This article engages in theoretical discussions of intersectionality on such issues as: how does Kimberle Crenshaw's intersectionality theory function in various forms of social divisions, and how do various scholars respond to it? Why is intersectionality theoretically and methodologically critical to examining Nepali political and social contexts, especially on women and Dalit's issues? This article examines the overview of intersectional theoretical standpoints explicitly based on Crenshaw's ideas and how it problematizes political practices of domination and discrimination against minority groups in societies today. Rather than providing an empirical and positivist approach to findings, this write-up offers a theoretical framework that helps conceptualize and utilize it in examining power exercise and politics in the Nepali context. It emphasizes discourse analysis to explore the systemic discrimination and the genealogy of structural violence to moot debates about central and marginal subjects concerning women and Dalit issues in Nepal.

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For all practical applications of plasma, it has to be confined and in all such cases a sheath is formed at the material wall, which plays an important role in the properties of overall plasma wall transition region. The effect of ion temperature in a magnetized plasma sheath, which consists of two species of positive ions, has been studied using kinetic theory. The profile of ion densities, electron density, total charge density, potential is obtained by self-consistent solution to a non-neutral, collisionless, time independent plasma sheath. The physical parameters change slowly near the sheath entrance but exhibit steep gradient near the wall. The effect of applied magnetic field is more on ions whereas the electrons are almost non responsive and they are not influenced directly. In presence of magnetic field, the ion density is slightly lower compared to the case without magnetic field. The ion density increases on increasing ion temperature due to increase in their thermal velocity. On increasing the ion temperature, the total charge density at the wall increases and hence the potential decreases in magnitude. The result is useful in understanding and hence controlling the particles in plasma wall transition region especially in cases of two-ion species magnetized plasma sheath.

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