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Hutt , Pratyoush Onta Index More Information Index Aarohan, 172n6, 178 Andolan kabi (protest poet), 177 Aarohan theatre group, 8, 153, 179–181, Annapurna Post, 137 184, 190–191 Anti-Panchayat movement of 1990, 16 activities of, 172 Arab Spring (2011), 165 artists Archaeology, Department of, 257 as professional performers, 170 Art-activists, 176 role in democratic struggle during Art-based activism, 188 Emergency of 2005, 171, 178 Art in Nepal, 173–178 emerged from political street theatre, Arya Nepal, 62–64, 71 174 Arya Nepal Private Limited, 62 establishment of, 172 Asali hindusthan, 114–115 loktantrik natak, 173, 178 Atmananda, 94 Acharya, Hari Bansha, 181 Augusto Boal Forum heatre, 170, 170n1 Acharya, Sandeep, 125 Aviral, Krishna, 17n6, 50, 52 Adhunik Git, 147, 149, 160, 162 Adivasai Janajati. see Janajati Bag Bazaar, 54 Agnijwalama Darbar, 52 Bahadur, Jang, 108 aides-de-camp (ADCs), 46, 51 Bahrain, 126 aitihasik upanyas, 50 Bahunbadi conspiracy, 112 Ajit, Anubhav, 77 Bahun-Chhetri dominance, 62, 140 Akhtar, Javed, 126, 130, 138 Bahuns, 62 Al Jazeera, 66 Bahunvad, 116 All Nepal National Free Students Union Bandhas, 165 (ANNFSU[Revolutionary]), 204n6 Bangdel, Lainsingh, 129 All Nepal Women’s Association Bangladesh International Film Festival (ANWA)–Revolutionary, 199, 203–204 (2003), 78 Amsha property (ancestral birth-right Baral, Anup, 179 property), 257–259 Baruah, Sanjib, 254n3 Anaryas, 114 Basanta raga, 147 Ancestral property, 258 Basuri khalah, 147 Anderson, Benedict, 124 Beni, Maoists attack on, 229 Anderson, Jon W., 41 Bhairahawa, 2 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-316-64829-2 — Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal Edited by Michael J. Hutt , Pratyoush Onta Index More Information 278 Index Bhaktapur, 147–149, 151–153, 262 Buddhism, 116, 254 Bhandari, Madan, 112 Budhabar, 25 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 60 Byanculi raga, 147 Bhatta, Basanta, 181 Bhattarai, Baburam, 24, 46–48, 151n5 Cable News Network (CNN), 22, 66 Bhattarai, Benupraj, 127 Cantonments, 235, 237–239 Bhojpur, 216 baby boom in, 236 Bhojpuri dress, 159 female ex-combatants portrayals in, 244 Bhojpuri language, 77 Maoist party leaving, 242 Bhujel, Uma, 198, 206 media attention to women in, 236 Billig, Michael, 124 militarized political space, 244 Biratnagar, 65, 172, 176 military, 239 Birendra Army Hospital, 27 politics of, 226 Birendra Military Hospital, 26 reporting in media and newspaper Bishwakarma, Gorikala (Manushi), 198, about female ex-combatants, 225 202–203, 205, 212 satellite, 234 Bista, Dor Bahadur, 50 Shaktikhor, 212n12, 239 Bithaldanda incident, 203 CA see Constituent Assembly B.K., Sita, 198, 200–201, 210 Censorship B.K., Sumitra, 201, 209 army, 178 black box efect, 16 state, 102 Boal, Augusto, 170n1 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 44 Bohara, Gajendra, 51 Chahara, 113 Bollywood ilm industry, 56, 61 Chalphal, 25, 29 pictures and actors, 71 Chamling, Pawan, 127 rumors about Hrithik Roshan Chandrakishor, 129 derogatory remarks, 7, 58–61 Chand, Renu, 198n4, 210n10, 214, 216 songs, 63 Chand, Suresh, 183 star banned in Nepal, 59n4 Chapagain, Ninu, 151 style ilm culture, 91 Chapamar Yuwatiko Diary, 198 Bourdieu, Pierre, 29, 185, 261 Chatterji, Emon, 133, 138 bride price (sunauli rupauli), 80–81, 83, 94 Chattisis, 69n10, 