Tag: Newari
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What, so what, what for?
I discover with delight that my stated purpose here has aroused comment – over at Jinajik I’ve been chided for an apparent attack of despair. Now, Jinajik himself should know...
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Out there, where we belong; near here, where I cannot go.
In my planned talk, not delivered, for the Newa Pasa Puca Guthi last night, I had intended to return again to the question of locality as a key determinant of...
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Re/discovering words
I’ve been combing through dictionaries recently. Nepali, Newari, Scottish, Spanish and finally even English. It’s given me back a few tangy terms I thought I had long since lost. Enthymeme...
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Editing myself
It is strange to edit one’s self. In reviewing the galley proofs for Remaking Buddhism for Mediæval Nepal the question of being pointedly British (ise or ize), of responding to...