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J. P. CROSS has spent 67 years among the Gurkhas, first as a serving officer and then as a resident of Nepal, being the only foreigner in the history of the country to be allowed to be both a house- and land-owner. His language ability is such that, even after 90 minutes of being interviewed on the radio, only those who recognized his voice knew he was not a Nepali.With this unparalleled knowledge and experience, the author has produced a unique series of articles, written over the past fifty years. These cover events in his own career, including the time he found himself in command of a Japan

Gurkha soldiers --- History

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This book explores the ways in which affect, colonial histories, and militarism organise global security workforces within private military and security companies (PMSCs). It locates its analysis with Gurkhas; a group of militarised men from Nepal with over 200-years of military experience with the British and Indian armies and the Singaporean police, who now participate as security contractors in global markets. These men are celebrated in British popular culture for their heroic martial attributes and their broader military service to the United Kingdom. However, less known, is the fact that many Gurkhas located back in Nepal and their families are drawn into these markets under often exploitative relations. Drawing upon over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork with unprecedented access to these security communities throughout Nepal and in Afghanistan, the book's motivating questions are how security is made through these market relations and how is this security experienced by Gurkhas and their families.

Masculinity. --- Masculinity --- Nepal. --- Police, Private --- Gurkha soldiers --- Gorkha (South Asian people) --- Social conditions.

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This book presents a close look at the growth, success, and proliferation of ethnic politics on the peripheries of modern South Asia, built around a case study of the Nepal ethnic group that lives in the borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and east Nepal. Grounded in historical and ethnographic research, it critically examines the relationship between culture and politics in a geographical space that is home to a diverse range of ethnic identities, showing how new modes of political representation, cultural activism, and everyday politics have emerged from the region.

Ethnische Identität --- Gurkha --- Separatismus --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. --- Politische Bewegung --- Autonomiebewegung --- Partikularismus --- Unabhängigkeitsbewegung --- Separatist --- Gorkha --- Ghurka --- Nepal --- Gruppenidentität --- Rassische Identität --- Rassisches Bewusstsein --- Rassenidentität --- Identität --- Ethnizität --- Kulturelle Identität --- Ethnische Gruppe --- Ethnie --- Rasse --- Sikkim (India) --- Darjeeling (India : District) --- Dārjiliṃ Jelā (India) --- Dārjiling (India : District) --- Sikhim (India) --- Sikkim --- Sikkima (India) --- Politics and government. --- Ethnicity --- Democracy --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Political aspects --- South Asia --- Ethnic Politics, Democracy, Cultural Revivalism, Borderlands, Eastern Himalaya.