IN a penetrating ethnographic study of American psychiatry, Tanya Luhrmann (2000) comes to a troubling diagnosis. At the end of the century, psychiatric practice, theory, and training are riven by a deep divide between two ways of understanding mental disorder. These orientations–the biomedical and the psychodynamic–have lived in uneasy coexistence for several decades, struggling to […]
Knowledge elites distort their mentality in Nepal
The Nepalis entered the phase of federal democratic republic after the formal abolition of the 240-year monarchy founded on feudal identities and thought patterns. However, all progressive scholars agree that the Nepalis have not yet got rid of feudalism despite the abolition of monarchy because monarchy was only a major generalized symbol of feudalism while […]
Politics and Women’s Plight in Nepal
Monarchy in varied forms ruled in Nepal since the beginning era. The hereditary rule of the Ranas remained in the country for 104 years (1846 to 1950). The Ranas privatized the whole country for their familial luxuries and treated the Nepalis as their mere domestic workers. They made deliberate attempts to keep men and women […]
Japan: Where Has All The Butter Gone?
by Hanako Tokita Where is the butter? — cry Japanese consumers who have been hunting everywhere for the dairy product. The drastic reduction in raw milk production, complicated by hikes in the price of grain as well as changes in the global patterns of dairy product consumption, have caused a serious butter shortage in Japan. […]
Nepal under regressive mafia rule
As soon as the April uprising in 2006 ousted the direct monarchial rule, the Nepalis began to face oil shortage. Most people did not notice it then as it was not very acute. Now the oil shortage has become far acuter than it was 22 months ago. The Seven Party Alliance, now in the government, […]
Approach Migraine Seriously
Headache is one of the most common health problems everyone identifies with. Normally People are not that much concern with this isue. But it will creat problems. Migraine, the most prevalent headache syndrome at present affects almost 6-15% men, 14-35% women and 4-5% children. A migraine attach can last from several hours to even days. […]
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