A travelogue and a poem collection
A joyous ride
Shree Krishna Gautam, a retired bearcat has authored his sixth book Maldivesko Prem Katha Ra Anya Yatraharu (a lovestory of Maldives and other travels). Writing travelogue, a least written genre in Nepal literature, has been recently picking up in Nepali language, as it’s the author’s third travelogue.
This small book gives a reader a joyous ride to almost all the major cities in the world from Paris to Washington, Petersburg, New York, London, Colombo, Maldives, Busan, Seoul, Tehran, Osaka, Tokyo, Hanoi, Rome, Bangkok to Beijing.
In Tehran, the author seems to have found a lost connection - in the development of our civilisation - between Iran and Nepal. His confessions about the Iranian beauties and experiences seem true to his heart.
The book that has 20 travelogues is a worth read in one sitting.
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BOOK REVIEW
Book - Maldivesko Prem Katha Ra Anya Yatraharu (a lovestory of Maldives and other travels)
Author - Shree Krishna Gautam
Publisher - Sajha Publications
Price - Rs 75
Pages - 82
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Blowing the ashes
Niguroko Kharani, ashes of a fern, a collection of four-long poems, is Tanka Uprety’s fourth poetry collection.
Long poems generally loose their charm till they reach the end, but its not the case with this collection. The poems, the most written genre in Nepali literature, are the representatives of our present and past. The poet has developed his own style that they look like a long poem but at the same time they could be fragmented and still make sense.
His poems protest against betrayal and they also challenge the regime. They are bitter but yet sober. They are long but not boring to read at the same time, because it seems he has embedded many hykus (three-liner poems) into one long poem.
In Uprety’s poems, a reader can find many metaphors like Birupakchhya, who represents regressive forces, Yalamber, a character from the mahabharat is a mute spectator, Jalkhumbhi, a water hyacinth is a vicious network and Niguroko Kharani itself represents the unfulfilled wishes. With so many metaphors, he is confused himself;
I’m thinking
Who is living
With my face (Yalamberko Shikar)
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BOOK REVIEW
Book - Niguroko Kharani (Long narrative poems)
Author - Tanka Uprety
Publisher - Sarbada Bangmaya Prathisthan
Price - Rs 75
Pages - 72
