South Asia Bulletin
Vol. XII, No. 2 (Fall 1992)

COMPARATIVE STUDIES of SOUTH ASIA,
AFRICA and the MIDDLE EAST Vol. XIII, (1993)




Vasant Kaiwar and Sucheta Mazumdar: EditorsŐ Notes: Launching a New South Asia Bulletin/Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East



Special Issue on Nepal
Guest edited by Nanda R. Shrestha


Nanda R. Shrestha: Enchanted by the Mantra of Bikas: A Self-Reflective Perspective on Nepalese Elites and Development

Jeffrey Riedinger: Prospects for Land Reform in Nepal

David N. Zurick: The Road to Shangri La is Paved: Spatial Development and Rural Transformation in Nepal

Stacy Leigh Pigg: Unintended Consequences: The Ideological Impact of Development in Nepal

Naomi H. Bishop: Circular Migration and Families: A Yolmo Sherpa Example

Mary Des Chene: Soldiers, Sovereignty and Silences: Gorkhas as Diplomatic Currency

Barbara Parker and David W. Patterson: HeŐs No Good: Sexual Division of Labor and Habitus among NepalŐs Marpha Thakali

Surendra Pandey: The Vadi Community and Prostitution




Fundamentalism and Patriarchy
in the Middle East and South Asia


Edited by Vasant Kaiwar and Sucheta Mazumdar

Sadik J. Al-Azm: Islamic Fundamentalism Reconsidered: A Critical Outline of Problems, Ideas and Approaches, Part I.

Valentine M. Moghadam: Patriarchy and the Politics of Gender in Modernizing Societies: Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan