THE HIMALAYAN UNIVERSE

A very interesting explanation of Nepal's conflict by Laxmi Iyer to the author Martha Legace, Harvard Business School, is copied below from the link given. We have not taken any permission to copy and paste, but since this is so important in the context of Nepal, we thought we would use this information with due acknowledgement to the authors. Laxmi Iyer co-authored a book " Poverty, Social Divisions and Conflict in Nepal " with Quy-Toan Do, an economist of the World Bank which was published in June, 2007. The PDF version of the book is available at this link . High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal Posted: 06 Aug 2007 10:00:00 -4000 Q&A with: Lakshmi Iyer Published: August 6, 2007 Author: Martha Lagace Source: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/faculty/liyer.html Civil wars have been the dominant form of conflict around the world since World War II, resulting in approximately 20 million deaths. But it's not just sociologists who are diving into the roots of c...

No matter how much fighting is done for politics, or no matter how much we hypothesise about social transformation, we are heading towards a grim future of this country,instead of getting towards positive transformation, if malnutrition is not addressed. Nation is built by those who grew up with proper nutrition in their childhood. Here is an eye-opening status for Nepal, an article by Tom Atwood on the Kathmandu Post , published in August 9 edition. There is a great war to win! Malnutrition takes toll on GDP, IQ BY TOM ATWOOD KATHMANDU, Aug 9, 2007. Seven years after Nepal committed itself to the task of halving malnutrition by the year 2015 - one of the Millennium Development Goals - general malnutrition remains a serious problem. Over the past 25 years, general malnutrition levels have decreased at a miniscule rate. This obviously means the status of malnutrition as a public health problem will remain for decades to come. . According to the World Bank, decreased productivity and IQ ...

Mahabir Pun of Myagdi bags prestigious Magsaysay award Mahabir Pun: 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership. Mahabir Pun of Myagdi, western Nepal, has bagged the prestigious Raman Magsaysay Awards, for Community Leadership. The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) Tuesday announced that seven Asians bagged this year's Raman Magsaysay Awards, the Asian Equivalent of Nobel Prize. Pun is among three Chinese, a Korean, an Indian and a Pilipino to receive the coveted award. According to the RMAF, Pun, 52, is “recognised for his innovative application of wireless computer technology in Nepal, bringing progress to remote mountain areas by connecting his village to the global village”. Pun is the fourth Nepali to receive the Magsaysay award. He will receive the award amid a ceremony in Manila on August 31. Here is Pun's profile: Nangi Village, where Mahabir Pun was born, rests high in the Himalayan foothills of western Nepal. Here and in sur...