The article discusses household organization among Newar traders in Nepal. The smallest social unit in Newar society is the household, often a joint household, defined in terms of those who share a cooking hearth. The article includes references to other studies on Newar community. This study's main focus area is Dhulikhel. The article includes a kinship diagram of Dhulikhel's largest household. The author argues that the most striking character of Dhulikhel's economy is its fragmentary nature, the way in which each household stands as an independent 'corporation' in competition with other households. The author further writes that this is striking because it is in complete opposition to the moral collectivism embodied in the ways that guthi, caste, and kinship all operate. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-31)