MARTIN CHAUTARI VERSION 5 updated 26 August 2016 LIST OF ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS OF PRATYOUSH ONTA by PRATYOUSH ONTA BOOKS 2017. Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press. Co-edited volume (forthcoming). 2015. Media Adhyayan (Studies) 10. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2014a. The State of History Education and Research in Nepal. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-authored. 2014b. Media Adhyayan (Studies) 9. Kathmandu: Bhrikuti Academic Publications. Co-edited volume 2013a. Media Adhyayan (Studies) 8. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2013b. 25 Years of Nepali Magazines. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2012a. Media Adhyayan 7. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2012b. Autocratic Monarchy: Politics in Panchayat Nepal by L.S. Baral. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume. 2011. Media Adhyayan 6. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2010. Media Adhyayan 5. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2009. Media Adhyayan 4. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2008a. Media Adhyayan 3. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2008b. Socially Inclusive Media. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2008c. Ten Years of Independent Radio: Development, Debates and the Public Interest Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2007. Media Adhyayan 2. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2006a. Media Adhyayan 1. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2006b. Mass Media in Post-1990 Nepal. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. CONTACT US MARTIN CHAUTARI 27 Jeetjung Marg, Thapathali GPO Box 13470, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977-1-4238050/4102027; Fax: +977-1-4240059 1 Email: chautari@mos.com.np www.martinchautari.org.np
LIST OF ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS OF PRATYOUSH ONTA 2005a. Growing up with Radio: Listening Experiences of Three Generations of Nepalis. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2005b. Radio Journalism: News and Talk Programs in FM. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2004a. Nepal Studies in the UK: Conversations with Practitioners. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. 2004b. Social Scientific Thinking in the Context of Nepal. Lalitpur: Social Science Baha. Co-edited volume 2004c. The Social History of Radio Nepal. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. Co-edited volume 2003a. Nepali Media Bibliography. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development. Co-edited volume (in Nepali and English). 2003b. Analyses of Media: Some Social Contexts. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development. Co-edited volume 2003c. Media Production and Contents. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development. Co-edited volume 2002a. Regional Media: Its History and Present Status. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development. Edited volume 2002b. Media Contents: Various Analyses. Kathmandu: Centre for Social Research and Development. Co-edited volume 2002c. Local Radio: Potentiality and Utility. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Nepal Press Institute. Co-edited volume 2001a. Dalits and Janajatis in the Nepali Media. Kathmandu: Ekta Books. Co-edited volume 2001b. Dalits in Print. Kathmandu: Ekta Books. Co-edited volume 2001c. Janajatis in Print. Kathmandu: Ekta Books. Co-edited volume 1999. Women in Print: A Reference Reader. Kathmandu: Nepal Press Institute. Co-edited volume ARTICLES 2017a. Introduction. In Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal. Michael Hutt and Pratyoush Onta, eds. Delhi: Cambridge University Press (co-written). 2017b. Janajati Magazines and the Contents of the Subaltern Counterpublic Sphere during the 1990s. In Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal. Michael Hutt and Pratyoush Onta, eds. Delhi: Cambridge University Press (co-written). 2015a. Does Academia Matter to the Shaping of Mutual Perceptions in South Asia? In India and South Asia: Exploring Regional Perceptions. Vishal Chandra, ed., pp. 3-17. New Delhi: Pentagon Press. 2015b. Coverage of Higher Education in Print Media: A Short Commentary Media Adhyayan 10: 151-170 (in Nepali, co-written). 