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| nischals |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 08:10 AM
Just to inform you all that Dr. Taranath Sharma is currently in US.
He recently gave few talks at Florida International University in Miami, Fl.
He talked about Religion, and also about the current situation of Nepal.
I was glad to listen to him and meet him. I had heard about him through Mahendra Mala. Very gentle and educated person.
You can read more about him at
http://www.nepalpage.com/tanasarma
p.s. Some Nepalese are taking him for sightseeing today around Miami. Hope they like the beaches and ???
He is accompained by his wife.
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| Paschim |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 08:27 AM
Ah! the Mahendra Maala and Dr. Tana.
Will never forget his two travel narratives in it:
1. Ghanaghasya ko Ukalo Kaatda
2. Paris Muskuraunchha rangai ranga ma.
Also some of those classic stories -- Lalu ra Kaal, Masine ko Shanka, Bhinaju ko sweater!
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| DHUMBASSE (DUMBASS) |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 08:51 AM
chimeki bha bhayera ke aba kura garai bho ra Tana sahrma jyu ko, tara uhako kitab BELAYAT TIRA BARALINDA" padheko thiye jamanama.
Pashcim, Bhinaju ko sweater ta poshan pandey ko ho ni , hoina hajur
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| Paschim |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 08:57 AM
Dhumba, you're right. The travel bits are his, but the stories are not -- they just appear in the collection he edited.
Bhinaju...is by Poshan Pandey; Masine ko Shanka is by a writer from Darjeeling, and Lalu ra Kaal is a folk tale.
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| Paschim |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 09:03 AM
I also read his "Belayat tira baralinda" before going to Belayat, and "Paatal Prabas" before going to Amrika. "Belayat Tira..." got a Madan Puraskar in chhabis saal (?) I think -- a good book that started the "Yaatra Samsmaran" genre in Nepali literature, but I think it is way, way over-rated as a classic.
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| DHUMBASSE (DUMBASS) |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 09:12 AM
thank you paschim,...
aba maile ta khali suryalai tuki dekhayera jiskaune jamarko gareko matrai ho...hehe
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| isolated freak |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 09:21 AM
ghanghasya ko ukalo katda taranath lai tyatti dukha bhayena hola jati dukha hamilai tyo padhera bujhera tyaso bibechanatmak uttar dina bhayo..
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| Dr. No |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 10:07 AM
Ta Na Sha bhai Durga Nath ko choro ko bihe ( New Haven, CT) ko mauka chopera Amrika ( Patal) bhraman ma niske ka hun ke kya ho?
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| DHUMBASSE (DUMBASS) |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 10:29 AM
tyo pani hunaskcha, dipendra pani aayeko thiyo tara pherkera gayo bhnne suneko thiye,hahahahha
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| Rusty |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 11:23 AM
I also an opportunity to meet Dr. Tana. Sharma a few weeks back while attending my friend’s wedding party. I’ve also known him since I read his travel stories in our textbook. I talked to him for couple of hours, and he divulged a great amount of frustration about the current situation of Nepal. Anyways, it was quite an experience to meet such a great writer. I always admire the classic narratives about his travels and the way he writes.
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| suva chintak |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 11:26 AM
Guys,
If this gentleman is in New England area, I think we should ask him to speak in Boston to the community. I think that would be a good opportunity. Anybody has a contact address?
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| M.P. |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 12:26 PM
SC,
http://www.nepalpage.com/tanasarma/
His email address is also there.
[PS: This link was orginally posted by "Nischal" in sebsonline.org ]
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| nischals |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 12:45 PM
he is still in Miami, Fl.
"suva chintak"--I will pass this message to him.
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| Biratnagare |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 01:21 PM
Indeed a great spirit and mind
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| paramendra |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 01:35 PM
Just read the guy's bio on the webpage link supplied here by M.P. Yeah, TaNaSharma of the Mahendra Mala fame. The bubbling ethnic pride, Navin Bhattarai lai pani Ameica leu, ghumau, Narayan Gopal lai pani, TaNa lai pani ... the guy got his Masters and Doctorate in the Mid-West. Should have known. I remember him for his uniquely flowing style in Nepali, his use of the "thet" words, away from the Sanskritized words of his peers. But pessimism abounds. The state of Nepal. The English medium education industry in Kathmandu and the Nepali writer TaNa.
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| paramendra |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 01:36 PM
TaNa in Miami Beach. I was there a few days back. Did not bump into him! Bumped into much else, but not TaNa.
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| nischals |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 01:47 PM
Parmendra bro---How come you didn't contact me while you were in Miami???--
We were in Ocean Drive last weekend...
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| suva chintak |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 02:17 PM
MP and Nischal,
thank you very much. I am a great admirer of his his works, he has his class and style of his own in the Nepali literary firmament. So if he does come up to Boston, it would be great to have him do a retrospect on Patalprabash, especially in the gloom and doom of the impending war.
