33-34
Autumn 2008-Spring 2009
EBHR
EUROPEAN BULLETIN OF HIMALAYAN RESEARCH
Special double issue: Revolutionary Nepal
European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
The European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR) was founded by the late Richard Burghart in 1991 and has appeared twice yearly ever since. It is the result of a partnership between France (CNRS), Germany (South Asia Institute) and the UK (SOAS) and is edited according to a rota system. Since January 2006 the French editorship has been run as a joint effort, currently including Pascale Dollfus, András Höfer, Marie Lecomte-Tilouine, Boyd Michailowsky, Philippe Ramirez, Blandine Ripert, and Anne de Sales.
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Martin Gaenszle,
Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
Uni-Campus AAKh, Hof 2.1, Spitalgasse 2-4, A-1090 Wien, Austria martin.gaenszle@univie.ac.at
András Höfer, Elvira Graner
South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University
Im Neuenheimer Feld 330, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Michael Hutt, David Gellner, Ben Campbell
School of Oriental and African Studies
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mh8@soas.ac.uk Mark Turin
Himalayan Languages Project, Silodam 355 1013 AW Amsterdam, Netherlands mt272@cornell.edu
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The Bulletin is published from Kathmandu in collaboration with Social Science Baha (http://www.soscbaha.org)
EBHR 33-34 Autumn 2008-Spring 2009
Revolutionary Nepal
Introduction
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
7
Mohan Bikram Singh and the History of Nepalese Maoism
Benoît Cailmail 11
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist): Transformation from an Insurgency Group to a Competitive Political Party
Krishna Hachhethu
39
A Comparison of two “Communal” Riots in Nepalgunj: Myths of the State Fraying at the Edges and Unravelling at the Centre
Pragya Dhital
73
Women’s Participation in the People’s War in Jumla Satya Shrestha-Schipper
105
Maoism, Violence and Religious Upheaval in a Village in Eastern Nepal
Pustak Ghimire
123
What ‘Really’ Happened in Dullu
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine 143
“One should not cut the Blossom in the Bud”, Voices of Nepalese child soldier
Carine Jaquet
171
BOOK REVIEWS 191
Brigitte Steinmann (ed): Le maoïsme au Népal Satya Shrestha-Schipper
Michelle Kergoat: Histoire politique du Népal Benoît Caimail
CORRESPONDENCE, ANNOUNCEMENTS, REPORTS 203
