Dear Folks,

Himalayan Readers' Bookclub Supported by British Council and LASANAA is organizing a book discussion event on Prajwal Parajuly's "The Gurkha's Daughter"

Join Us on

May 11, 2013
Saturday
3-4:30 pm
LASANAA (next to Martin Chautari), Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal

Event Facilitator : Samyak Moktan

Synopsis

A disfigured servant girl plans to flee Nepal; a Kalimpong shopkeeper faces an impossible dilemma; a Hindu religious festival in Darjeeling brings with it a sacrifice; a Nepali-Bhutanese refugee pins her hopes on the West; a Gurkha’s daughter tries to comprehend her father’s complaints; two young Nepalispeaking immigrants meet in Manhattan. These are just some of the stories describing and dramatizing the experiences of the Nepalese people and the Nepalese diaspora – the people whose culture and language is Nepalese but who are dispersed to India, Bhutan and beyond. From every perspective and on every page, Prajwal Parajuly blends rich colour and vernacular to paint an eye-opening picture of a unique world and its people.