Battles of the New Republic : A Contemporary History of Nepal.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (386 pages)
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- A Timeline of the Transition -- Prologue -- BOOK 1: POLITICS OF GRADUAL REVOLUTION -- Walking into the Sunset -- Waging War and Peace -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- BOOK 2: POLITICS OF PARTIAL SOVEREIGNTY -- From Rolpa to Kathmandu, via Delhi -- 1 -- 2 -- Notes from the Extremes -- 1 -- 2 -- In the Power Corridors -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- BOOK 3: POLITICS OF INCLUSIVE NATIONALISM -- Being Nepali -- The Madhesi Mutinies -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- A Year in the Plains -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- Dhotis in Singha Durbar -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- BOOK 4: POLITICS OF SHANTI-SAMBIDHAN -- 'Did We Wage a War for This?' -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- Death of a Dream -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Postscript -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
This lively account of Nepal's recent history conveys the complexities of life in its better-known Himalayan regions as well as in the Terai, or foothills.