This may be of interest to Sajha folks in KTM.

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Himal Books is proud
to invite you to the launch of
"The State and Society in Nepal" by Prayag Raj Sharma.

David Gellner will speak.

Place: Yala Maya Kendra, Patan Dhoka
Time: 3:00 pm
Date: 14 December, Tuesday

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The State and Society in Nepal
Prayag Raj Sharma
Himal Books, 2004


From the 'Foreword' by David Gellner (University of Oxford):

"In the papers collected here the reader will find the collected
wisdom of Nepal's finest historical anthropologist or anthropological
historian of his generation. Most Nepali historians use the facts of
the present to illuminate the past, but few do so with the
sophistication and sensitivity of Prayag Raj Sharma.

He argues for long-term continuities of culture and structure, but he is aware of
the methodological pitfalls in doing so. Of the three crucibles he
identifies which have made modern Nepali culture what it is today -
the far west, the Kathmandu Valley, and the Tarai - Prayag Raj
Sharma has carried out first-hand research in the first two areas
and he has offered new intellectual syntheses and overviews
relevant to all three ....

His lucid prose, his classical sociological approach, his engaged but balanced concern, and his deep appreciation of all aspects of Nepal's society and history mean that
his corpus will stand for a long time to come as an essential witness
to the struggles of post-1950 Nepal to come to terms with its Hindu
past."