2015c. The Ordinary Early Life of a Prolific Janajati Activist-Academic. Studies in Nepali History and Society 15(2): 351-373. 2014a. "Nepal." In Pathways to Power: The Domestic Politics of South Asia. Arjun Guneratne and Anita Weiss, eds., pp. 283-343. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield (co-written). 2014b. Expansion of the Public Sphere amidst Market Challenges: Janajati Magazines in Nepal in the 1990s In The Politics of Ethnicity in India, Nepal and China. Marine Carrin, Pralay Kanungo and Gérard Toffin, eds., pp. 255-277. New Delhi: Primus Books. 2013a. Preface. In Bhat ra Pani. Kamal Dixit, pp. ka-gha. Patan: Jagadamba Prakashan 2013b. Introduction: Nepali Magazines since 1990 In 25 Years of Nepali Magazines. Arjun Panthi, Pratyoush Onta and Harshaman Maharjan, eds., pp. 1-26. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari (in Nepali, co-written). 2
2013c. Janajati Magazines: Attempts at Creating an Inclusive Public Sphere In 25 Years of Nepali Magazines. Arjun Panthi, Pratyoush Onta and Harshaman Maharjan, eds., pp. 241-280. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari (in Nepali, co-written). 2012. Life and Writings of L.S. Baral In Autocratic Monarchy: Politics in Panchayat Nepal by L.S. Baral. Pratyoush Onta and Lokranjan Parajuli, eds., pp. 1-53. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari (co-written). 2011. Locating Academic NGOs in the Knowledge Production Landscape. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 5: 49-80. 2010a. Bibliography of academic writings and reflections on social science research in Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 4: 177-205. Also published online at www.martinchautari.org.np/bibliographies.html. 2010b. The Landscape of Social Science and Humanities Journals Published from Nepal: An Analysis of its Structural Characteristics. Studies in Nepali History and Society 15(2): 331-380. 2009. Independent Radio and Public Engagement in Nepal, 1997-2007. Studies in Nepali History and Society 14(2): 335-366. 2008a. Socially Inclusive Media: A Framework for a Debate. In Socially Inclusive Media. Pratyoush Onta, Harsha Man Maharjan, Devraj Humagain and Shekhar Parajulee, eds., pp.1-35. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari 2008b. Independent Radios and their Listeners: Some Points for a Debate. Media Adhyayan 3: 59-81 2008c. Social Inclusion in the Nepali Media: A Framework for a Debate. In Social Inclusion: Political Parties, State and the Media. Anubhav Ajeet, ed., pp. 119-153. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari 2008d. Unrecognized by Law: Nepal's Community Radios. Samhita 2: 34-40 (in Nepali, co-written). 2006. The Growth of the Adivasi Janajati Movement in Nepal after 1990: The Non-Political Institutional Agents. Studies in Nepali History and Society 11(2): 303-354. 2005a. Country Study: Nepal. In War of Words: Conflict and Freedom of Expression in South Asia, pp. 102-174. London: ARTICLE 19. 2005b. Studying Radio: Our Efforts and the Theoretical Landscape. In Radio Journalism: News and Talk Programs in FM. Pratyoush Onta, Shekhar Parajulee, Devraj Humagain, Komal Bhatta and Krishna Adhikari, eds, pp. 60-83. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari (in Nepali, co-written). 2005c. Training the Next Generation of Social Scientists: The Role of Academic NGOs. Rupantaran 2: 1-17 2005d. The politics of publishing: a case study from Nepal. Anthropology Matters 7(2). Available at http://www. anthropologymatters.com/index.php?journal=anth_matters&page=article&op=view&path[]=82 (co-written). 2004a. Introduction. In Nepal Studies in the UK: Conversations with Practitioners, pp. ix-xlii. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. 2004b. Democracy and Duplicity: The Maoists and Their Interlocutors in Nepal. In Himalayan People s War : Nepal s Maoist Rebellion. Michael Hutt, ed., pp. 136-151. London: C. Hurst and Co. 2004c. Introduction. In Social Scientific Thinking in the Context of Nepal. Mary Des Chene and Pratyoush Onta, eds., pp. xv-xvii. Lalitpur: Social Science Baha 2004d. Media and Liberal Democracy. In Social Scientific Thinking in the Context of Nepal. Mary Des Chene and Pratyoush Onta, eds., pp. 575-596. Lalitpur: Social Science Baha 2004e. Teaching the canon? Reflections on Anthropology s responsibilities. In Teaching rites and wrongs: Universities and the making of anthropologists. David Mills and Mark Harris, eds., pp. 133-144. Birmingham: Centre for learning and teaching Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) (co-written). 