsu R. D. Sharma.
ISBN 81-8250- 012-5 2009. Hard pp.200. Rs.495.

The Yeti
Spirit of Himalayan Forest Shamans
by Dr. Larry G. Peters.
ISBN 81-85693-57-9 2004. Hard pp.128. Rs. 250.

Ode To Dreams
by Larry Peters
ISBN 81-8250- 024-9 2009 Hard pp.45 Rs. 150

Maoists in the Land of Buddha
An Analytical Study of the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal
by Prakash A. Raj
ISBN 81-85693-42-0 2004. Hard pp.210. Rs. 395.

Rana Rule in Nepal
by Shaphalya Amatya.
ISBN 81-85693-67-6 2004. Hard pp.408. Rs. 695.

Student, Politics & Democracy in Nepal, 1940-2008
by Meena Ojha.
ISBN 81-8250- 012-5 2011. Hard pp.431. Rs. 595.

The Pokhara Valley
A Traveler’s Guide
by L.B. Thapa.
ISBN 81-8250- 019-2 2009. Hard pp.45. Rs. 495.

Tourism in Nepal
Marketing Challenges
by Hari Prasad Shrestha.
ISBN 81-85693-69-2 2000. Hard pp.399. Rs. 495.

Ethnic Conflict in Bhutan
Political and Economic Dimensions
by Mathew Joseph C.
ISBN 81-85693-68-4 1999. Hard pp.251. Rs. 395.

Hindu-Buddhist Festival of Nepal
by Hemant Kumar Jha.
ISBN 81-85693-40-4 1996. Hard pp.117. Rs. 195.

Nepal
A Concise History of the Cultural Scenario of the Himalayan Kingdom
by Jagdish Shumsher Rana.
ISBN 81-85693-24-2 1993. Hard pp.242. Rs. 295.

Trance
Initiation and Psychotherapy Nepalese Shamanism
Essays on Tamang and Tibetan Shamanism
by Dr. Larry G. Peters.
ISBN 81-85693-79-X 2004. Hard pp.412. Rs. 595.

Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti
Collected by Shiva Dhakal
Adapted by Yuyutsu RD Sharma.
ISBN 81-8250-002-0 2009. Paper pp.125. Rs. 195.

Recent Nepal
An Analysis of Recent Democratic Upsurge and its Aftermath
by Laksman Bhadur K.C.
ISBN 81-85693-24-2 1993. Hard pp.242. Rs. 295.

Human Rights in Hindu Buddhist Traditions
by Lal Deosa Rai.
ISBN 81-85693-63-3 1995. Hard pp.188. Rs. 250.

Nepal: Missing Elements in Development Thinking
by Gunanidhi Sharma.
ISBN 81-85693-66-8 2000. Hard pp.282. Rs. 295.

The Nepala-Mahatmya of Sikanda Purana
Transalated by Dr. Jayaraj Acharya.

The Cultural Heritage of the Nepal-Terai
by Dr. Ram Dayal Rakesh

Folk Tales From Mithila

The Price of Heaven
Travel Stories from India and Nepal
by Evald Flisar.
Translated from Slovene
by the Author & Alan McConnel-Duff.
ISBN 81-8250- 020-6 2009. Paper pp.200. Rs. 195.

Tamang Shamans
An Ethnopsychiatric Study of Ecstasy and Healing in Nepal
by Dr Larry G. Peters.
ISBN 81-8250-009-5 2007. Paper pp.179. Rs. 295.

Ocean in a Drop
Yoga, Meditation and Life in the Himalayas
by Swami Chandresh.
ISBN 81-8250- 005-2 2006. Hard pp.348. Rs. 495.

The Gurkha Connection
A History of Gurkha Recruitment in the British Army
by Purushottam Baskota.
ISBN 81-85693-77-3 2009. Paper pp.221. Rs. 195.

Dolpo :The Hidden Paradise
A Journey to the Endangered Sanctuary of the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
by Karna Sakya.
ISBN 81-85693-73-0 2006. Paper pp.246. Rs. 295.

Malla Coins of Medieval Nepal
by Jagdish Chandra Regmi
ISBN 81-85693-60-9 2009. Hard. Rs. 295.

The Dhimals: Miraculous Migrants of Himal
An Anthropological Study of a Nepalese Ethnic Group
by Rishikeshab Raj Regmi.
ISBN 81-8250-009-7 1991. Hard pp.269. Rs. 195.

The Gurungs: Thunder of Himal
A Cross-Cultural Study of a Nepalese Ethnic Group
by Murari P. Regmi
ISBN 81-85693-49-8 2002. Paper pp.238. Rs. 295.

The Gurkhas
A History of the Recruitment in the British Indian Army
by Kamal Raj Singh Rathaur.
ISBN 81-85693-85-4 2000. Paper pp.128. Rs. 195.

