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Offering over 70 ancient and modern languages, Harvard boasts one of the most comprehensive university language programs nationwide, but Witzel noted that his department’s language courses are currently limited to Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, Urdu-Hindi, Nepali, and Tibetan...
Koirala, popularly known as GP Koirala, was at the forefront of mass protests in 1990 that eventually forced Nepal's King Birendra to introduce multiparty democracy into the Himalayan kingdom. Elections then catapulted Koirala and his Nepali Congress Party into power in 1991. But the subsequent years would be tumultuous ones, as a Maoist rebellion ravaged Nepal, leading to thousands of deaths. Power struggles and factional demagoguery came to define Kathmandu politics...
...steeped in the secular traditions of South Asia's independence movements. Koirala's bearing, to the end of his days, was not unlike that of India's own apostle of democracy and first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru: austere and gaunt, forever garbed in an elegant blazer and his trademark Nepali...
...taxi to Baber Mahal Revisited, an upscale shopping and entertainment complex housed in the beautifully renovated stables of an old palace. Boutiques and galleries are tucked inside narrow passages and flower-filled verandas. For coffee, take a seat at Chez Caroline, tel: (977-1) 426 3070; for upscale Nepali and Tibetan homeware and accessories, head upstairs to Pipalbot, tel: (977-1) 972 133 1390; and for dinner sit down at Baithak, tel: (977-1) 426 7346. This atmospheric venue offers royal cuisine and long-table dining...
...Museum on Durbar Marg for more sightseeing or venture into Thamel, a maze of narrow alleys, cafés, restaurants, climbing shops, bookstores, CD stalls and more. Book a table for dinner at a local favorite, Tukche Thakali Kitchen, tel: (977-1) 422 5890, on Durbar Marg for traditional Nepali cuisine. If you're hungry for postprandial entertainment, the Factory, tel: (977-1) 470 1185, at nearby Sagarmatha Bazar, is Kathmandu's current place to be seen...