37905 Britain Nepal 28 COVERS:37905 Britain Nepal 28 COVERS 20/10/11 09:59 Page 2 THE BRITAIN-NEPAL SOCIETY J o u r n a l Number 28 2004 37905 Britain Nepal 28 COVERS:37905 Britain Nepal 28 COVERS 20/10/11 09:59 Page 4 ACORN Nepal Trust (Aid for Children of Rural Nepal and Educational Trust) Charitable Society Regd. No. 701/1999 President Rtn. Hari Bivor Karki Vice-President Prof. Dr. Bharat B. Karki Secretary Anjela Nepal Karki Treasurer Mrs. Bimala Katuwal Executive Members Dr. Yagya B. Karki Mrs. Shova Subedi Mrs. Sushila Khadka Hon. Members Lady Morris of Kenwood Rtn. Gerald Hughes Mr. Brian Mayhew Ms. Diana Reason Dr Abhiram Bahadur Singh Founder President Main Office U.K. Contact Prof. Dr. Bharat B. Karki Rtn. H.B. Karki PLEASE WRITE TO: The Gurkha Welfare Trust, PO Box 18215, 2nd Floor, Balkhu, Ring Road, Kathmandu - 14 21 Victoria Road, Aldershot 1 Old Street, London EC1V 9XB, telephone us on 020 7251 5234 Tel: 279762, Post Box: 3046 Hampshire GU11 1TQ or e-mail
[email protected] Registered charity No. 1103669 Fax: 977-1-282688 Tel/Fax: 01252 316058 37905 Britain Nepal 28 TEXT:37905 Britain Nepal 28 TEXT 20/10/11 09:57 Page 1 THE BRITAIN-NEPAL SOCIETY Journal Number 28 2004 CONTENTS 2 Editorial 4 The Society’s News 8 Of Gompas, Chortens, Mani Walls and Yaks – A Trek through Mustang and Dolpo (concluded) 22 Britain – Nepal Medical Trust – An Update 27 Nepal’s Lost Children 31 The Nepalese Nettle Project 37 Faith of Their Fathers 40 A Rai Wedding 44 From the Editor’s In-Tray 48 Book Reviews 53 Obituaries 58 Important Addresses 59 Notes on the Britain – Nepal Society 60 Officers and Committee of the Society 1 37905 Britain Nepal 28 TEXT:37905 Britain Nepal 28 TEXT 20/10/11 09:57 Page 2 EDITORIAL The year 2004 has seen the continuation seems well away from the insurgency.