The Political Economy of Land,
Landlessness and Migration in Nepal
by Nanda R. Shrestha.
ISBN 81-85693-87-0 2001 Hard pp.309 Rs. 450

Mountain Dimensions
An Altitude Geographic Analysis
of Environment and Development of the Himalayas
by Ram Kumar Pandey.
ISBN 81-85693-43-9 1999. pp.260 Hard. Rs. 350.

Wildlife in Nepal
by Rishikesh Shaha & Richard M. Mitchell.
With Color Plates by Nanda Shumsher J.B. Rana.
ISBN 81-85693-31-5 2001. Paper pp.142. Rs. 250.

Making of Modern Nepal
A Study of History, Art and Culture of the Principalities of Western Nepal
by Ram Niwas Pandey.
ISBN 81-85693-37-4 1997. Hard pp.816. Rs. 795.

Politics and Development in Nepal: Some Issues
by Narayan Khadka.
ISBN 81-85693-21-8 1994. Hard pp.477. Rs. 450.

Art and Culture of Nepal
An Attempt towards Preservation
by Saphalya Amatya.
ISBN 81-85693-63-3 1999. Hard pp.282. Rs. 295.

Popular Deities, Emblems and Images of Nepal
by Dhruba Krishna Deep
ISBN 81-85693-39-0 2003 Paper pp.180 Rs. 150

Vishwarupa Mandir
A study of Changu Narayan, Nepal’s most Ancient Temple
by Jeff Lidke.
ISBN 81-85693-59-3 2000. Hard pp.213. Rs. 1495.

Religious Minorities in Nepal
An Analysis of the State of Buddhists & Muslims in the Himalayan Kingdom
by Mollica Dostider.
ISBN 81-85693-47-1 1996. Hard pp.213. Rs. 185.

Fire of Himal
An Anthropological Study of the Sherpas of the Nepal Himalayan Region
by Ramesh Raj Kunwar.
ISBN 81-85693-64-1 1999. paper pp.314. Rs. 295.

The Khasa Kingdom
A Trans-Himalayan Empire of the Middle Ages
by Surya Mani Adhikary.
ISBN 81-85693-50-1 1997. Paper pp.215. Rs. 250.

Bhutan: A Movement in Exile
by J.D.N.S. Dhakal & Christopher Strawn
ISBN 81-8250-001-2 2009. Paper pp.242. Rs. 395.

Encounter Wildlife in Nepal
by Karna Sakya.
ISBN 81-85693-38-2 1993. Hard pp.296. Rs. 495.

Nepal-India
Democracy in the Making of Mutual Trust
by Dinesh Bhattarai & Pradip Khatiwada.
ISBN 81-85693-36-6 1993. Hard pp.324. Rs. 295.

The Himalayan Mind
A Cross-cultural Nepalese Investigation
by Murari P Regmi.
ISBN 81-85693-29-3 1997. Hard pp.240. Rs. 250.

Kathmandu Patan & Bhaktapur
An Archaeological Anthropology of the Royal Cities of the Kathmandu Valley
by Rishikeshab Raj Regmi.
ISBN 81-85693-30-7 1997. Hard pp.111. Rs. 250.

A Glossary of Himalayan Buddhism
by Jagdish Chandra Regmi.
ISBN 81-85693-28-5 1994. Hard pp.212. Rs. 250.

Ethnic Conflict in Bhutan

Ethnic Conflict in Bhutan. ISBN81-85693-68-4 1999. Hard pp.251. Rs.395 Indian.

Political and Economic Dimensions

by Dr. Mathew Joseph C.

Dr. Mathew Joseph C. is a prominent South Asian scholar. Ethnic Conflict in Bhutan is an exhaustive study exposing the socio-political scenario behind the recent surge in the ethnic nationalism and ethnic conflict between Ngalong-dominated state and Lhotshampas (Southern people mainly of Nepali origin).

The book opens with a survey of the British colonial policy towards Bhutan and the Himalayan region and offers a critical examination of the structure of the Bhutanese society and policy.

Employing empirical date based on up-to-data research, Dr. Joseph explores the hidden chapters of Bhutan’s obscure history, and locates the roots of the ethnic conflict in the politico-economic developments that took place in the early 1950′s.

Negating the Government statistics that gave misleading image of “Drukpa backwardness” and “Nepali prosperity”, the author states that the post-1964 alliance between King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and the “theocratic” traditionalists initiated the lethal “Bhutanese drive“ of “one nation, one people”, which was vigorously implemented in 1980s, and in due course resulted in an ethnic inferno that has till today rendered more than 1,00,000 people of Nepali origin homeless.

Dr. Joseph also points out the emergence of paranoia among the ruling elite of Bhutan due to the role of the people of Nepali origin in Sikkim in her accession to the Indian Union and their militant struggle waged in the Darjeeling Hills for a separate Nepali-speaking state in India.

Ethnic assertion contrary to the experiences of our times has unleashed the forces of democratization in Bhutan. The only viable solution, Dr. Mathew Joseph suggests, for the ruling elite of Bhutan, is the establishment of constitutional monarchy with multiparty democracy based on secularism and ethnic diversity.