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trekking in Nepal, Sally Wendkos Olds and Margaret Roche both
fell in love with this mountainous Himalayan country and her
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BALCONY IN NEPAL
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Pages-396
Price Rs
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ISBN
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81-87138-92-0
Size
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140 X 215 mm
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They returned four times between 1993 and 1998
and spent time in Badel, a remote hill village without electricity,
telephone or roads. They helped to established a library there,
and on each visit Olds, a writer, and Roche, an artist, were welcomed
enthusiastically as “our relatives”. Each time they
came to Badel, they returned home with questions about their own
lives. Here, in words and pictures, is their story of the Badel
villagers and their fast-disappearing ancient way of life.
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INVITATION
TO LOVE
Printed
Pages - 295
Price Rs. - 250.00
ISBN
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81-87138-93-9
Size -
140
X 215 mm
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Dramatic shift away from arranged marriage and capture marriage
is underway in the village of junigau, Nepal. Traditionally
prohibited from courting in person, young people of love letter
writing.
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And as a result, the practice of elopement is on the rise. Using
a rich ethnographic style, Laura M.Ahearn discusses the implications
of this emerging love letter correspondence and traces out the broader
ramifications for literacy, gender, love, personhood and social
change in Nepalese society. He close examination of marriage practices
reveals the micro processes of social transformations as this shift
is occurring-especially how villagers own conceptions of their abilities
and responsibilities are being affected by western-influenced understanding
and practices
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