Overview of the Book

This book project is launched by Canada Foundation for Nepal (CFFN). One of the major objectives of CFFN is to facilitate research activities focused on the economic development of Nepal. CFFN is a major partner in the currently ongoing Initiative for Open University of Nepal, (OUN) which began almost two years ago. OUN is a collaborative project of NRNA, CFFN and the Government of Nepal, while Athabasca University of Alberta, Canada is the chief technical and academic supporter for the Initiative.

The proposed book was conceived to achieve several goals. It will be a text or reference book for college level students, both undergraduate and graduate, in Nepali universities. It is also being designed as a text book for the upcoming OUN for rural development program, and which can also serve as a reference for policy makers, international development experts concerned with rural development in Nepal and domestic experts and consultants interested in the field.

Canada Foundation for Nepal (CFFN) is a registered not–for–profit organization aspiring to see a peaceful, democratic, just, and prosperous Nepal. The establishment of CFFN in 2006 by the Nepalese Diaspora and Friends of Nepal in Ottawa, Canada, was a culmination of efforts by those individuals who were weighing on various alternatives to help the people of Nepal.

Written by Whitson Gordon, Where to Get the Best Free Education Online is a great article that summarizes some of the best free and online education. The author writes about the resources of The OpenCourseWare Consortium, with mention are video courses and lectures on Software and Business from MIT, IT and Business Transformation from MIT, Introduction to Business from Kaplan University. He then goes on to introducing The Khan Academy, Academic Earth with special mention of lectures from 19 universities, iTunes U, WikiVersity, Textbook Revolution with special mention of its free textbooks, Carnegie Mellon's Open Learning Initiative, the Supplemental Resources section of MIT, and Google special search techniques and obscure tricks.
Please click here to go read the original article.

This article provides links to CFFN old website's articles that were collected under Project USHA. These will be ported into the is new website. They contain information about Nepal and the world of philosophy. This is made possible through a number of independently running projects. As this is an ongoing effort, we urge you to visit time and again, and we invite you to contribute towards these efforts.

Part I: About CFFN

1. Organization( Introduction | People | Governance | Guidelines )
2. Input to Constitution (Index page Pramod Dhakal: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 Others ( NRN-Canada Summary | NRNA Submission | Chandra Rai-Canada ) )
3. Concern Nepal( Issue 7 (HTML | pdf),Issue 6 ( HTML | pdf), Issue 5 ( HTML | pdf), Issue 4( HTML | pdf ), Issue 3( HTML | pdf ), Issue 2 HTML | pdf ), Issue 1 HTML | pdf ))
4. Unfolding Futures Conference Proceedings (Year I 2007( HTML | pdf ))
5. Columns by (Pramod Dhakal)
6. Usha: The Light of Knowledge (Home)
   1. Facts: Timeline | Sponsors | Approach | Rural People | Why Collaborate? | Like to Contribute? | History | Team | People of CFFN | Education and Technology | Population statistics |
   2. Updates: Usha:[I] | [II] General:[I] | [II] | [III] | [IV] | [V]
   3. Memoirs: DonnaLea begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting | PramodDhakal(01 | 02 | 03 ) | DavidCampbell | ZacharyGaydos | KelseyWood | DeepakPandey( 01 | 02 | 03 ) | GeetaThapa | SmitaKhatiwada | RajanPandey | GyanendraSuwal | UdhyanTimilsina | RyanNelson-EmilyMaw | SarojDillu | Illinois-to-Sarkuwa | David-Zachary-Blog | Kelsey-Blog
   4. Philosophy: Consumption | Freire | Dewey | Vivekananda | Piaget | Bandura | Skinner

Part II: About Nepal

A Functional Guide

1. Introduction( Intro | Rights | Festivals | Plants | Animals | History | Poverty | Farming | Geography | Time | Ghosts | Myths | Religion | Music | Schedule )
2. Historic Documents ( Index | Background | Canada-Nepal | 1990: Constitution-I | II | 1996: 40 Point Demands | 2005: 12 Point MOU | 2005: MOU Analysis | 2006: King’s Address | House Proclamation | Point Code of Conduct | 8 Point Agreement | Budget Speech | Letters to UN | 5 Point Agreement | Letters to UN II | Interim Constitution | Peace AgreementNepali | English | Comprehensive Peace Agreement English | Nepali | Kofi Annan to Security Council | On Arms and Armies | UN Security Council Report | 2007: Interim Constitution I | II | Nepali | CPNM Concept Paper | 23 Point Agreement(Nepali | English) | Budget Speech (English-pdf | Annex-English-pdf) | 2008: | Govt. UDMF Agreement(Nepali) | Govt. Republican Front Agreement(Np | En) | CA Election Menifesto ( CPNM(Np) | CPNUML(Np | En) | NC(Np) ) | Candidates ( CPNM | CPNUML | NC ) | OHCHR-Nepal Offer | Last Speech of King | Common Minimum Program(N) | Address to Netion by Prachanda | Government Programs and Policies | Nepal-India Joint Statement | Budget Speech of FDR ( English | Annex-English | Nepali | Annex-Nepali ) )
3. Vital Statistics ( Index)
4. Trade, Investment and Philanthropy ( Index)
5. Guide to tourists and visitors ( Index)
6. Rural and Agricultural Communication ( Index | ACDC Database)
7. Food and Nutrition ( Index | USDA-1 | USDA-2)
8. Crops ( PurdueU-Encyclopedia )

