The article discusses methods for writing social history in Nepal. The author first looks at how the 'social' is conceived from within the discipline. Using somewhat dated classification of social history proposed by Eric Hobsbawn in 1971 he comments upon a few of the historical works from the recent past to highlight the absence of a broad-based social history in our literature of the modern period. Second, he addresses one particular gap, the general absence of oral history as method. He discusses some common attitudes toward oral history and suggests some possibilities for its use in social historical research. His conclusion calls for a greater pluralism in history writing practices in Nepal. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-23)