Nepal - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/nepal/?source=rss&aim=nepal en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT Roundup: Stripping for women's rights Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/23/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/23/roundup/index.html?source=rss Plus: Do women know when to stop talking and start doing? Do you really want to be a goddess? Catherine Price Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/23/kumari/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/23/kumari/index.html?source=rss In Nepal, one girl's life in the role hasn't been all that great. Nepal bests U.S. for safe abortion access Lynn Harris Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/27/abortion_in_nepal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/27/abortion_in_nepal/index.html?source=rss Legalizing the procedure -- and nationalizing a model of care -- appears to have saved lives. Mothers against measles Sarah Elizabeth Richards Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/01/measles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/01/measles/index.html?source=rss Nepalese mothers take to the hills to inform people about a vaccination campaign. Nepal under the radar By Sean Kenny Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/12/20/nepal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/12/20/nepal/index.html?source=rss Still reeling from the massacre of its royal family, Nepal finds itself struggling to fend off a Maoist revolution -- while the West looks away. The perilous pepper of Phnom Penh By Rosemary Berkeley Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/food/feature/2000/01/21/pepper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/food/feature/2000/01/21/pepper/index.html?source=rss A newcomer to Cambodia finds that the way to a stranger's heart is through her stomach. Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/13/horowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/13/horowitz/index.html?source=rss As bad as Horowitz thinks the left is, the extreme right is worse! Plus: Deciding who can say the N-word; is commerce saving Nepal or ruining it? Sacrificing Nepal By Jeff Greenwald Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/06/mustang/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/06/mustang/index.html?source=rss The extraordinarily scenic and untouristed area of Mustang is about to have its figurative throat slit -- by a greedy highway project. Letter from Ladakh By Steve Van Beek Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/10/26/ladakh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/10/26/ladakh/index.html?source=rss The rugged inhabitants of this starkly beautiful, isolated land are now preparing for the latest invader: Winter. A man to match his mountain By Don George Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1998/12/01/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1998/12/01/hillary/index.html?source=rss On top of the world: Don George profiles Sir Edmund Hillary, mountain climber, world explorer and Himalayan humanitarian extraordinaire. Coronation Everest By Jan Morris Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/05/04/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/05/04/feature/index.html?source=rss On the eve of its 45th anniversary, Jan Morris recalls the first ascent of Mount Everest -- an innocent expedition that embodied a different age, and that changed the lives of its participants forever. Tiger, tiger, burning bright By Jeff Greenwald Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/04/08/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/04/08/feature/index.html?source=rss Jeff Greenwald describes a blood-curdling encounter with a tiger in one of Nepal's wildlife parks preserves -- and a disgraceful display of fake contraband-burning by Nepalese authorities. Festival time in Kathmandu By Jeff Greenwald Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/03/20/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/03/20/feature/index.html?source=rss Jeff Greenwald witnesses some mind-opening -- and pocket-emptying -- rites at three of Kathmandu's great spring festivals. Looking for Kathmandu By Jeff Greenwald Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/02/26/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/02/26/feature/index.html?source=rss Jeff Greenwald finds gossip, chickens and sex in an excursion off the beaten track near Kathmandu. Remembering an Everest hero By Suzette Lalime Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/01/16/featureb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/01/16/featureb/index.html?source=rss An appreciation of recently deceased mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev, whose role in the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy remains a controversy.