The Heart of Helambu is an evocative and touching account of Tom O’Neill's experiences undertaking ethnographic fieldwork in Kathmandu and the Helambu region of Nepal.

Chapter One: Solidarity, in Little Pieces

Chapter Two: They Kill Animals Only for the Gods

Chapter Three: A Map of Boudhanath

Chapter Four: You Should Not Be too Big a Person

Chapter Five: A Modest Chöten

Chapter Six: Diverging Paths

Chapter Seven: A Family Problem

Chapter Eight: Narayanhiti

Selected Glossary of Nepali and Tibetan Terms