2004f. Introduction. In The Social History of Radio Nepal. Pratyoush Onta, Shekhar Parajulee, Devraj Humagain, Krishna Adhikari and Komal Bhatta, eds., pp. 1-32. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari (in Nepali, co-written). 2004g. Nepali experience of Radio before Radio Nepal. In The Social History of Radio Nepal. Pratyoush Onta, Shekhar Parajulee, Devraj Humagain, Krishna Adhikari and Komal Bhatta, eds., pp. 35-54. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari 3
LIST OF ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS OF PRATYOUSH ONTA 2004h. Promoting Panchayat: Radio Nepal, v.s. 2017-2022. In The Social History of Radio Nepal. Pratyoush Onta, Shekhar Parajulee, Devraj Humagain, Krishna Adhikari and Komal Bhatta, eds., pp. 165-175. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari 2003a. Preface: Media Studies Our Efforts. In Analyses of Media: Some Social Contexts. Pratyoush Onta and Ramesh Parajuli, eds., pp. 9-13. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development (in Nepali, co-written). 2003b. Introduction. In Media Production and Contents. Ramesh Parajuli and Pratyoush Onta, eds., pp. 9-21. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development (in Nepali, co-written). 2003c. The Death of a People s Historian: Mahesh Chandra Regmi (1929-2003). Himal South Asian 16(8): 46-50. 2003d. The Institutional Future of Academic History in Nepal. Studies in Nepali History and Society 8(1): 125-156. 2003e. Nepal Studies in the UK: Interview with Lionel Caplan. Studies in Nepali History and Society 8(1): 173-184. 2002a. Introduction: Studying Regional Media. In Regional Media: Its History and Present Status. Pratyoush Onta, ed., pp. 7-10. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development 2002b. Introduction. In Media Contents: Various Analyses. Pratyoush Onta, Ramesh Parajuli and Rama Parajuli, eds., pp. 1-11. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari and Centre for Social Research and Development (in Nepali, co-written). 2002c. Critiquing the Media Boom. In State of Nepal. Kanak Mani Dixit and Shastri Ramachandran, eds., pp. 253-269. Lalitpur: Himal Books. 2002d. Local Radio. In Local Radio: Potentiality and Utility. Pratyoush Onta and Raghu Mainali, eds., pp. 9-12. Kathmandu: Nepal Press Institute and Martin Chautari (in Nepali, co-written). 2002e. Public Radio and Social Movements: In Search of Effective Institutional Structures. In Local Radio: Potentiality and Utility. Pratyoush Onta and Raghu Mainali, eds., pp. 85-96. Kathmandu: Nepal Press Institute and Martin Chautari 2002f. FM Radio: A Bibliography. In Local Radio: Potentiality and Utility. Pratyoush Onta and Raghu Mainali, eds., pp. 149-156. Kathmandu: Nepal Press Institute and Martin Chautari (in Nepali, co-written). 2002g. Nepal, India and Area Studies. Himal South Asia 15(1): 70-75. 2001a. Nepal: A Striving for Dignity. In The South Asian Century 1900-1999. Zubeida Mustafa, ed., pp.114-123. Karachi: Oxford University Press. 2001b. FM Radio and the New Urban Public in Nepal. In Sarai Reader 01: The Public Domain. Rags Media Collective and Geert Lovink, eds., pp. 76-79. Delhi and Amsterdam: Sarai, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and The Society for Old and New Media. 2001c. Regional Area Studies in South Asia: Dark Days Ahead. Nepali Journal of Contemporary Studies 1(2): 60-89. 2001d. The Present Status of Nepali Media. In Dalits and Janajatis in the Nepali Media. Pratyoush Onta and Shekhar Parajulee, eds., pp. 11-15. Kathmandu: Ekta Books 2001e. Dalits in Print: How was it put together? Why was it put together? In Dalits in Print. Pratyoush Onta, Pramod Bhatta, Bidyanath Koirala, Khagendra Sangraula and CK Lal, eds., pp. 13-16. Kathmandu: Ekta Books (in Nepali, co-written). 2001f. Why Janajatis in Print? In Janajatis in Print. Pratyoush Onta, Kumar Yatru and Bhaskar Gautam, eds., pp. 11-12. Kathmandu: Ekta Books (in Nepali, co-written). 2001g. Commentary on the paper The Global Media, the Probe Commission and the Assassination of Nepal s Royal Family: Questions Unasked and Unanswered by Bipin Adhikari and SB Mathe. Himalayan Research Bulletin 21(1): 56-57. 2001h. Regional Scholarship in South Asia: A Bleak Future. In Asianizing Asia: Reflexivity, History and Identity, pp. 243-268. Bangkok: Asia Fellows Program. 2001i. The Print Media in Nepal since 1990: Impressive Growth and Institutional Challenges. Studies in Nepali History and Society 6(2): 331-346. 2001j. The Paradox of the Nepali Mindset: Hate India, Love India. Himal South Asia 14(2): 12-14. 4
