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...religious leader of thousands of monasteries throughout India, Bhutan, Nepal, and, more recently, of meditation centers in the West, the Karmapa is the 16th incarnation in an unbroken lineage of spiritual teachers dating from the 12th century...
Unless you've been in Nepal or Bali all summer, you've probably already had this conversation. If you're anal, you've compared record collections and weeded out the doubles so no one catches you with two copies of "Mel Torme's Greatest Hits." And you've probably heard this part of the conversation...
Trekking is a popular pastime in the Himalayas, but when World Bank President Robert McNamara, 63, comes along, that obviously makes it a star trek. McNamara's band, on his second visit to Nepal, includes Wife Margaret, seven friends, five Sherpa guides, 26 porters, a Tibetan pony and a yak. The group is making two treks, one a 60-mile walk reaching 15,000-ft. altitudes, the other a 50-mile hike at even higher levels. Exults McNamara: "For people who live at sea level, high altitudes exact their toll. You think the top of your head is going...
Despite a policy of non-alignment and friendly relations with both China and India, fear of their political and military leverage exerts a stranglehold on Nepal's internal affairs. The government sees public expression of support for either country as a challenge to the authority of the King, one that has been met with imprisonment, fines and brutal retaliation by the military police. The law considers both the King and the constitution to be above criticism: a serious breach of conduct entails an investigation by the Ministry of Information, possible arrests, fines and censorship. Between 1974 and 1975, widespread action...
...stability of the monarchy. "Because alien resources are at their disposal," he says, "if you give them absolute freedom, are they going to have objective considerations without alien social and political bias dominating their news? Ninety-eight per cent of the people subscribe to the two symbols of Nepal: our monarchy and independent constitution. The remaining two per cent is an urban, educated middle-class elite. We don't want this two per cent to undermine our national symbols...