today, the tourism industry is a major source of income for many countries. but the tourism as an economic activity mentioned before, is a cultural phenomenon in nature and the main attraction of tourism development as well. given the special vulnerability and fragility of cultural heritage, tourism development, in some cases, can cause damage to indigenous cultural patterns. this is in relatio...

though muslims have been living in nepal from the 15th century, they have started practicingtheir religious activities freely only after enactment of new civil code in 1963. this paper aims to explore the potentials and problems on the existing mosques, perception of the religious structures by muslim community and analysing of existing legal and institutional framework before drawing a conclus...

Community development has been a central theme of most of the socio-economic planning in India in the last 50 years. After gaining political independence, the popular parliamentary Government formed in India became concerned with finding mechanisms and resources to put India on a fast track of development. Realizing the fact that unless 80 percent of the rural population is involved in the deve...