A new issue of Himalayan Linguistics is out. Nayanika Mathur (Cambridge): “It’s a Conspiracy Theory and Climate Change”: Of Beastly Encounters and Cervine Disappearances in Himalayan India. Madhusree Mukerjee on the impending dam disaster in the Himalayas: Two of the most populous nations — China and India — are building hundreds of dams in a violently active geologic zone. Nepal, before and after the earthquake: Jon Mooallem on confronting nature’s extremes on Everest and in Katmandu (and more). Anna Callaghan and Rabi Thapa on an oral history of Langtang, the valley destroyed by the Nepal earthquake (and more). Nepal adopts a democratic charter born of bloodshed, compromise. Mani Nepal (SANDEE) and Alok K Bohara (New Mexico): Consumption Insurance under Uncertainty: The Case of Nepal during Maoist Insurgency. Betrayal in the High Himalaya: Tim Chamberlain reviews Tibet: An Unfinished Story by Lezlee Brown Halper and Stefan Halper and Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom by Andrew Duff (and more).
