He also needed to have close relationships with Brahmin priests ... one national-dress.” Modern nationalism thus meant a unified Nepal that erased ethnic, regional and religious differences ...

the morning sessions for an "all boys" class wearing the national dress "Daura-Suruwal" along with "Dhaka topi" and slippers, would soon start. Unlike other schools that have mushroomed in Nepal ...

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and other top officials paid their respects to a Brahmin priest, who was dressed up to resemble the late King Birendra before being ceremonially banished from ...