There are numerous articles available for your students to read about the Maoist Uprising in Nepal.  Below you will find a list of pre-selected materials appropriate for reading at the high school level.  Students can read all of the articles or they can select specific articles to gain a deeper sense of awareness of this issue. Students should complete the Terms to Know Handout and respond the Reading Response Questions.
 

Click here for Terms to Know Handout for Nepal. Click here for Reading Response Questions for Nepal. WEB SITE ARTICLES Article 1:Maoists in Nepal  by Anju Susan Alex Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies www.ipcs.org/nmt/milgroups/maoist-nep.html Article 2:The Maoists of Nepal: Three Perspectives  by B. Raman South Asian Analysis Group www.saag.org/papers3/paper277.html

WORD DOCUMENT ARTICLES (Print article from this site) Article 3: Poverty, Conflict Could make Himalayas “Next Afghanistan”: Expert Says Deutsche Presse-Argentur (01/28/02) Article 4: The Biggest Battle The Economist (02/23/02) Article 5: In Nepal’s Maoist Hunt, Villagers Are Hit Hardest Christian Science Monitor (05/08/02) Article 6: Trouble in Shangri-La San Francisco Chronicle (05/12/02) Article 7: India Suspects Maoist Links With Kashmiri Militants  BBC International Reports (07/18/02) Article 8: India, Nepal To Fight Maoists Together The Hindu (07/28/02)

Article 9: Maoist Violence Feared in Nepal The Economic Times (07/30/02) Article 10: Mao Lives On In Nepal The Economist (04/21/01) Article 11: Maoist ‘Robin Hoods’ in Nepal Win Support o Poor Christian Science Monitor (05/02/01) Article 12: Maoists and Monarchs New Internationalist (09/01) Article 13: The World: Nepal Deploys More Troops in Maoist Uprising  Los Angeles Times (12/3/01) Article 14: In Nepal, Maoism Gathers Strength Christian Science Monitor (05/03/99) Article 15: Mao in the Mountains The Economist (11/04/00)

MAOIST ARTICLES
Article 16: Interview With Dr. Baburam Bhattrai 
The Independent/Human Rights and People in Nepal (12/13/95)
Article 17: An Interview with Comrade Prachanda “However Tortuous The Road May Be, The Victory of the World Proletarian Revolution Is Certain”
A World To Win (no. 27, 2001)
Article 18: RIM Develops In Leaps Forward
The Worker (no. 6, 10/00)

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