Himalayan exodus: Nepalese migrant groups
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Migration of people from Nepal to other parts of the world due to poverty is a major political and social concern. Only the old and disabled are left in the villages to attend to agricultural and social activities. Young women live as sex workers in the cities of India and elsewhere, often returning in penury afflicted with diseases. Long distance traders, army workers, and the youth are the most mobile. Migrants in foreign lands often generate political conflicts like the Gorkhaland agitation in the state of West Bengal, India.
Publication Name: Asian Affairs
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0306-8374
Year: 1996
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Reinventing Calcutta
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The views on Calcutta's political continuity, its great past shaped by Britain and the British encounter with Bengal and with India and rich opportunities in future for modern partnership with the United Kingdom is presented. The UK is assisting to reform Calcutta, through the Department for International Development-supported district primary education programme and a promising new system of informal primary education and vocational training system.
Publication Name: Asian Affairs
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0306-8374
Year: 2006
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A Nepalese triangle: Monarchy, Maoists and political parties
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A brief description about the Nepal's political history, which is the struggle between the democrats and monarchists with a need for a constitutional monarchy, is presented. However, this appears to be coming to an end with the development of an extreme leftist strand in the political culture of Maoists.
Publication Name: Asian Affairs
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0306-8374
Year: 2007
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