New Books/Arrivals

The Pokhara Valley

A Traveler’s Guide
LB Thapa
ISBN 81-8250- 019-2 2009 Hard pp.45 Rs. 495

This is first comprehensive guide to most exotic valley of lakes in Western Nepal. Nepalese Scholar and journalist, LB Thapa for the first time brings to the readers’ attention the great cultural legacy of the landscape and people living in it. Full of first hand information about tours and sightseeing, the book offers a detailed information  lodging and cuisine, fairs and festival, best walks and brief treks, paragliding and other outdoor sports.

A handy book offers an up-to-date account of unique valley beneath the shadow of Annapurnas.

Ode to Dreams

Larry Peters
ISBN 81-8250- 024-9 2009 Hard pp.45 Rs. 150

This is Dr. Peters’ favorite book. A surreal world conjured through shamanic visions raising several delicate questions about life and death and world beyond. Written in tradition of Asian mystics, this is a powerful ode to dreams that brings alive primordial drama of lust and longing, and weaves an extraordinary tapestry of sacred and profane, mundane and virtual reality.

Student, Politics & Democracy in Nepal

(1940-2008)
Meena Ojha
ISBN 81-8250- 012-5 2009 Hard pp.431 Rs. 595

Meena Ojha is a well known Nepalese political analyst today.

The book is a historical political research of the current face of fast changing Nepalese polity. Up-to-date and authentic, empirical and original, the book looks at the turbulent chapters of Nepalese history from a fresh angle. A fine fusion of journalism and contemporary history, Ojha examines the role of student movements in shaping the fate and future of contemporary Nepal, and asks several formidable questions -- What may be the causes of student movements? Why do only students initiate movement and remain at the forefront? What are the causes, and results of the movements? Where and who make the plans and programs of the movements?" Based on first hand research  including interviews of over a hundred student leaders, posters, booklets, leaflets, bulletins and several materials provided by different student organizations, the book opens new doors to understand the ongoing political commotion that at the moment seems to draw worldwide attention.