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| ashu |
Posted
on 25-Sep-01 02:00 AM
Hi all,
In August, Samrat's book "arresting god in kathmandu" -- a collection of short-stories on urban Kathmandu -- came out in the US to favorable reviews.
Now in mid-October, Manjushree Thapa's debut English novel will be released in
Kathmandu. Her publisher is Penguin Books. Publishing a bad book is easy; but publishing a good book is a long, hard and a time-consuming process taking a number of years, as Manju's experience shows.
Also, in November 2001, another book is coming out: "Secret Places : featuring new writing from Nepal by Frank Stewart (Editor), Samrat Upadhyay (Editor), Manjushree Thapa (Editor).
It's great to see Nepalis publishing books by world-class publishers who have the distribution systems and influence in place to give those needed pushes to launch litarary careers of Nepali writers writing in English.
oohi
ashu
ktm, nepal
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| upperwestside |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 01:53 AM
Thanks Ashu.
Are you aware of any article written either by Manjushree or others on the upcoming book? I know it's a novel, but I have no clue what's it's like. I enjoyed reading her book based on her experience in Annapurna region, but I suppose this book is going to be something diffent.
I wish Manjushree luck.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 02:09 AM
Hi UWS
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| ashu |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 02:09 AM
Hi UWS
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| ashu |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 02:22 AM
Sorry for that cut reply earlier, UWS.
I am trying to get Manjushree and many other writers, artists and musicians
who have access to the Net in Nepal to visit this site on a regular basis so that they too can contribute their thoughts directly here, adding diverse views, and ultimately enriching our thoughts all the more . . . the more 'real-name' people here, the merrier it will get in terms of diversity of thoughts and regardless of how strongly some of us agree or disagree with those thoughts. (After all, hey, seeing only Mr. Ashutosh Tiwari's postings can get pretty boring, even for Mr. Tiwari himself!!)
But most POTENTIAL real-name contributors are understandably concerned
about how their postings will be taken/understood in an OPEN forum like this, so, my experience is that most, for now anyway, want to visit here and sort of play safe by being quiet lurkers . . . and that's the best they can do.
I have posted Manju's articles here from time to time; please do a search here
so that you can read those.
oohi
ashu
ktm, np
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| Sunakhari |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 09:31 AM
Ashu, just when I thought we should go on with our lives and let go of stupidity - HERE YOU GO BASHING AGAIN!!
Quote-en-quote
"..the more 'real-name' people here, the merrier it will get in terms of diversity of thoughts and regardless of how strongly some of us agree or disagree with those thoughts. "
"..for now anyway, want to visit here and sort of play safe by being quiet lurkers "
Gosh!!
You really can't let go can you? I'm really disheartened to see that educated people like you can be so petty. It seems like every time you turn to another subject and TRY to prove that you are above all, YOU JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO CONTAIN YOURSELF.
AND who the hell are you to label ANYONE as having POTENTIAL or not??? YOU SELF-BRANDED PSEUDO-INTELLECT!
Kaam chaina ki kya ho Ashu?? Jatha bhabhi lekhney??
PHED BATA PHALEYKO JUSTO CHAINAU, TUPPO BATA PHALEYKO JUSTO CHAU!
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| reader/writer |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 10:12 AM
This is my point Sunakhari. If he writes in his own name he thinks it is the best policy after Marshall Plan! If he went to some Ivy League college he thinks that is the greatest achievement of his life time and that everybody should follow this path. He does not have the ability to see there are other truths exist besides his version of ultimate GOOD and ultimate TRUTH. And he cares less if he is the butt of the joke as long his name is mentioned time and time again.
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| Gandhi |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 10:24 AM
...... the more 'real-name' people here, the merrier it will get in terms of diversity of thoughts and regardless of how strongly some of us agree or disagree with those thoughts.
Ashuji,
I don't agree to your above point. For me, it is not important to know the real name of the person which you seem always emphasizing on it. What makes my ideas different when I write it by name of Gandhi or Ramesh or Dinesh or Pravakar etc.? or What makes the ideas inferior when someone uses the name Pakhe, Gaunle, Bostonian or Nepaliketa or so on? Because people have mostly used the hidden name to bash on others that does not warrant a real name be always attached to posting with good writing. Since we don't know each other by face in such forums, who knows my real name Gandhi could be real looking pseudoname? Why can't I be Ramesh Khanal or Dinesh Upreti? Just a thought. I think people are always free to choose their real name/pseudoname to write. What they should be careful about what they write is mature, responsible and best suited for public viewing. Judgement is their own. Can't we ignore the poster's name while going through the writing as we often do with checking answer sheets from a test. Sometimes going by name could be biased, sometimes it is very useful to skip to the desired writing.
Gandhi
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| ab |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 11:46 AM
The reason ashu finds it merrier for more 'real-name' people like Namita is so that he can make his cogent and compelling counter-arguments by bringing in references about other people's spouse, father, mother, sister and brothers. By his own admission, ashu in nepal is actively researching other people's families. Why? Because they disagree with him and used their real names in doing so!
