The lord of the beasts
From Himal Southasian, Volume 22, Number 10/11 (OCT/NOV 2009) The sputtering row over the ‘Indian’ priests of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu has its origins in the xenophobia that evolved as part of the hill-centric Nepali nationalist psyche, a mindset that is used by modern-day demagogues to garner easy popularity and support. Since before the time …