Way to go Manjushree Thapa!!
Who's next? Sitara? I am sure its going to be her.
Its interesting, I was searching for a book on Nehru, and the Penguin India homepage- the main page- has this
taarif for Manjushree's new book. I don't read our writers' books because its mostly literature- katha, upanyas etc., which just flies over my head. But its good to come across a Nepali name when you are searching for your dry-and-boring books.
This seems more like a current affairs books, probably one of the first non-fiction/current affairs by a Nepali writer for an international publisher.
Here's from Penguin India's homepage:
Forget Kathmandu is Manjushree Thapa?s illuminating study of the tangled politics of her country and an examination of what has gone wrong and why. A skilful mix of history, reportage, memoir and travel writing, it is an unprecedented examination of Nepal?s past and present. The gifts of insight and lucidity that Thapa brings to her intensely political narrative make this one of the finest works of non-fiction from the subcontinent in recent times. Read more...
http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/books/bookdetail.asp?ID=5774 Has any sajha visitor read this book? If yes, what's your impression? The only Manjushree I have read is her book reviews that she used to write for The Kathmandu Post Review of Books ( K garney, one time my article was next to her review, aani afno article padhda uhako ni padhnai paryo :-).