Under the Shadow of the Red Flag examines how Nepal’s decade-long armed conflict, from 1996 to 2006, affected village life and society in the country’s remote districts. Drawing on observations and impressions gathered during first-hand travel across Nepal for research and development consulting assignments, Jagannath Adhikari presents grounded accounts of communities living through conflict and its consequences. The book offers a field-based perspective on social change, rural experience, and the human impact of Nepal’s turbulent decade.

Why You Should Read?

• Understand how Nepal’s 1996–2006 armed conflict influenced everyday village life.
• Explore the social effects of conflict in remote districts often overlooked in broad historical accounts.
• Read a first-hand, experience-based perspective shaped by travel and field research across Nepal.
• Gain context for examining rural society, development, and political upheaval together.

About the Author

Jagannath Adhikari draws on first-hand observations gathered while traveling across Nepal for research and development consulting assignments. His work in the field provides the basis for the accounts in this book, connecting lived experiences in remote villages with wider questions about conflict, society, and rural change. In Under the Shadow of the Red Flag, he presents an observational record of how Nepal’s armed conflict affected communities beyond the country’s urban centers.