Part III: About World

A Philosophical Guide

East

1. Hindu: Geeta( html | prose) | Mahabharat( html) | Ramayan( html) | Rig Veda( html) | Sama Veda( html) | Yajur Veda( html) | White Yajur Veda( html) | Atharva Veda( html) | Manu Smriti( html) | Sacred Laws of the Âryas I( html) | Sacred Laws of the Âryas II( html) | Chanakya (Philosophy( I | II ) Economy ( I | II ) | Tirukural( I ) | Upanishads ( I )
2. Buddhist: The Eightfold Path( html) | Life of Buddha( html) | Zen Bible( html) | Gospel( html) | Tibetan( html) | Zen( html) | Chinese( html) | Creed of Buddha( html) | Dhammapada( html) | Sutta( html) | Vinaya I( html) | Vinaya II( html) | Vinaya III( html) | Dialogues( html) | Questions of King Milinda( html) | Udana( html) | Jataka I( html) | Jataka II( html) | Jataka III( html) | Mahayana( html) | Saddharma-Pundarika( html)
3. Confucianism (Confucius 551-479 BCE China) : Analects( text | html) | Doctrine of the Mean( text | html) | Great Learning( text | html) | Confician Canon( text | html) | Mencius( text | html) | Five Classics( I | II | III | IV | V | VI) | Shundai Zatsuwa( html)
4. Lao-tzu (6th century BCE China): Tao-te Ching( text | html | Alternative)
5. Sun Tzu (4th century BCE China): Art of War( text | html)
6. Tagore (1861-1941 India): Gitanjali( html) | Saddhana( html) | Crescent Moon( html) | Fruit-Gathering( html) | Stray Birds( html) | Home and the World( html) | Thought Relics( html) | Songs of Kabir( html)

Mid East

1. Ferdowsi (5935-1020 ACE Persia): Epic of Kings ( text | html)
2. Omar Khayyam (1048-1141 ACE Persia): Rubaiyat ( text | html)
3. Sa’di (1213-1291 ACE Persia): Gulistan of Sa’di ( text | html)

West

1. Aristotle (384-322 BCE Greece): Nicomachean Ethics( text | html)
2. Bentham ( Critique of Natural Rights | Defence of Usury | Morals and Legislation | Works of Bentham )
3. Berkeley
4. Descartes 1596-1650 Bio( Wiki | UTM ) Meditations ( html |pdf ) | Principles of Philosophy( eBook ) The World ( html | Wiki )
5. Dewey
6. Emerson
7. Hegel 1770-1831 ( Encyclopedia | Phenomenology | Philosophy of Right | History of Philosophy | Philosophy of History | The Master-Slave Dialectic | The Philosophical Propadeutic )
8. Hobbes
9. Hume
10. Kant 1724-1804 ( Critique of Pure Reason( wiki, Translations | I-1838 | II-1929) | What is Enlightenment? ( Text | wiki) | Metaphysics of Morals ( Bennett | Abott) | Beautiful and Sublime ( wiki) )
11. Leibniz
12. Locke 1632-1704 ( Bio | Humane Understanding(Vol I | Vol II) | Treatises of Government | Others ( Proj Gutenberg |Online Books )
13. Machiavelli 1469-1527 ( The Prince | Discourses on Livy | The Art of War )
14. Marx 1818-1883 ( All | Poverty of Philosophy | Manifesto | Origin of Family | Critique of Political Economy | Feuerbach and ... | Value, Price and Profit | Capital ( I | II | III ) )
15. Mill ( All | Political Economy ( I | II) | Economics and Society(I | II) | On Liberty | Representation | Subjection of Women )
16. Plato 427-347BCE( The Republic | Meno | Crito | Protagoras | Phaedrus | Gorgias | Ion | Symposium | Phaedo | Utopia | Ethics | Friendship )
17. Rousseau 1712-1778 ( On Education | Constitutional Project for Corsica | Social Contract )
18. Socrates 469-399BCE
19. Spinoza 1632-1677 ( The Ethics ( I | II | III | IV )
20. Virgil 70-19BCE( Aeneid )

Part IV: Emerging Thoughts

A Potpourri of New Outlook

1. Society:( Sustainability([1]))
2. Economy ( Hans Rosling[1])
3. Technology( Networking([1] ))

Classic TextsMIT, | Brandise | Brewer | Set Theory Others: ted