Peace!
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| paramendra |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 03:01 PM
Nischal bro. Plz shoot a bijulipatra with your number and address, and I will contact you the next time I am in town. Fair enough? I should be there again soon. The beach is a great one. Much to see, much action, much to do. Great temperatures.
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| nischals |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 03:46 PM
Sure....Give me a call next time you are in town.
I will show you some cool places...
you can also get it from sebs site.
yes the beach is fine.
But there are other nice beaches as well.
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| noname |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 05:37 PM
KANTIPUR MA UNKO MANAKAMANA ko YATRA PADHE PACHHI lagyo, BUDHA ko aajkal ko yatra -lekhai ma tyati dam chhaina. JASLE SUKAI JE SUKAI BHANOS, aajkal JHARKO LAGNE GARI GANTHAN LEKHCHHAN ra asadhay tankauchhan.
Tyahi pani budha 7 samundra ko pani khai sakya manchhe hun....euta authority hun aadhunik nepali sahitya ko kura garda.
BUDHA ko AMRIKA basai sukhad rahos.
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| Poonte |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 05:59 PM
Paschim le ni kyaaaaa samjhaidiyo yaar tee puraana youban chhanda ko katha haru...Mahendra Mala...
Ghanaghasya ko ukalo chad.da...naak chhune ukalo, ra topi khasne oralo...(ani kati maathi pugesi) hunata maile hiun ko parichaya Belayat chhanda kheri nai pai sakeko thiyen, tara yo hiun mero hiun thiyo...mero desh ko hiun thiyo!
Masineko Shanka...ani chaaine, tyo chaaine...Masine le chaaine...Pyakuli lai chaaine...
Anteem bhoj...ma bhaagi raheko thiyen...yo dharti ko maato sunghdai doudina thaalen...
Daarshanik Shukaraat...pyatlyakka pareka bhundi, baldengra aankha, jinringa kapaal...
Prithwi gol chha...kasto go, guru? Tero tauko jastai gol chha!!!!
Geet po gaunu man lagyo aba ta...sohra barshe umerai ma, mai pani jhilke hundo ho...ahile po budho bhayo yeeeeeeeeeee....
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| Vision |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 09:27 PM
ghanaghasya go Ukalo chada da in Mahendra mala re? Hoina I don't remember a damn thing. Kati class ko mahendra mala ma ho yo?
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| Vision |
Posted
on 05-Mar-03 09:28 PM
I do remember tauko ko mol.
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| sajan |
Posted
on 06-Mar-03 04:25 AM
Nishcal ji,
I have gone through his site. He seems to be a dynamic Nepalese person. I am sorry I want to see him but can not at the moment because of too far away from US.
Thanks !
Sajan
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| nischals |
Posted
on 06-Mar-03 07:19 AM
I hear you Sajan ji,
By the way Sajan ji---whats the progress on what we talked about?
Just keep me posted in my email...
Take care........
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| ashu |
Posted
on 06-Mar-03 08:13 AM
Since I see no need to butter up Dr. Sharma, here are three questions I would
like to ask him, were I to meet him face to face again in Kathmandu.
1. What makes him think, as he once wrote in "Nepal" magazine, that had he stayed in America after finishing his doctorate, he would have been a serious contender for a Nobel Prize in literature by now?
2. What made him praise Chandani Shah's poems during the Panchayati times, going,
as he did, to the length of saying, "anyone who does not read Shah's poems knows nothing about Nepali literature"? Was this an instance of opportunistic genuflection
on his part or an instance of critical assessment of CS's poems?
3. Why made him simply apologize and keep his job -- and NOT resign in defense of an editor's prerogatives and in defense of free speech -- when Nepal's parliamentarians stupidly, unjustly and childishly questioned him for something he wrote as an editor of The Rising Nepal? What does that say about Dr. Sharma's self-respect?
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| ashu |
Posted
on 06-Mar-03 08:14 AM
PLEASE READ: >>> 3. Why made him
AS: >>> 3. What made him
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| Puru Subedi |
Posted
on 06-Mar-03 10:01 AM
We are thinking about interviewing Sharma ji when he comes back to DC area. The interview will be published on upcoming issue of INSIGHT magazine. Please post any other questions you would like us to ask him.
nischals ji could you please let me know his schedule.
Thanks.
-PS
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| sajan |
Posted
on 07-Mar-03 03:57 AM
Nischal jee,
I have been already on the process but due to bit hectic days at moment I have been facing some intervention. I hope I will be able complete it perfectly in summer holidays. After all we have to maintain our quality haven't we.
Anyway Nischal ji, I am too interested to see Dr. Tara Nath Sharma. Is it possible to see him in Kathmandu in July ?
I will be keep in touch with you through e-mail.
Many thanks !
Sajan
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