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Poetry Books from Nepal, India,
Tibet and Pakistan
from Pilgrims Publishing, Varanasi,
India and Pilgrims Book House, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Indian
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A Collection of Love Lyrics in India
by Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson)
Exotic Eastern poems of love, romance and mystery, with bold
and sensuous illustrations of Indian women in deep rich colours.
The dominant notes of Indian love poetry are caught here vividly
in the poems of Laurence Hope, the pen name of Adela Florence
Nicolson (1865-1904), a remarkable woman poet of British India,
who lived and loved in Baluchistan and Central India and came
to love India and its traditions.
Her poems borrow inspiration, images and symbols from the poets
of the North-West Frontier of India and the Sufi poets of Persia
and have never been bettered since this book first appeared in
1902.
The lavish illustrations and decorations accompanying the poems
are in the Art Nouveau style.
Originally entitled India's Love Lyrics, including the Garden
of Kama, this book features 83 poems, including: "Valvogind's
Boat Song"; "Mahomed Akram's Appeal to the Stars";
"When Love is Over: Song of Khan Zada"; "Ojira,
to Her Lover"; "Deserted Gipsy's Song: Hillside Camp";
"The Regret of the Ranee in the Hall of Peacocks";
"There is No Breeze to Cool the Heat of Love"; "Starlight";
and "Song of the Devoted Slave".
Click here to read a poem from
this book
Paperback. 186 pages. Colour plates.
Weight: 355 g (12.4 oz).
Item No: N000020893.
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Light of Asia
by Sir Edwin Arnold
The Light of Asia presents the life and teaching of
the Buddha as told in verse by an imaginary Indian Buddhist devotee.
Published originally in 1879 and always in print since that date,
this book is a 19th Century example, in verse, of Eastern spirituality
being presented to Western readers.
"I read The Light of Asia with even greater interest
than I did the Bhagavad Gita. Once I had begun it I could
not leave off." -- Mahatma Gandhi
"The Buddha story attracted me even in early boyhood and
Edwin Arnold's The Light of Asia became on of my favourite
books." -- Jawaharlal Nehru
"Mr. Edwin Arnold's poem, The Light of Asia, is the
most sympathetic account ever published in Europe of the life
and teaching of the Sakya Saint, Prince Gautama Siddartha, the
Lord Buddha." -- The Times (London)
"It is a work of great beauty." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Paperback. 159 pages. B&W illustrations.
Weight: 220 g (7.7 oz).
Item No: N000004749.
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Mount Kailash and the Wonder Lake
by P C Bodh
In a far corner of western Tibet rises the awe-inspiring snowy
peak of Mount Kailash. To Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims this is
Tibet's sacred mountain. It is the "throne of the gods"
where this world and the eternal unite and where every aspect
of the landscape has a divine nature.
For thousands of years pilgrims have come here to pay homage.
They chant mantras, spin prayer wheels, worship at shrines and
perform the ancient ritual of circumambulation (walking around
the mountain).
This book is the record of the author's own pilgrimage to Mt
Kailash and of his feelings and fantasies as he traverses the
barren wastelands of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau en
route for Kailash. He depicts his fellow pilgrims and others
met along the way. Using poetry and photographs, he interweaves
his own story with the age-legends associated with this holy
haven above the clouds.
"A job well done" -- Kapila Vatsyayan, Director, Indira
Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
Hardback. 164 pages. Colour photographs.
Weight: 500 g (17.5 oz).
Item No: N000024251.
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Paperback. 164 pages. Colour photographs.
Weight: 280 g (9.8 oz).
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Naked Song
by Lalla. Translated by Coleman Barks.
Self inside self. You are nothing but me.
Self inside self, I am only You.
What we are together
will never die.
The why and how of this?
What does it matter?
Lalla (1320-92), the 14th century North Indian mystic (also known
as Lal Ded, Lal Didi and Mai Lal Didi, all variations on Grandma
Lalla) was born in a Kashmiri village near Srinagar. Her whole
life is steeped in legend. Tales of an unhappy marriage and cruel
treatment by her in-laws and those of her devotion to God are
rife.
Lalla's poems are still very much alive in the Kashmiri tongue.
The poems attributed to Lalla express something greater than
religion, in fact an awareness of things as they really are,
the simple truths that remain unseen by men at large. Lalla's
naked perception is the truth she knows, and that is always in
motion, as she herself was, wandering and singing these songs
in medieval Kashmir.
The translator, Coleman Barks, has also translated and published
various esoteric poets like the Sixth Dalai Lama, Rigdzin Tsangyang
Gyatso and Jalaluddin Rumi, and these works are currently available
from Pilgrims Book House, Kathmandu.
Paperback. 138 pages.
Weight: 200 g (7 oz).
Item No: 8177691457.
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Returning: An Indian Odyssey
by Ilaa Dev Pal
Going beyond the normal coffee-table book format, this book combines
poetry and images to give a witty, passionate and incisive insight
into the heart and soul of modern urban and rural India
Something else on the loudspeaker, from another part of the
city, 'Testing 1.2.3.4.5 testing..' Preparing for an election
speech? This pushing for power, does one have to start so early?
