Hardman, Charlotte E.2000. Other Worlds: Notions of Self and Emotion Among the Lhorung Rai (Book Review‪)‬

Oxford: Berg. Maps, figures, glossary, appendices, bibliography and index, pp. 315. There is quite a good number of anthropological monographs and dissertations on various groups of Rai in Nepal: Nick Allen on Thulung Rai, S Toba on Khaling Rai, C. McDougal on Kulung Rai, M. Gaenszle on Mewahang Rai and Dilli Dahal on Athpahariya Rai. The present book under review is another volume on the Lhorung Rai. Considering the diversity in the Rai languages and cultures (there are well over 20 groups within Rai with different languages and culture) we need more publications on the Rai so that it is easy to assess the nature of the Rai people and similarities and differences in their language, history and culture, particularly the myths, rites and traditions.