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| Paschim |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 06:35 AM
Books, journals, and money are being raised for an ambitious, quality social science library in Kathmandu. If you agree with the cause, please contribute in cash or kind generously:
www.himalassociation.org/baha
In addition to the satisfaction of having contributed from afar to this scholastic cause, you will also be formally recognized as a DATA (donor). For more information, and methods of contribution, please write to Deepak Thapa at: baha@himalassociation.org
Thank you.
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| Arnico |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 08:57 AM
Is anyone doing publicity for this at the South Asia Conference in Madison next week?
That tends to be a gathering place for North America based social scientists with an interest or research experience in Nepal.
http://www.wisc.edu/southasia/conf/
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| ashu |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 09:31 AM
Talking about books, here is some news from the world of Kathmandu ko book-sellers.
a) Anjan Shrestha of Educational Enterprises has recently opened a brand new book-store (with large windows, comfortable couches and so on) in Jamal.
Anjan is the local affiliate of publishers such as Rupa, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Macmillan, Houghton Miflin and many more. Any book you want of those publishers, Anjan can get that for you at reasonable prices from India or elsewhere. Anjan himself is pretty well-read, and one can have a pleasant evening just discussing books and authors with him over chiya at his book-store. I have been buying really great books -- oh, maybe 100s by now -- at Anjan's for the last several years, and have always been impessed with him and his old and new book-stores.
Here's wishing all the best to Anjan on his new venture.
Incidentally, those of you who want to hold occasional poetry recitations and other such activities, Anjan can make the space available for you at his new book-store.
b) R.C.Tomothy of Ekta Book Distributors recently told me that he is soon shifting his entire book-stores to a multi-story house in Thapa-thali (where Thai Embassy used to be).
Tomothy seems quite impressed with the way Borders or B & N chains operate in the West, and wants to offer something similar, on a smaller scale, to his customers in Kathmandu. Yes, his new book-store will have coffee lounges, magazines on racks,
and a separate section for children's books.
c) One of my favorite hang-outs -- Mandala Book Point on Kantipath -- too is beefing up its social science collections, thanks to its good relations with Oxford University Press. Mandala, which has an "inside store" -- not too well visited by occasional browsers -- carries excellent monographs on anthropology, sociology, some on economics, political science, media studies and so on.
Madhab Maharjan, together with Bidur Dangol, is the driving force behind the reputation his book-store enjoys among foreign and Nepali academics.
d) I almost NEVER visit Pilgrims' book-stores -- in Thamel and in Kupondole, run by
some Tiwaris (absolutely no relation, thank you!) .
Both book-stores carry nothing but books with hugely inflated price-tags. Run by the same books could be bought at Mandala or Educational Book Enterpises at reasonable prices. The Kupondole store, for nstance, even carries heaps of those Western girlie (soft porn) magazines (you know . . . Maxim, FHM, Gear and so on) and sells them on "discounts".
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| najar |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 11:35 AM
Re: the South Asian conference next week, i hear a few nepalis-both from the US institutions and nepal are presenting--Mahendra Lawoti (univ of pittsburgh), Dina Bangdel(western michigan), Dirgha Ghimire (univ of michigan), BN Sharma (nepal) and may be others, too.
Good luck to the presenters.
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| sally |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 12:26 PM
Paschim,
Do you know offhand if there's a way of getting books from the US? We've saved quite a number of books and journals in the social sciences with the idea of bringing them to Nepal someday, but it seems the luggage is always full ...
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| Suna |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 02:24 PM
Sally
There is a spouse's group at the world bank which runs a project from one of their office building's basement, which ships out books to different countries in Nepal. Maybe they would be willing to help.
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| Deep |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 02:30 PM
....which ships out books to different countries in Nepal...
aba yo chahi....k bhannu....nikkai po thakechha ke ho Suna didi ta? Hos, gaideu Gorato ko ma momo khanu la! mari lanu po ke chha ra?
just for fun.....I know what you meant Suna. ;)
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| Suna |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 02:46 PM
Deep mero subhachintak euta timi nai bhayeu....
k garu..mero soul mate ley bujna nasakeyko kura timiley bujidiyeu!!Tesailey..sudharera padheyko ma muri muri dhanyabaad.
Thakeyki suna..
The rest: "WHICH SHIPS OUT BOOKS TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES LIKE NEPAL!"
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| Arnico |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 03:44 PM
...so Nepal is different too, huh?
