Adroit Publishers imprint: 69 books

Kathmandu residents remember Barbara trotting out most early mornings from Tahachel Durbar on a beautiful white mare. That was the early sixties and North American blond ladies were still a rarity for the kids of Kathmanduespecially when they resembled actress Elizabeth Taylor. She came for a short visit...

The book states how village tourism is a determinant factor for the prosperity of a nation. Since village tourism is a highly peoples concern, various disciplines are involved in its setting.

This book is an attempt to provide a complete and straightforward analysis of international tourism in relation to tourism in Nepal, explaining all the elements that contribute to a complete understanding of the techniques of tourism.Tourism, as we all know, is an international phenomenon and its activity...

This book is on the political socialization of women in Nepal, which is a prerequisite for understanding the actual role, status, and participation of women in politics. The objective of the study is to know how Nepali women are socialized politically within different micro and macro spheres, i.e., family, religion, law, educational institution, media, and political party.

This book has originated from one of the casual discussions held at the Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies (NCCS) on the ongoing Maoist insurgency in Nepal. The purpose was to address a variety of subjects concerning the Peoples War, and accordingly, topics were assigned to individual authors of whom three are young scholars of NCCS.

This book is the product of a regional seminar on Non-Traditional Security: State, Society and Democracy in South Asia organized by Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies (NCCS). It has tried to reconceptualize security from a democratic perspective because democracy is being interpreted as an overall...

The world is getting smaller inside every day due to the rapid advancement of transport and communication and mans life is getting busier in a closed, stereotyped and monotonous society. Man by nature cannot live in confinement. He seeks change to invigorate himself from time to time. He is always tempted...

This book is a collection of twelve articles mainly dealing with the different aspects (phases) of Nepal-China relations. Of the twelve articles, two are unpublished, and the remaining ten articles were published in the Research Journals -- Voice of History, Rolamba and Journal of Nepalese Studies.

In spite of the fact that Nepal and China have a long history of political, social, economic and cultural relations, until this time, no thorough research has been done on Nepal-China relations from the time of their inception until 1955 A.D. In fact, Nepal-India relations have been a subject of exhaustive...

The Quinquennial mission system, originated from the peace agreement between Nepal and China in 1792, formed an integral part of Nepal-China relations. A pioneering research work on the subject has been made by Tri Ratna Manandhar and Tirtha Prasad Mishra.

The present volume is the product of a ten-day workshop on Political Parties and Parliament supported by the Ford Foundation. It is also the second in the series, Upgrading Political Science in Nepal started by the Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies (NCCS). Many other activities in this connection...

every efforts are being made for the assessment of pilgrimage tourism in Nepal, but the subject matter is complex interactions are warmly requested from all to make this book more comprehensive and rich for the future.

This volume presents critical reviews of research on school and classroom organization. All of the reviews focus on the achievement effects of alternative school and classroom organizational practices

This book is the collection of articles presented at various forums and published in journals. One article is included in an edited volume South Asia and Eastern Neighbours published from New Delhi. I must say that many of the articles included in the present book are unpublished and new. Many friends...