72n13 absurdities of, 84 Chaudari, Saraswati, 183 increase in demand value, 84–85 Chaulagain, Renuka, 207 negative consequences of, 94 Chautari, Martin, 3n2, 197n1 negotiations, 82 Chene, Mary Des, 110 bride wealth, 84, 84n8 Chester, Ketaki, 45 British Academy South Asia International Chetris, 62, 77n1 Partnership, 2 Chettri, Lil Bahadur, 90 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Chettri, Mona, 140n5 19, 22, 66 Chhantyal ethnic group, 107 Buda, Kumari, 205 Chhota Rajan gang, 67 Buddha, 160 Chinoy, Alisha, 125, 138 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-316-64829-2 — Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal Edited by Michael J. Hutt , Pratyoush Onta Index More Information Index 279 Chitawan Post, 61 critical commentary, 99 Chitawan town, 58, 61 Cuba, 200 Christians, 134 cultural activism, 171 Chudal, Alaka, 82n7 cultural history, 255 Cinema, 7, 181. see also Bollywood ilm industry; Numafung (ilm) Dahal, Pushpa Kamal, 227 city halls, 59 Dahal, Ram Hari, 183 ethnic, 7, 91–92, 95–96 Dahal, Renu, 198n4 ethnic or indigenous, 77 Dalit, 4, 70, 99, 115, 135, 198, 210 Fourth, 95 Dambar, B. K., 27n17 hird, 95 Danuwar, Indrawati Adhikari, 198n4 Citizen’s Movement for Democracy and Darbar Hatyakandko Rahasya, 52 Peace (CMDP), 8n5, 170, 171n4, 172, Darbar Square (Kathmandu), 165, 183, 176, 178, 182 186, 189 Civil society (nagarik samaj), 65–66, 69, Darjeeling, 8, 79, 126–127, 129–134, 150, 162, 165, 175–176, 181, 183–184, 137–138, 156 190 Darshandhari, Hari, 150, 159, 183 Colombia, 233n23 Dashain festival, 82 Communist Party of Nepal (Ekata boycotting of, 114–115 Kendra), 112, 119 D.C., Samana, 208–209 Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Delhi, 62, 125 Convention), 151n5 Democracy(ies), 2, 4, 8, 42, 112, 176, 178, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), 5, 190–191 118, 223 multiparty, 56–57, 71 Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), 199 Communist Party of Nepal–United multi-party, 112 Marxist-Leninist (UML), 65, 69, 72 street theatre for, 182–184 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2006), western, 124 197, 223, 234 Democracy movement 1990. see Jan Conspiracy theory(ies), 6–7. see also Andolan 1990 Rumor Department of the Languages and conspirators true intentions, 40 Cultures of South Asia, 2 counter to received or oicial Deshantar, 26, 29 account, 40 Deuba, Sher Bahadur, 69n10, 72n13 deinition of, 40 Deura folk song, 177n19 development of, 46–49 Devkota, Keshavraj, 52 Middle Eastern, 41 Devkota, Upendra, 45 origin of, 40–41 Dev, Rajiv Kumar, 134 social exclusion conditions, 41 Dhakal, Bandana, 198n4 Constituent Assembly, 161, 211n11, 223 Dhakal, Karun, 137 elections in 2008 and 2013, 2–3, 5 Dhakal, Narayan, 67 Constitution of Nepal, 1990, 99, 103, 111, Dhaka topi, 133 115, 115n20 Dhangadi, 20n12 court system (amini), 90 Dhankuta, 50n13, 93 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-316-64829-2 — Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal Edited by Michael J. Hutt , Pratyoush Onta Index More Information 280 Index Dhanusa District Development funeral rites, 86–87 Committee, 113 Dharan, 78, 176 Gai Jatra festival, 151 Dharmendra, 59n4 Gandharva, Rubin, 177 Dhimal language, 77 Gandhi, Rajiv, assassination of, 16–17 dhimay drums, 147 Garment industry in Nepal, 61–64 Dhirendra Jha ‘Dhirendra,’ 129 Gaur, 69–70 Dibya