Articles: - Linkages Between Gender, Migration and Forest Governance: Re-thinking community forestry policies in Nepal Bimbika Sijapati Basnett - Preconditions of Democracy: An outsider’s reflections and their reception in Nepal David N. Gellner - The Tharu, the Tarai and the History of the Nepali Hattisar Piers Locke - The Enactment of Tribal Unity at the Periphery of India: The political role of a new form of the Panglhabsol Buddhist ritual in Sikkim Melanie Vandenhelsken - Reports - Interview - Obituary - Book Reviews