Overview of Kathmandu Book

Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalayas a unique survival of cultural practices that died out in India 1000 years ago. It is a carnival of sexual license and hypocrisy, a jewel of world art, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy, a case study in bungled Western intervention and an environmental catastrophe. Closed to the outside world until 1951 and trapped in a medieval time warp, Kathmandu s rapid modernization is an extreme version of what is happening elsewhere in many traditional societies. The many layers of the city s developments are reflected in the successive generations of its gods and goddesses, witches and ghosts, the comforts of caste, the ethos of aristocracy and kingship and, of late, the destabilizing spirits of consumer aspiration, individuality, egalitarianism, communism and democracy. Kathmandu follows the author s story over a decade in the city and unravels the city s history through successive reinventions of itself. Erudite, entertaining and accessible, this is the distinctive chronicle of a fascinating city.

• Book Type :

Illustrated Books

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

494 pages

• ISBN - 10 :

0143428128

• Kathmandu Published On :

24 Oct 2016

• Resource:

Travel, Illustrated Books Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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