Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Ruptures and Repairs: A New Vantage in South Asian Historiography
Yogesh Raj
The 1954 Flood and the Ascendance of Monarchy in Nepal 21
Sharad Ghimire
Claiming “Our Commodity”: Geopolitics and the 47
Transformation of Nepal’s Tourism Industry in the 1970s
Mark Liechty
Locating Violence in Nepali Politics 77
Bhaskar Gautam
An Attempted Assassination of a Journalist: Rethinking 103
Periodization in Nepali Journalism Historiography
Harsha Man Maharjan
Changes in Rana Tharu–Pahadia Relationships: 123
Land, Politics and Caste
Lai Ming Lam
Repairing Everyday Ruptures: 145
Tibetan Medicine in Tawang, India
Kei Nagaoka
Keynote
Time, Space and Technology: Ruptures and Repairs Unknown 167
Smritikumar Sarkar
Notes on Contributors 181
Index 184