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...Unlike many of its neighbors, Nepal was never colonized by the English or their language, but Upadhyay is hardly operating in a cultural vacuum. One of the first Nepali writers to publish fiction in the West, he has been called the "Buddhist Chekhov." He's not Anton Chekhov, but he is Buddhist, and the influence of the religion?observant, detached, cyclical?is richly apparent. Cycles are everywhere. Ramchandra's passion waxes and wanes. Even as he descends into recrimination, he sees his maturing teenage daughter succumbing to the same dangerous passion that undid him, and he is powerless to stop...
...lacks in televisions and high-speed Internet connections, it more than makes up for in charm, comfort and personality. A pleasant distance from the tourist area of Thamel and a stone's throw from the landmark Swayambhu stupa, the 22-year-old inn was designed to resemble a traditional Nepali palace, complete with a tranquil flower garden, fountains and a rooftop terrace ideal for watching the sun set over the capital. You get it all for less than half the price of the luxury hotels. Call (977-1) 271545 for reservations, or click on hotelvajra.com for a glimpse...
...more adrenaline-fueled encounters with the mountains, try Sunrise Paragliding's excursions out of Pokhara. The six-year-old British-Nepali partnership (see nepal-paragliding.com) offers a range of aerial experiences. Trek or jeep to a mountaintop and then paraglide down with an instructor. The three-day paratrek has you landing in a different village each night. In one of its most popular activities, parahawking, you follow hawks trained to find elusive mountain updrafts for rides that can last for several hours...
...Shreeram Shankar Yadav, 68, was supposedly one such enemy. A former Nepali Congress Party chairman in his village of Hasarapur on the border with India, he refused to pay rebel "taxes" or surrender his tractor to the guerrillas. In December, he went further, helping his son and nephew capture two Maoists and take them to a police station. On Jan. 8, the rebels took revenge. "About 250 of them surrounded the house," recalls his brother, Bisseswar Yadav. "They came into the house and tied all the adults' hands. They demanded to know where the guns were and, when we didn...
...While nobody expects the Maoists to march into Kathmandu and seize power, the prognosis is grim. Preoccupied with factional fights within the Nepali Congress Party and in command of a poorly equipped army of just 45,000, Prime Minister Deuba has little chance of regaining much land in Maoist hands. All through rebel territory, police checkpoints, if they exist at all, go unmanned. Deuba came to power just under a year ago as a peacemaker, promising talks with the Maoists. But when the guerrillas broke off their truce in November, he declared a state of emergency and ordered the army...