The State and Society in Nepal: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Trends by Prayag Raj Sharma Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have

Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty

humans may be terribly flawed

a young man renews contact with an older woman who feels humiliated by her ageing body

anthropologist John McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of its gilded elite

A father adopts a three-day workweek to spend time with his daughters and pursue a passion

The State and Society in Nepal: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Trends by Prayag Raj Sharma Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to haveIn the papers collected here the reader will find the collected wisdom of Nepals finest historical anthropologist or anthropological historian of his generation. Most Nepali historians use the facts of the present to illuminate the past, but few do so with the sophistication and sensitivity of Prayag Raj Sharma. He argues for long term continuities of culture and structure, but he is aware of the methodological pitfalls in doing so. Of the three