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| ashu |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 08:49 AM
Hi all,
Every month, two issues of The Kathmandu Post Review of Books -- edited
and co-ordinated by book-loving non-journalists -- gets published in Kathmandu.
The next several issues, to be co-ordinated by Dr. Seira Tamang, require
your book reviews, your thought-essays and so on about, well, anything
under the sun!!
Please visit for more details:
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/AS/sinhas/kprb.html#kprbinfo
and see, whether you'd be interested in contributing your article and, well, becoming famous in Nepal.
Please email your questions/articles to Seira at: chautari@mos.com.np
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| SIWALIK |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 10:39 AM
What is the compensation for this labor? or is it just a labor of love?
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| NK |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 11:08 AM
You read my mind, Siwalik. :)
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| Grishma |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 12:45 PM
Yes, what's the deal with that?
Grishma
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| gaunle |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 02:32 PM
I posted a book review done by my Indian friend some time in '98/99. They offered him Rs. 800 or 1000 as compensation. He asked them to donate that money for local charities. I'm not sure if they have increased that amount or not, but I thought that was a good sum of money in Nepal.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 26-Mar-02 07:21 PM
Hi all,
Thank you for your interest.
Remuneration ranges from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1100, as provided by The Kathmandu Post.
For further info, please scroll down further on the link provided above.
Review contributors who are based out of Nepal often have Martin Chautari donate their remuneration to a charity of their choosing. For more info on this, please email Bhaskar Gautam at chautari@mos.com.np
More than the admittedly and relatively meager sum provided by The Kathmandu Post, the benefit for writing for the TKP Review of Books comes from, well, using
it to enhance one's own reputation in Nepal -- however vague that might sound.
Sort of like writing for a peer-reviewed journal, but with a lot less intensity.
The Review has been going on since April, 1996, and stands as an effort sustained by decentralized teamwork among book-loving friends who have
various non-journalistic careers.
Hope this info helps.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| SIWALIK |
Posted
on 27-Mar-02 09:33 AM
It is not reputation that I am interested in; it's simply for sharing what I have learned and possibly give a perspective that others may not have thought about. After my experience as an editor and columnist for the university newspapers, and with my focus on International Relations and Comparative Politics, I am sure I have quite a lot to offer. However, instead of book reviews, my interest will be in opinion pieces and essays.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 27-Mar-02 10:23 AM
Siwalik,
Based on what you have written posted about yourself, you seem to have an impressive resume with a lot to offer.
So, yes, you would be a great contributor of opinion pieces and
thought-essays to The Kathmandu Post Review of Books.
I am afraid that the money offered by The Kathmandu Post is not all that
great. So the only consolation is: well, one writes book reviews and op-eds in Nepal to enhance one's reputation and not for money. :-)
Please do get in touch with Seira Tamang via chautari@mos.com.np
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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