The Text Within - Studies of Oral Ritual Texts in Nepal in the Last Decade by Martin Gaenszle; Six Proposals for an Ethnography of the Performed Word: Afterthoughts on Reading Martin Gaenszle's Review Article on the Study of Oral Ritual Texts by Andras Hofer; Himalayan Archives in Paris, Part one by Lucette Boulnois (Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes; The Musee Guimet Library; Centre d'Etudes sur les Religions Tibetaines; Centre d'Etudes Tibetaines in College de France; Library of the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient; Bibliotheque de l'Institut; The Musee de l'Homme Library); Thang-stong rGyal-po - A Leonardo of Tibet by Wolf Kahlen; Rishikesh Shaha on Human Rights and Democracy in Nepal: An Interview with the President of the Human Rights Organisation of Nepal (HURON) by Martin Gaenszle; German Research Council Project on Settlement Processes and State Formation in the Tibetan Himalayas; Travelling to Buddhist Holy Centres: The Case of Sherpa Pilgrimages by Eberhard Berg; Socio-Economic Conditions of the Terai (Madhesiya Community in Nepal) by Hari Bansh Jha