Nepal is a land-locked country located more than 1000 km from Calcutta, India, its most important port. The majority of the population are Hindu, the state religion. Other denominations include Buddhists and Moslems. Even with a declining population growth rate, it is estimated that Nepal s population will reach 30 million by 2010. Nepal is one of the group of countries classified by the UN as least developed.
Social development remains at a very low level.
Infant mortality is 96 per 1000 live births and average life expectancy is 55 years of age for men and 54 years of age for women. My life runs on then as the gods have spun it. There are reminders everywhere of his brilliant and adventurous father, who helped develop the Big Bang theory of the creation of the universe. On a wall is a model of an underwater breathing device he developed called Suba. On a lab table sits a windmill he's experimenting with to generate high-altitude electricity.