SINHAS Vol 30 No 1 Pratyoush Onta
The Early Years of SINHAS: A Founding Editor’s Recollections
Pratyoush Onta
Abstract
The first issue of the journal Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS) was published in 1996. To celebrate the 30th year of its publication, I have written a personal essay on the journal’s early years. I focus only on a few aspects: the initial proposal from our publisher, the actual decision to launch the journal, why it was both a “foolish” and “bold” initiative (and the intellectual contexts behind it), and some of the early framework-type choices we made that have stood the test of time. The labor and logistics that went into the foundational setting up of SINHAS receive a lot of attention in this essay. The writing is partly based on my memory, partly on fresh correspondence with relevant colleagues and partly on a reading of the sparse archive of the early years.
Keywords: SINHAS, Nepal Studies, foolish initiative, bold mission, editorial labor
The Early Years of SINHAS: A Founding Editor’s Recollections
Pratyoush Onta
Abstract
The first issue of the journal Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS) was published in 1996. To celebrate the 30th year of its publication, I have written a personal essay on the journal’s early years. I focus only on a few aspects: the initial proposal from our publisher, the actual decision to launch the journal, why it was both a “foolish” and “bold” initiative (and the intellectual contexts behind it), and some of the early framework-type choices we made that have stood the test of time. The labor and logistics that went into the foundational setting up of SINHAS receive a lot of attention in this essay. The writing is partly based on my memory, partly on fresh correspondence with relevant colleagues and partly on a reading of the sparse archive of the early years.
Keywords: SINHAS, Nepal Studies, foolish initiative, bold mission, editorial labor