Under the Shadow of the Red Flag: Travels during Nepal's Armed Conflict

Contents

• Preface vii
• Introduction: The ‘People’s War’ and the Armed Conflict in Nepal 1
• Chapters:
  1. Living on a Tightrope: Adaptive Strategies of Grassroots Development Workers in a Maoist-Conflict Area 15
  2. Radio Janaganatantra Nepal: Listening to Maoist Radio and Reflecting upon Nepal’s Culture of Loyalty 31
  3. Calm before a Storm: Traveling to Work on a Road in Bhojpur just before the Attack  37
  4. Conflict, Development, and Alcohol Abuse: Revisiting Bhojpur after the Attack, 2004 77
  5. Rara Lake – ‘A Poor Man’s Beautiful Wife’: Conflict and Livelihood in the Lesser District of Mugu 95
  6. Five Days in a Maoist Area of Upper Dolakha: Studying Hydropower Development in Upper Tamakoshi 129
  7. Hydropower Development – Conflict, Politics  and Corruption: A Visit to Lamjung 151
  8. ‘Tamakoshi River is Full of Widow’s Tears’: Uncertainty and People’s Plight in Ramechhap 157
  9. East Nepal: Overlooked Impacts of the Armed Conflict171
  10. Revolt against the Maoists: A Trip to Dailekh and Dullu 181
  11. Ceasefire and Tension Relief: Traveling through Dhankuta and Bhojpur 205
• Epilogue 215
• References 223
• Annexes
  • Annex I: Districts visited in west and central Nepal 225
  • Annex II: Districts visited in east Nepal 226
  • Annex III: Time-line of the conflict and peace process in Nepal (1990–2014) 227
  • Annex IV: Major incidents during the  Maoist insurgency (1996-2006) 229