Kathmandu brings together a wide-ranging collection of writing on a city shaped by layered histories, competing visions, and rapid change. The volume explores Kathmandu and the wider Kathmandu Valley through questions of politics, culture, geography, memory, migration, infrastructure, identity, housing, and heritage. Combining classic texts with newer scholarship, it offers a nuanced portrait of a metropolis that is ancient and modern, traditional and cosmopolitan, continually transforming yet recognizably itself. As both an accessible introduction and a research reference, this anthology illuminates Kathmandu’s past, present, and possible futures.

Why You Should Read?

• Gain a broad introduction to the social, cultural, and geographic forces shaping contemporary Kathmandu.
• Explore diverse themes, including housing, heritage, memory, migration, infrastructure, and identity.
• Discover perspectives from established and emerging scholars gathered in one accessible volume.
• Use the essays as starting points for further research into Kathmandu and the Kathmandu Valley.