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Item Cultural Politics of Counter Ethnography in Mirja Abu Talib Khan’s Travels(Central Department of English, 2018) Jaishi, Puspa RajDrawing upon Edward Said’s discourse of Orientalism, my dissertation on travelogues of Miraj Abu Talib Khan questions the assumption of Orientalism as a universal and instructive discourse that was conducted exclusively from the West to and for the East. Orientalism, as a global discourse and manifested by numerous rhetorics, has become effective in analyzing and studying the shifting geopolitical, cultural and social forms of power. This research argues that the contribution made by the entry of colonized people from the periphery to the colonial centre from their travels historically and politically been overlooked. Abu Talib Khan’s oriental travel developed along its own particular axes by both utilizing and reversing Orientalism through his cultural politics of ethnography. It further aims to illustrate that Talib’ travels, both in the colony and the metropole, were active and not passive agent in his negotiations of colonial as well as post-colonial ethnographical space. The travels of Talib has conveyed the hidden stories through autobiographies, diaries, letter, memoirs, poetry, and travelogues to establish himself within the space of, ‘writing back’, an imaginative endeavor that existed between the colony and the metropole.Item Ethnobiology of The Pahari (A case study of Badikhel VDC of Lalitpur district)(Department of Zoology, 2010) Dhami, Ganesh SinghThe Pahari are one of the marginalized indigenous groups, spread out in different parts of Nepal but this particular study is on the people inhabiting Badikhel VDC of Lalitpur district. Historically, they make extensive use of locally available plants and animals for fulfilling their basic needs. The study is carried out to document the plants and animals being used in various ways by the Pahari. To meet the intended objectives, field visits were carried out and the ethnobiological data were collected through observation, participation and interviews with the local people and other knowledgeable people. The study reveals that the Pahari make use of 38 species of animals-both wild and domestic. They use different 284 plants species both wild and cultivated as food, medicines, timber, fuel, wood, fibre and for different rituals. They use 8 different animal species to treat 7 ailments/diseases and 80 different plant species to treat 31 ailments and diseases. Despite their knowledge about local biodiversity, they tend to overexploit the natural resources because of their ignorance and poverty. As such, the local Pahari peoples’ activities are responsible for the depletion of the surrounding biodiversity. Finally some recommendations regarding the conservation of the cultural and biological diversity have been made for relevant individuals and agencies for wise and proper use of resources to encourage sustainable use to meet the national mandate of sustainable development. Key words: Pahari, indigenous knowledge, EthnobiologyItem Mathematical Practices In Maithali Community: An Ethnography Study(Department of Mathematics Education, 2015-10) Mahato, MukundarThis is an ethnography study on the entitled “Mathematical Practices in Maithili Community: An Ethnography Study”. The main objectives of this study were: to find out the mathematical practices in Maithili community, and to explore the pedagogical implication of mathematics practices in Maithili community. The design of this study was qualitative with ethnography approach. I selected my own area Lalbandi Municipalty at Sarlahi District for research field. I used purposive sampling to select the sample 8 Maithili people were sample of this study. I used observation, interview, and photographs as my data collection tools and tried to cover the real practices of Maithili people to sort out mathematical practices. From analysis and interpretation of data, I found various mathematical practices in Maithili community. Maithili peoples have huge of daily used materials that contained different mathematical concepts. They have farming materials (Tayer, Chhitte,Birba, Har, Palo etc.) in different shapes and sizes, different storage materials (Daliya, Berhi, Bhauki, Mujela, Ghumoua, Mathani etc.) by which the concept of mathematical knowledge can be find out, but due to the time and other constraints, I tried to see how these practices can be applied in teaching learning at the secondary level and in a formal education. It also see how can we relate those practice (Cultural Artifacts, Basketry works, Dung works, Measuring works, Wooden and Bamboo works) in elementary school mathematics and how can we use ( Tessellation, Triangle, Cone, Dual Cone, Curve, Curve Pattern, Spiral Curve, Circle, Concentric Circle, Radius, Point, Arcs, Sectors, Volume, Parallel Lines, Perpendicular, Rectangle, Cylindrical, Ratio and Proportion etc.) those mathematical practices and students to relate mathematics with culture, and pedagogical process to include in the main stream of education for school program.Item Quest for One's Own Roots in D.B. Gurung’s Novel Echoes of the Himalayas(Department of English, 2006) Bashyal, Devi PrasadEchoes of the Himalayasechoes the voice of the people till now underminedand unheeded by the mainstream power holders both in literature and in politics. Byintroducing an ethnic youth as the protagonist of his novel, D.B. Gurung has venturedon a new terrain of literary practices. He has effectively proved that it is not thenobility of birth but the nobility of ideas and ideals that make one worthy of beingtreated in literature. The central concern of the novel is toexpose how the ethnic people are treatedinhumanly in their own lands. Especially, Gagan Ghondey, the son of an ex-Gurkhaveteran, suffers much harassment and humiliations as he tries to establishment himselfin his ancestral land. Because his father hadleft the country of Nepal withoutacquiring his status as the citizen of Nepal, Gagan now lacks the essential documentsto prove himself a Nepalese. But his fluency in Nepal language, his mongoloidfeatures, and his ardent love for Nepal all speak volume for the fact that he is a Nepaliat the core of his being. This thesis rests on the assumption that the greatest question that an individualor a people can ever face is the question of roots and cultural ties. The truly universalyet immediate question human beings have since long been facing is 'Who am I?' Thisis the most important question related to one’s identity. And when we talk about ouridentity, we necessarily talk about our ancestry which comprises our genealogy andthe soil of our birth. The novel recounts, in moving terms the thousand miseries that the tribal peoplehave to undergo if they try to align themselves with the land of their ancestors. Theunsympathetic establishment does not accept the rights and existence of theindigenous people. This exclusion of the natives from the state mechanism may resultin ultimate rebellion and recrimination—this is the premonitory tone of the novel.