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Author | : Amy Willesee |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2014-05-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1466872322 |
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On June 1, 2001, the heir to the Nepalese throne, Crown Prince Dipendra, donned military fatigues, armed himself with automatic weapons, walked in on a quiet family gathering, and, without a word, mowed his family down before turning a gun on himself. But Dipendra did not die immediately, and while lying in a coma was declared king. He was now a living god. Award-winning journalists Amy Willesee and Mark Whittaker set out to understand what could have led to such a devastating tragedy, one that fascinated and appalled the world. Exploring Kathmandu and other parts of the kingdom, they conducted exhaustive interviews with everyone from Maoist guerillas to members and friends of the royal family, gaining insight into the people involved in and the events behind the massacre. At the heart of the story is the love affair between Dipendra and the beautiful aristocrat Devyani Rana, whom he was forbidden to marry. Culminating their portrait of Nepal is a chilling reconstruction of the events of that fatal day. As conspiracy theories circulate and rebels threaten to topple the monarchy, the future of this small Himalayan kingdom promises to be as tumultuous as its past. Revealing a country where the twenty-first century mingles uneasily with the fourteenth, Love and Death in Kathmandu is both an enlightening portrait of a place that is a world apart and a riveting investigation of an incredible crime.
Author | : Angma Dey Jhala |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317314433 |
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Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace', where women lived behind pardah in seclusion.
Author | : Anne T. Mocko |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0190275227 |
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"This book examines how public ritual once placed kings at the privileged apex of Nepal's government, and how in the 21st century those same rituals stopped serving the king and turned instead to authorize party-based politicians. Ritual upheaval undermined the institutional logic of monarchy, and demonstrated that kingship was contingent/dispensable"--
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Total Pages | : 1294 |
Release | : 2004-07 |
Genre | : East Asia |
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Asia's premier business magazine. The magazine reports on politics, business, economics, technology and social and cultural issues throughout Asia, with a particular emphasis on both Southeast Asia and China.
Author | : Meng Wang |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2022-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1666913464 |
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The Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, was the first Tibetan Buddhist leader to make extensive teaching tours to the West. His three tours to Europe and North America from 1974 to 1980 led to the global expansion of Tibetan Buddhist schools. This book presents the most in-depth analysis of the Karmapa’s contribution to the preservation and transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in exile. It is the first study to combine Tibetan life-writing and biographical materials in English with a thorough examination of the transformation of Tibetan Buddhism in the modern era of globalization. Drawing on a wide range of data from written accounts, collections of photographs, recordings of interviews, and documentaries, the author discusses the life and activity of the Karmapa through the lens of cross-cultural interaction between Buddhism and the West with a particular focus on Asian agency. The study shows that the Karmapa’s transmission strategies emphasized continuity with tradition with some openness for adaptation. His traditionalist approach and his success on the global scale challenge the popular assumption that the transmission of Buddhism is primarily a matter of Westernization, which, in turn, calls for a broader view that recognizes its complex and dynamic nature.
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Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Talking books |
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Author | : Hunter, Maureen |
Publisher | : OIBooks-Libros |
Total Pages | : 944 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1896239994 |
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Author | : Thomas Bell |
Publisher | : Haus Publishing |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2016-04-15 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1910376396 |
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One of the greatest cities of the Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal, is a unique blend of thousand-year-old cultural practices and accelerated urban development. In this book, Thomas Bell recounts his experiences from his many years in the city—exploring in the process the rich history of Kathmandu and its many instances of self-reinvention. Closed to the outside world until 1951 and trapped in a medieval time warp, Kathmandu is, as Bell argues, a jewel of the art world, a carnival of sexual license, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy, a case study in bungled western intervention, and an environmental catastrophe. In important ways, Kathmandu’s rapid modernization can be seen as an extreme version of what is happening in other traditional societies. Bell also discusses the ramifications of the recent Nepal earthquake. A comprehensive look at a top global destination, Kathmandu is an entertaining and accessible chronicle for anyone eager to learn more about this fascinating city.
Author | : Arthur James Wells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1664 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Bibliography, National |
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Author | : Francis G. Hutchins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Nepal |
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Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, 1945-2001, former king of Nepal,