2000a. Some Possible Interventions in the Author-Publisher-Reader Triangle to Boost Nepal's Publishing Industry. In Book Publishing Industry in Nepal: Problems and Prospects, pp. 77-86. Kathmandu: National Booksellers and Publishers Association of Nepal. 2000b. Before Saying What Civil Society can do to help Nepal's Disadvantaged People, Spare a Minute for Critical Self- Reflection. In The Institutionalization of Democratic Polity in Nepal. Khadga K.C., ed., 111-116. Pokhara: Prithwi Narayan Campus. 2000c. Nepal Education: Finding a Ray of Hope. Economic and Political Weekly 35(47): 4093-96. 2000d. Old Boys' Do's. Himal South Asia 13(2): 46-47. 1999a. The Career of Bhanubhakta as a History of Nepali National Culture, 1940-1999. Studies in Nepal History and Society 4(1): 65-136. 1999b. Editorial: Reflections on SINHAS, Past and Future. Studies in Nepali History and Society 4(1): 1-3 (co-written). 1999c. Nepali Media and Pro-Women Analysis. In Women in Print: A Reference Reader. Kathmandu: Nepal Press Institute (in Nepali, co-written). 1998-99. Photographic Consumption in Kathmandu, c. 1863-1960. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 15-16: 59-68. 1998a. A Suggestive History of the First Century of Photographic Consumption in Kathmandu. Studies in Nepali History and Society 3(1): 181-212. 1998b. Where is the 'SAARC Process' in Academia? Himal South Asia 11(3): 24-27. 1997a. Activities in a 'Fossil State': Balkrishna Sama and the Improvisation of Nepali Identity. Studies in Nepali History and Society 2(1): 69-102. 1997b. Editorial: Writing and Reading about Nepal. Studies in Nepali History and Society 2(1): 1-4 (co-written). 1996a. Creating a Brave Nepali Nation in British India: The Rhetoric of Jati Improvement, Rediscovery of Bhanubhakta and the Writing of Bir History. Studies in Nepali History and Society 1(1): 37-76. 1996b. Ambivalence Denied: The Making of Rashtriya Itihas in Panchayat Era Textbooks. Contributions to Nepalese Studies 23(1): 213-54. Reprinted in 2009 in Education in Nepal: Problems, Reforms and Social Change. Pramod Bhatta, ed., pp. 247-294. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari. 1996c. The Politics of Bravery: A History of Nepali Nationalism. PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania. 1995. Whither Scholarship on Nepal in the Nineties? Contributions to Nepalese Studies 22(2): 213-223 (co-written). 1994a. Rich Possibilities: Notes on Social History in Nepal. Contributions to Nepalese Studies 21(1): 1-43. 1994b. Dukha During the World War. Himal 7(6): 24-29. 1993. Whatever Happened to the Golden Age [of Nepali History]? Himal 6(4): 29-31. 1992. Anthropology Still Finding its Feet [in Nepal]. Himal 5(5): 31-33. 1991. Obsessions of Empire: Trade with Nepal and the Colonization of the Gurkhas. MA diss., University of Pennsylvania. BOOK REVIEWS 2014. Mahendra Man Singh. Forever Incomplete: The Story of Nepal. In Studies in Nepali History and Society vol.19, no.1. 2004. Binod Bhattarai. Nepali Press under Emergency: A Survey of the First Six Months. In Nation Weekly, 22 August. 2003a. Deepak Thapa with Bandana Sijapati. A Kingdom under Siege: Nepal s Maoist Insurgency, 1996 to 2003. In The Kathmandu Post, 19 October. 2003b. Deepak Thapa with Bandana Sijapati. A Kingdom under Siege: Nepal s Maoist Insurgency, 1996 to 2003. In Studies in Nepali History and Society vol.8, no.2. 2001a. Dipankar Banerjee, ed. Security Studies in South Asia. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, 11 February. 2001b. Navnita C Behera et al. People to People Contact in South Asia. In Himal South Asia, March. 5