:-)
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| Suna |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 03:52 PM
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Disclaimer:!
English is neither my mother tongue nor father's..I just make an effort to converse/write in English.
:)
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| Paschim |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 08:35 PM
Sally, delighted to hear that. Will draw this to the attention of a friend in kathmandu who's closely involved in this drive. I am just doing halla-khalla from afar, as a student of social science with a selfish interest in seeing a quality library put in place in Ktm. Suna is right, Kiran Sitoula from DC has been involved for some time in shipping books to his old school library in Nepal. He would surely know of the tricks and the legal airline loopholes on excess baggages :)
Arnico, thanks for that reminder -- it would be a pity if they were not aware of that event. Will bring that to their attention in any case.
Thank you friends for your interest.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 08:48 PM
Guys,
Thanks for all the information... posted in this thread.
Appreciate it! :)
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| Poonte |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 10:01 PM
A friend of mine left for Nepal just last month to start a project that would encourage rural village communities to read more. I think those of you who are not aware of it can perhaps check this web site too:
www.nepalibooks.org
Pardon me if you think I am doing a free advertisement for him, but I thought it's related to this thread; and, afterall, it does not hurt to promote a non-profit, noble cause in every way possible :)
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| Dilasha |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 10:44 PM
Thanks for the info Paschim, it is indeed a worthy project that people would love to contribute for. I will definitely check the link. As a matter of fact, a friend from Nebraska and I are planning on contributing some books to a library in Pokhara. And if everything works out then we are even planning on opening a small public library there in the future for which I have drawn a rough sketch on the strategic planning and other stuff. There's an American friend who's opened a small library in Guatemala for kids out there. So, she's ready to help us out and give us some ideas. It is definitely going to be a big project for us and I am just keeping my fingers crossed. Just thought i'd share this idea with all of you and get your feedback as well.
And Sally, you are someone who I would definitely love to contact since you mentioned about sending books to Nepal. I am just waiting for a couple of months so that I can finish school and start working on this project. Anyway, I'm glad to know about the social science library in Ktm. It is highly commendable!
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 10:44 PM
Poonte ji,
Thank you, that is absolutely lovely..... T'is just my field!! Education in rural communities!
will check it!
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 10:52 PM
Dilasha and Sally;
Sounds wonderful....!!! I have been working on a children's book for sometime but is not really a grass root level kind of book. Anyhow, let me know what kind of books you want to take... perhaps, I could help with that.... I specialize in emergent and advanced reading... and may have materials and or connection links to contribute hai!
Paschim ji...thanks for the link! Nice!
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| Paschim |
Posted
on 02-Oct-02 10:58 PM
Sally and Arnico -- I followed up immediately on your querries. Here's a prompt response from my friend George -- I'm posting his email below. "Baha" is their native term for the proposed library, inspired by the Newari language.
[Thanks Paschim for pushing this. If you could please tell the person who has books and journals, that she can send it to me at the Asia Foundation in San Francisco. I'll have them shipped to the Baha as usual.
George Varughese
Deputy Country Representative, Nepal
Books for Asia Program (NEPAL)
The Asia Foundation
80 Elmira Street
San Francisco
CA 94124
Kanak will be speaking on the Baha at the SA conference in Madison.
G.
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Hope this helps; and Sitara, Dilasha and Poonte -- thanks also for your interest in this and related ventures.
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| Suna |
Posted
on 03-Oct-02 08:18 AM
Sally!!!!!!!
I see twinkle in your eyes......when do we meet? :)
Dilasha, Sitara, Anepalikt? interested in meeting up over the weekend with Sally who could tell you TONS about a book project.
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| sally |
Posted
on 03-Oct-02 09:36 AM
Yes, and maybe Poonte, too, who I do believe owes someone a soccer game (do I have your Secret Identity right, "Poonte"?)
Paschim,
Thanks for the info! I'll contact George. Do you have his email?
Other book stuff: I'll post more when I get a chance. Dilasha, Sitara, what you're interested in sounds great! I'd like to hear more, but my questions better wait for later ... home sick for two days :-( now I've gotta catch up ... I'm trying to be a good kam chor, but I hear deadlines calling, calling, calling ...
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| Poonte |
Posted
on 03-Oct-02 04:14 PM
Sally,
A soccer game? I am lost :(
However, are you who I think you are? I am beginnig to get a hint of your ID, although you might be thinking of someone else as "Poonte". Perhaps we should REALLY talk about the above website that I posted ;)
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