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| ashu |
Posted
on 03-Nov-01 01:47 PM
Hi all,
Over dinner the other night, I asked Manjushree Thapa -- the novelist of the just-out-book "Tutor of History" -- whether she would entertain some questions
a) about the writing process in general
b) about and her new novel "Tutor of History"
She said she would.
And so, here is what I have in mind.
With your help (see below), I will go ahead and submit about 5 questions or so (which is a good enough length) to her via email (she is presently out of the country!), and she has agreed to respond via email.
I will then post her replies here -- asking her to visit this site to answer further questions from you guys. Of course, all I can do is request her to visit this
site -- but the decision to post further responses would be hers and hers
alone.
If this 'model' turns out to be a workably informative one, then we may consider using it later to invite other accomplished Nepalis such as writers/entreprenurs/artists/activists/politicians/journalists/actors.
If this model doesn't work, then, hey, that's life -- and making mistakes is fine and good as long as there is this element of learning involved.
The help I would need from you guys is this:
What questions -- about those above two topics ONLY -- would you like to ask Manjushree Thapa?
Please post your questions here.
If no quesions come, then, that's OK. I'll ask my own 5 questions and post the answers here.
The overall idea, of course, is to start building a bridge -- even a small, small
one -- between Nepalis in Nepal and Nepalis worldwide.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| concerned |
Posted
on 03-Nov-01 03:59 PM
After reading excerpts from her book in Nepalitimes, I was wondering about the connection between her book and her father's failed election campain from Tanahun Constituency No. 3, in which she was very much a part of. I had the impression that this book is very much inspired by that election. Some "fictional" characters also resemble to some politicians around there.
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 03-Nov-01 10:50 PM
It sounds great.
However, I think now gbnc needs a separate moderated section to have such
interviews. We get too filthy messages here.It makes it difficult to conduct
decent talk.
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| VillageVoice |
Posted
on 04-Nov-01 08:54 AM
More along the line of comments than question...
First of all, I havn't read the book yet - only the excerpts. But I think Yaswant Singh's book review was hardly a review. It starts with introducing M. Thapa as Nepal Ambassador's daughter...Excuse me. It sounds like a Delhi gossip that Y. is famous for. And he acutally goes on to narrate a plot. Except the last para.
That said, Y. S. is a widely read columnist and his comments may lead a lot of readers to buy/read the book. I understand any reviewer is free to write about the book the way he/she chooses. But frankly, the book deserves a better review.
I am told Hindustan Times had a better review? Would appreaciate if anyone could post/links of other reviews?
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| ukyab |
Posted
on 04-Nov-01 07:16 PM
I thought that was Khuswant Singh and not Yaswant Singh who wrote the review.
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| Dr. Ranjit Rana |
Posted
on 04-Nov-01 07:54 PM
I have two orders of business regarding Mr. Ashutosh Oohi Tiwari. Instead of focusing on why Ashutosh is a big fan of vigilante justice, I would like to remind people that Ashutosh will adopt or abandon any principle to obtain power. Well, that's getting away from my main topic, which is that colonialism is dangerous. His psychotic version of it is doubly so. My argument gets a little complicated here. Even as I write those words, I can feel Ashutosh cringe. That's okay. Cringe. I don't care, because he is trying to threaten, degrade, poison, bulldoze, and kill this world of ours. His mission? To encourage insufferable, cocky anthopophagi to see themselves as victims and , therefore, live by his alibis rather than by honest effort.
He claims that he is a martyr for freedom and a victim of sensationalism. I think that the absurdities within that claim speak for themselves, although I should add that the main dissensus between me and Ashutosh baje is that I feel that we must keep our eyes on the prize. He, on the other hand, contends that a richly evocative description of a problem automatically implies the correct Nepali Dili Bazar ko solution to that problem. If he gets his way, none of us will be able to exercise all of our basic human rights to the maximum (Moderator Baje). Therefore, we must not let him yeild this country to the forces of darkness, oppression, and tyranny (under Pratyush Oonta and Dixit brothers).
I must add my voice to the chorus of those who replace todays's chaos and lack of vision with order and a supreme sense of purpose. Which brings us to the harsh reality that must be faced (Ashu is a khatam maha jhur): Everybody is probably familiar with the cliche that in a larger context, Ashutosh's iconoclastic deeds reminds us that acts of baje barbarism continue in our midst. Well, there's a lot of truth in that cliche.
Ashutosh's toadies (Ukyab) merely present their allegations as though they were true, a technique known as "conclusory" or "Kierkegaardian" leap. I'll say again, because I want it to sink in : Ashutosh's recommendations are utterly otiose. Be forewarned: If I didn't think Ashutosh would alter, rewrite, or ignore past events to make them consistent with his current sexual reality of St. Xaviers's (Gaand boy of Father Moran), I wouldn't say that, for one, have traveled the length and breadth of this country Nepal and talked with the best people like Kanak Dixit whose father Baje got money from Pagal Rani Jagadamba. I can assure you that (therefore) he thinks that censureship could benefit us. Ofcourse, thinking so doesn't make it so. Currently, Ashutosh lacks the clout to do the entire country a grave disservice. But some day. he will have enough salves to paint people of different races and cultures as sick alien forces undermining the coherent national will. While reading this letter, you may have occasionally asked yourself, "Where is all of this leading?" and, "What is the point exactly?" I deliberately wrote in the style I did so that you may come up with your own conclusion. Therefore, I leave you with only the following: I insist that Mr. Ashutosh aOohi Tiwari's opinion is a lazy cop-out.
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