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A lecture on "Access to justice during the civil conflict" at the Institute for Advanced Study on Asia, Tokyo

I gave a lecture on "Access to Justice During the Civil Conflict," based on the research I had done with a team of six researchers through UNDP, at the Institute for Advanced Study on Asia at  Tokyo University. You can view their website here: http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/project/tobunkenseminar.html

Culture is Dead, Long Live Culture

This article was printed in 2005, after King Gyanendra's takeover, in ISIS International, an organization which documents feminist visions and strengthens social movements from the Phillippines. I noted that the cultural songs and dance of the Panchayat period were making a comeback after the King's takeover, and wrote this article as a reflection on the meaning of cultural diversity. You can read the online  version here. http://isisinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=275&Itemid=261 Due to some errors I noted in the website, I am cutting and pasting a copy-edited version below. Culture Is Dead, Long Live Culture by Sushma Joshi Can a country promote cultural diversity through media as a deliberate national policy, or will all such policies eventually end up “Disney-fying” cultures by stripping them down to their most basic, visible symbols? After the Nepalese King’s Proclamation of February 1, 2005, which suspended democratic r