LIST OF ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS OF PRATYOUSH ONTA 2001c. P. Kharel, ed. Media Nepal 2000. In The Book Review, March. 2001d. Ghatam Bhadra et al, eds. Subaltern Studies X. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, 25 March. 2001e. Michael Hutt. Modern Literary Nepali: An Introductory Reader. In Nepali Times, 27 July. 2001f. Gautam Bhadra et al, eds. Subaltern Studies X. In Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 60, no. 4. 2000a. P. Kharel, ed., Media Nepal 2000. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol. 5, no.3., 14 May. 2000b. André Betéille, Chronicles of Our Time. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol. 5, no. 6, 25 June. 2000c. Jonathan Schell, The Fate of the Earth. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol 5, no. 9, 13 August. 2000d. Sherry B. Ortner, Life and Death on Mt. Everest. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol.5, no. 12, 24 September. 2000e. Willem van Schndel, Wolfgang Mey & Aditya Kumar Dewan, The Chittagong Hill Tracts: Living in a Borderland. In Himal South Asia, October. 2000f. Ankush B. Sawant, ed. Area Studies Programmes in Indian Universities: An Appraisal and Review. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol.5, no. 13, 22 October. 2000g. M.S.Rajan, ed. International and Area Studies in India. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol.5, no. 13, 22 October. 1999a. Narendraraj Prasai and Indira Prasai, eds., Euta Amar Pragya Balkrishna Sama. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol. 4, no. 18. 1999b. Ghataraj Bhattarai, ed., Mahakabi Devkotaka Anibani. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol. 4, no. 18. 1999c. Narendraraj Prasai and Indira Prasai, eds., Rudraraj Pandey: Sristi ra Dristi. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol. 4, no. 18. 1999d. Khagendra Sangraula, Junkiriko Sangit. In Bikas, No 15 1999e. The magazine Asmita. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol. 4, no. 8. 1998a. UMN's Pipal Pustak series. In Himal, vol. 8, no.2 1998b. Susanne von der Heide, ed, Changing Faces of Nepal. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol. 3, no. 10. 1998c. Kurt Meyer and Pamela Deuel, eds, Mahabharata: The Tharu Barka Naach. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol. 3, no. 12 (with Rama Parajuli) 1998d. Daniel J Miller, Fields of Grass: Portraits of the Pastoral Landscape and Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas. In The Kathmandu Post Review of Books, vol 3, no. 17. 1997a. Madanmani Dixit, Aanandamaya Aakaash. In Kathmandu Today, vol 1, no. 9, 27 April 1997b. Purushottam Banskota, The Gurkha Connection. In Modern Asian Studies vol. 31, no. 2. 1997c. Nagendra Sharma, Tarka Bitarka, In Himal. vol. 7, no. 3 1996a. Lionel Caplan, Warrior Gentlemen: "Gurkhas" in the Western Imagination. In Everest Herald, 18 April. 1996b. Adrian Sever, Aspects of Modern Nepalese History. In Everest Herald. 2 May. 1996c. Amod Bhattarai, Kojh ra Tippani. In Everest Herald. 30 May. 1996d. Richard Burghart, The Conditions of Listening: Essays on Religion, History and Politics in South Asia. In Himal South Asia. vol. 9, no. 5. 1996e. Narayan Dhakal, Tin Sambatsar. In The Kathmandu Post 25 August. 1996f. Kedar Sharma, Aadhuniktasanga Savadhan. In Face to Face no.9, Oct/Nov. 1996g. The journal Pahad. In Himal, vol.6, no.2/3 1996h. The magazine Deurali, In Himal vol 6, no.1 6
1994a. James F. Fisher, Sherpas: Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal. In Indian Economic and Social History Review vol.31, no.2. 1994b. Toni Hagen, Building Bridges to the Third World: Memories of Nepal 1950-1992. In The Independent 6 April. 1994c. Tulsi Ram Vaidya, Tri Ratna Manandhar and Shankar Lal Joshi, Social History of Nepal. In Spotlight 6 May. 1994d. Ram Man Trishit, Chhitijko Prishtabhumi. In The Independent 18 May. 1994e. Rajesh Gautam and Asoke K. Thapa-Magar, Tribal Ethnography of Nepal, 2 vols. In The Independent 1 June. 1994f. Pico Iyer, Falling Off the Map. In Spotlight 17 June. 1994g. Tri Ratna Manandhar, Nepalko Itihasma Jung Bahadur. In The Kathmandu Post 19 June. 1994h. The journals Adarsa and European Bulletin of Himalayan Research. In Spotlight 9 September. 1994i. The magazine Attitudes. In The Kathmandu Post 13 November. 1994j. Adrian Sever, Nepal Under the Ranas. In Indian Economic and Social History Review vol.31, no.4. 1994k. Prakash A. Raj, Portraits & Photographs from Nepal. In The Rising Nepal 9 December. 1993a. Krishna Ghimere, Forest Or Farm? The Politics of Poverty and Land Hunger in Nepal. In Seminar, no.406, June. 1993b. B. D. Sanwal, Social and Political History of Nepal. In Spotlight 26 November. 1992. Rishikesh Shah, Politics in Nepal 1980-1991 and Three Decades and Two Kings 1960-90. In Contributions to Nepalese Studies vol.19, no. 2. 7