Nepalese Women: A Vivid Account of the Status and Role of Nepalese Women in the Total Spectrum of Life, Religious, Social, Economic, Political, and LegalM. Devi, 1982 - 304 pages "Some small booklets and articles have been published on the women of Nepal. A few ambitious research projects on the Nepalese women are also in progress. Any addition to them seems to be rather superfluous. However, my justification for writing this book is twofold. Firstly, the articles are scattered in various journals and several of them are in Nepali language. Secondly, small booklets and reseasrch projects deal only with one or two particuarl aspects of women and other equally important aspects are ignored. Therefore, the authoress studied different spectra of life of nepalese women - the religious, economic, political, legal, social points of view. This venture is not only the result of her assiduous study but also research on women. Unfortunately, in Nepal women are ignored to such an extent that not a single book is published on this title while in other countries more than a hundred books are published and still there is scope and market for more such books. Thus, this book is a humble beginning to introduce to the readers the past, present and future of Nepalese women." -- Page 6. |
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