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EBHR
EUROPEAN BULLETIN OF HIMALAYAN RESEARCH
published by the EBHR Editorial Committee in conjunction with Social Science Baha, Kathmandu, Nepal
Spring-Summer 2012
ARTICLES
Himalayan Flutes, Sprites and Mountainous Geographies 9 Andrew Alter
The Monarch’s Gift: Critical notes on the constitutional process 27 in Bhutan
Winnie Bothe
From Sentries to Skilled Migrants: The transitory residence of 59 the Nepali community in Singapore
Hema Kiruppalini
On the Historiography of Nepal: The ‘Wright’ Chronicle 83 reconsidered
Manik Bajracharya and Axel Michaels
WORKSHOP REPORTS 99
OBITUARY 117
BOOK REVIEWS 125
ENDPIECE 155
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
The European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR) was founded by the late Richard Burghart in 1991. It is the result of a partnership between France (CNRS), Germany (South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg) and the United Kingdom (School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS]). From 2010 to 2014 the Editorial Board is based in the UK and comprises Michael Hutt (SOAS, Managing Editor), Ben Campbell (University of Durham), Ian Harper (University of Edinburgh), Sondra Hausner (University of Oxford), Sara Shneiderman (Yale University), and Mark Turin (Yale University and University of Cambridge, book reviews editor).
The EBHR’s contributing editors are Martijn van Beek (University of Aarhus) Tone Bleie (University of Tromso) Pascale Dollfus (CNRS, Paris)
Martin Gaenszle (University of Vienna) David Gellner (University of Oxford) Ingemar Grandin (Linkoping University) Marie Lecomte-Tilouine (CNRS, Paris) Chiara Letizia (University of Milano-Bicocca) Fiona McConnell (University of Newcastle) Axel Michaels (University of Heidelberg) Matthew Nelson (SOAS)
Judi Pettigrew (University of Limerick) Philippe Ramirez (CNRS, Paris) Anne de Sales (CNRS, Paris) Surya Subedi (University of Leeds)
Mark Watson (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh) Astrid Zotter (University of Heidelberg)
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Michael Hutt
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Email: [email protected]
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The EBHR is published from Kathmandu in collaboration with Social Science Baha (http://www.soscbaha.org)
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EBHR 40 Spring-Summer 2012
ARTICLES
Himalayan Flutes, Sprites and Mountainous Geographies 9 Andrew Alter
The Monarch’s Gift: Critical notes on the constitutional 27 process in Bhutan
Winnie Bothe
From Sentries to Skilled Migrants: The transitory residence of 59 the Nepali community in Singapore
Hema Kiruppalini
On the Historiography of Nepal: The ‘Wright’ Chronicle reconsidered 83 Manik Bajracharya and Axel Michaels
WORKSHOP REPORTS
Authoritative Speech in the Himalayan Region 100 Anne de Sales
The 10th BNAC Nepal Study Day 104
Krishna Adhikari
The Creation of Public Meaning during Nepal’s Democratic 107 Transition: report on two workshops
Michael Hutt and Pratyoush Onta
The State of Religion in a Non-Religious State: Discourses and 110 practices in the secular republic of Nepal
Chiara Letizia
Nepalis in Diaspora 115
David Gellner OBITUARY
Augusto Gansser 1910-2012 118
Roger Croston
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Tilak Ranjan Bera: Ladakh: A glimpse of the roof of the world 126 John Bray
Todd T. Lewis & Subarna Man Tuladhar: Sugata Saurabha: An epic 128 poem from Nepal on the life of the Buddha by Chittadhar Hṛdaya.
Ingemar Grandin
Gwendolyn Hyslop, Stephen Morey and Mark W. Post (eds.): 134 North East Indian Linguistics: Volume 3.
Nathan Hill
John Bray & Elena de Rossi Filibeck (eds.): Mountains, Monasteries 139 and Mosques: Recent research on Ladakh and the Western Himalaya.
Patrick Kaplanian
William S. Sax: God of Justice: Ritual healing and social justice in the 144 Central Himalayas
Arik Moran
J. Mark Baker: The Kuhls of Kangra: Community-managed irrigation in 151 the Western Himalaya.
Charu Singh ENDPIECE
From Karnali Blues by Buddhisagar Chapain 156