Upadesh, 114n18 Gautam, Bhaskar, 140n5 disarmament, demobilization and Gautam, Shobha, 228 reintegration (DDR), 235n25 Gellner, David, 140n5 Dixit, Madhuri, 59n4 General Entertainment Channel (GEC), Dolakha, 44, 205 125 Domestic archives, 9, 159n13, 253–270 Gharti, Jaypuri, 214 Dong, Kamala, 209 Gharti, Samjhana, 214 Duwal, Ram Krishna, 153 Ghimire, Badri Prasad, 33 Ghimire, Rameshchandra, 157 Education system, 78, 94, 102, 200 Ghimire, Sharad, 140n5 Ekata Kendra. see Communist Party of Ghimire, Tulsi, 129 Nepal (Ekata Kendra) Ghimire, Yubaraj, 183 Emergency (2005), 171, 178, 179n22 Giri, Sarita, 183 emotion, 187n32 Gopal, Narayan, 160 Eritrea, 231, 233n23, 243 Gorakhnath (Baba), 35 ethnic cinema / movie, 7, 77–78, 86, Gorakhnath, temple of, 110 91–92, 94–96 Gorkha, 35 extradiegetic action, 90, 90n13 Gorkha, kingdom of, 110 Gorkhaland, 138 Facebook, 66, 165 Gorkhaland Movement, 138 family-based restoration of small temples, Gorkhali nationalism, 127–129 255–256 Gorkhapatra, 29, 34, 133, 139 federalism, concept of, 3 Gorkhapatra Corporation, 101, 139 female agency, 230n16 Group Four, 64 feminization of female combatants, 231 GTZ, 257 Film/ Festivals, 77–79, 91, 96 Guha, Probir, 175 ilm industry in Nepal, 77–78. see also Gurukul, 8, 153, 170–173, 179–181, 189, Numafung (ilm) 191 First Past he Post (FPTP) system, 224 Gurung, Amber, 160 Flickr, 165 Gurung, Chunu, 208 folk songs, 107, 117, 149, 158, 160, 177 Gurung, Harka, 112 formal politics, 6 Gurung language, 77 Fraser, Nancy, 104 Gurung magazines, 100, 105, 110, 113n16 fratricide, 16n3 Gurung, Om, 118n22 frequency modulation (FM) radio Gurungs, Rodhi tradition among, 107 stations, 154 Gurung, Suryaman, 20n11 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-316-64829-2 — Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal Edited by Michael J. Hutt , Pratyoush Onta Index More Information Index 281 Gurungs worship, 89 Indian Airlines plane, hi-jacking of, 67 Gyawali, Arjun, 52 India, Nepal’s relations, 17n4 Indian expansionism (bharatiya bistarvad), Hall, Stuart, 134 63 Hamal, Birendra, 179 Indian Express, he, 17 Hanuman Dhoka Conservation Project, Indian Idol competition, 125–126, 130, 256 135 Hashmi, Safdar, 175 India Today, 35n24 Hat bazaar, 81–82, 89 indigenous cinema, 77 Heaton Shrestha, Celayne, 8n5, 171n5, Indigenous Film Archive (IFA), 92, 96 172, 175n14, 176, 180n24, 181n28 Indigenous Film Foundation, 77 Heritage, 9, 253–254. see also History Indo–Nepal relations, 17n4 cultural and linguistic, 127 Indra (Queen), 51 deinition of, 256 Indra Jatra, 44 domestic archives, 262–268 Indreni Samskritik Samaj (ISAS), loss of, 255–259 151–155 performances, 174 integration of Maoists ex-combatants redemptive value of, 257 dangers from public, 235–243 sale and display of, 259–262 timeline for, 234–235 worldwide celebration of, 255 Interim Constitution of Nepal (2007), 3 Himalayan Times, 225 International Crisis Group (ICG), 3, 136 Himal Khabarpatrika, 21, 29, 58n2, 225 Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), 67 Hindi General Entertainment Channel intradiegetic action, 90, 90n13 (GEC), 125 Hindi language, 131 Jagaran Nepal, 33 Hindi movies, 78, 91 Jain, Anil, 62, 64 Hindu, he, 58n2, 60n6 Jana Ahvan, 26–27 Hinduvad, 116 Jana Astha, 17n5 History, conceptions of, 108, 259–260 Janadesh, 23, 26 Hoftstadter, Richard, 40 janagayak, 176–177 hooliganism, 24 Janajati(s), 100, 139.