Chhapamar_ko_Chhoro

<i>Chhapamar ko Chhoro</i>

Chhapamar ko Chhoro

20007 Nepali book Mahesh Bikram Shah

Chhapamar ko Chhoro (Nepali: छापामारको छोरो, lit. 'The guerrilla’s son') is a Nepali short story collection by Mahesh Bikram Shah.[1][2][3] The book was published in 2007 by Sajha Prakashan. The book won the prestigious Madan Puraskar for the year 2063 BS (2007-2008). The anthology consists of eighteen stories centered around Maoist insurgency in Nepal.[4]

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Background

Shah is a police officer. The stories are based on the difficulties of ordinary people during the Maoist insurgency in Nepal.[5]

Stories

Some of the stories included in the anthology are:

  • Badhsala ma Buddha [Buddha in a Slaughter House]
  • Ma ra Murdaharu [Me and Corpses]
  • Ekadeshma [In a Country]
  • Babuko Kandh ma Chhoro Sutiraheko Desh [The Country where the Son is Sleeping in the Father’s Shoulder]
  • Mero Kukur Aajhai Bhukiraheko Thiyo [My Dog was Still Barking]
  • Bandha Dhoka ra Samaya [Closed Door and Time]
  • Bandha Dhoka ra Sapanaharu [Broken Door and the Dreams]

Awards

The book was awarded with Madan Puraskar for the year 2063 BS (2007-2008).[6][7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "छापामारको छोरो - FinePrint". Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  2. [2]
    "Kathmandu University | KU" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    http://www.ekantipur.com/saturday/2013/07/12/books/diasporic-snapshots/251104.doc [dead link]
  4. [4]
    Chettri, Kritika (2020-10-01). "Humility and the humble: A reading of the Nepali short stories of Maheshbikram Shah". Short Fiction in Theory & Practice. 10 (2): 191–207. doi:10.1386/fict_00027_1. S2CID 234637456.
  5. [5]
    "A war of words - Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  6. [6]
    "मदन पुरस्कार समर्पण समारोह (वि.सं. २०६४) – मदन पुरस्कार गुठी". guthi.madanpuraskar.org. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  7. [7]
    "भ्रष्टाचारको आरोप लागेका पूर्व डिआइजी २०६३ मा मदन पुरस्कार विजेता". प्रशासन. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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