Of course, not all people are as comfortable as him to characterize his own family or point out how his father,once a top bureacrat in nepal, was investigated by CIAA for corruption. No wonder people why so many people choose to use anonymous names instead.
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| concerned 4 |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 12:42 PM
You hit the nail right on the head ab! It should be the last nail on the coffin of name vs no name issue.
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| Anuj |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 01:25 PM
Concerned 4,
This is the last nail that show's how Ashu has guts to keep his real name and show to the world what democracy means. The anonymous attackers on the other hand are scared of what democracy stands for, they are scared of what Ashu will do. The anonymous attackers need to have the guts to face Ashu if they intend to prolong this otherwise they need to shut up.
Ironically, this resembles what's going on in the real world today. 'Faceless cowards' attacking the democracy that the US stands for. The anonymous attackers are nothing more than terrorists who are afraid of what democracy stands for.
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| bostonian |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 01:31 PM
Anuj, democracy is not about making yourself vulnerable and having all things done your way. Democracy is about respecting the wishes of others, being able to value my privacy.
If democracy to you is simply revealing yourself, why don't you post your Social Security number here along with your first name?
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| Ass toss |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 03:01 PM
What's Name got to do with it ??
A thought just crossed my mind, just imagine this is all going on in the virtual space. We do not know who each person is. Everyone has assumed identities. How do we know the male names are actually men or same with the female names. We are all assuming that we all know each other. But in reality we don't even know left from right. So this whole talk about real people is pointless.
As for AssHu, the only reason he wants to know who he is talking to is because of his insecurity. He would not admit this but he judges people by their accomplishments. Eg I am sure he would kiss the dirt Samraat walks upon, or would be delighted to kiss Manjushree's ass. Or you would have to have an IV League graduate to carry on a conversation with him. The rest of the population....is negligible to him. He would acknowledge them when they sing praises of him, otherwise fogitaboutit.
My point- this is GBNC website. Everyone is welcome. We do not descriminate like AssHu. We welcome REAL PEOPLE as well as ORDINARY PEOPLE. If AssHu had not brought his personal dispute to this site, this would not have happened at all. AssHu you are intelligent there is no doubt about it. But you are applying it in the the wrong areas. Another thing that crossed my mind was- You know what they say about all the brain of brains in the world. That they all suffer from one or another form of psychological disorder. I am sort of thinking maybe he suffers from some sort of an anxiety disorder or something. Cause if it was an ordinary person. He or she would have let it go a long long time ago. But not our dear friend here.
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| shova gharti |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 03:09 PM
Anuj = ashu = nobody are the same people. take that!
dispute it,if you will and we will have fun. nam nam nam aphnai nam bhanera nara deu. may be if you say long enough people might believe it and from next time on they will jpost their photo with their birth chart and propnent will be satisfied and have a good sleep.'
l liked UTHN's posting, did not you? Go UTHN! you are the man of the moment. or is it woman? oh what do i care. i am not like anuj, ashu or nobody. i look at the posting that is all. I am not itching for anymore informatin on their personal life. whether UTHN is a real person or a Martian what do I care? as long as i enjoy his posting. amen.
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| nobody |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 03:16 PM
now when did I ever say you should use your actual name (as it appears on my Driver's License)? I've been saying just use whatever you want but stick with it...
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| BK |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 03:16 PM
shova gharti how low of an IQ do you have? now Anuj = Ashu = Nobody. Please go get a life before it's too late.
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| Nobody |
Posted
on 26-Sep-01 03:21 PM
for your kind information nobody, that was my name a long long time ago. i used it here. you have stolen my name. aren't you even a wee bit ashamed preaching about sticking with names? i could have sued you, only i did not think of having a patent.
-signed
The REAL Nobody, The original Nobody
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| somebody |
Posted
on 27-Sep-01 07:31 AM
There was somebody in GBNC Forum
whose name was "NOBODY",
Anybody could copy SOMEBODY's name,
Anybody could claim as somebody's
nickname even the nicknames like "NOBODY'.
A "Nobody" claimed "Nobody" has stolen
original "NoBODY"'s name, the ANYBODY
could be the NOBODY. Since we were
watching on NOBODY and SOMEBODY,
under such circumstances, switching over
one name to another, ANYBODY will
get confused who was originally NOBODY
and now somebody is pretending to
be NOBODY.
NOBODY is bothered with SOMEBODY in
this forum, or ANYBODY could turn out to
be NOBODY if such CLONING continues,
its making this site as absurd as this
posting. Could you understand SOMEBODY's
posting, this is what happens when you
don't your own name.
Somebody.
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| GP |
Posted
on 27-Sep-01 07:34 AM
The previous somebody was me,
how are you going to prove my claim?
GP
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| nobody |
Posted
on 27-Sep-01 10:49 AM
I like the use of the phrase "... a long long time ago"...
And if I were you, I would have got a copyright not patent for "nobody"! It would be impossible to prove that "nobody" never existed :-) But on the other hand, if it can be provedt, it might be wise to get "patent" , I could live off the royalty for the rest of my life :-)
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