At this pitch? Not yet. Not until in the meanwhile 'Mein to aarti
utaroon Santoshi mata ki' titbits of devotion romance and violenceTo
wake you up Warm you up.
We live in an age of amplification. Our culture is measured
in decibels. "Sholay" versus "Kabhie Kabhie"
culture. Spruced and sanctified by "Jai Santoshi Maa"
Three corner-stones of the current street-culture.
"Artist Ilaa Pal has created a unique combination of
written word and painted image on a sheet of paper. Their presence
together on the surface mysteriously enhance the visual impact."
-- M. F. Husain, well-known Indian painter
"We are at the threshold of a new kind of artistic experience
leading us to wonder any mystery. In these rather prdictable
times art could do no more than restore to us that primeval residence,
full of surprises and revelations, which we have lost, and long
for." -- Ashok Vajpeyi, eminent Indian poet
"Each work is a complete experience by itself."
-- Bhaskar Ghose, eminent Indian columnist and writer, former
head of Doordarshan
"After Rabindranth Tagore, there are few artists who
have gone against the conventional words and pictures, to combine
both. Illa has dared and very successfully indeed." --
Dr. Mulk Raj Anand, novelist
Hardback. 127 pages. Colour drawings.
Weight: 1450 g (50.8 oz).
Item No: 8177694154.
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Saint Kabir: His Rustic Wisdom
by D P Agrawal
Kabir, the great poet, musician, philosopher and saint, lived
his daily life as a simple weaver in 15th century India. He taught
a message of simplicity that touched the heart of all communities
-- Hindu, Muslim, and other.
Kabir's thoughts and verses are a rich legacy for the world to
follow and are still today the subject of deep contemplation.
In this booklet Professor D P Agrawal presents Saint Kabir and
the main themes in his teachings. Quotations from Kabir's poetry
are given and their meaning discussed.
Paperback. 38 pages.
Weight: 50 g (1.8 oz).
Item No: 8177694677.
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Sound of Silence
by Priti Himatsingka
This collection of poems is an intensely private effort. Priti
Himatsingka, the wife of a leading businessman, Rajesh, based
at Guwahati, took to writing poetry in an effort to find an outlet
for the agony she felt watching her young son, Kushan, suffer
due to an incurable disease.
What began as a daily entry into her private diary developed
into a major collection of verse. The poems, which mainly revolve
around Priti's grief, have to be viewed against the backdrop
of the disease that Kushan was afflicted with and the household's
reaction to it.
"As a first attempt the collection is a worthy effort. Definitely,
with time, Priti can improve. Priti's collection should serve
as an inspiration for those who have to deal with adversity in
personal life." - Nitin A Gokhale, Guwahati
Paperback. 129 pages. Colour photograph. B&W line drawing.
Weight: 195 g (6.8 oz).
Item No: 81-7624-052-4.
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Lebanese
Poetry ***
The Prophet
by Khalil Gibran
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Kahlil Gibran (Jubran Kahlil Jubran, 1883-1931) was born near
Mount Lebanon. A Lebanese-American-Arabic novelist, poet and
painter, he was a student of the sculptor Auguste Rodin in Paris
and a student of Arabic literature in Beirut, from where he moved
to Boston with his brother and sisters in 1902. He later settled
in New York City in 1912. A romantic mystic and visionary, he
preached love, beauty, freedom and redemption in his works.
The Prophet, written in 1923, is a mystical composition
of prose poems. It carries a message of universal truths, each
worthy of reflection and consideration by all thinking people.
Even today Gilbran's message has relevance and is worthy of the
place it holds in world literature. A perennial bestseller, The
Prophet has been translated into more than twenty languages.
"No author of the East offers greater rewards than Kahlil
Gibran, for he stands alone on the summit of all that is fine
in Oriental literature." -- Anthony R Ferris
"This power came from some great reservoir of spiritual
life, else it could have not been so universal and so potent;
but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed
it were all his own." -- Claude Bragdon
Paperback. 96 pages. B&W line drawings.
Weight: 150 g (5.3 oz).
Item No: 81-7769-147-3.
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Nepali
Poetry ***
The Book of Rice: Nepalese Georgics. A Poem of Traditional
Life in Nepal after the Fashion of Virgil
by Jim Goodman
A poem in praise of rice and the age-old traditional way of
life in Nepal. Presented in twelve sections, the poem is written
in hexameters and is modelled after the Roman poet Virgil's Georgics,
similarly a poem in praise of the rural life.
Paperback. 36 pages.
Weight: 65 g (2.3 oz).
Item No: N000005888.
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A Hymn by Rana Bahadur Shah
by Kesar Lall
This 18th century king of Nepal married "out of caste"
a woman with whom he was madly in love. His was a great love,
such as only a poet would dream of. This hymn was written in
memory his beloved queen. Newari script, transliteration, word-for
-word translation into English and godd English translation.
Paperback. 52 pages.
Weight: 50 g (1.8 oz).
Item No: N000005895.
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Jog Mandalika Kabi ra Kabita (Poets and Poems by Jog Mandali)
Compiled & edited by Shradchandra Sharma
In the early years of the 20th century, a period when the Nepalese
government was hostile to any organisational activities by poets
and writers, poets would gather at various houses around Kathmandu
to present their poems to each other.
One early group of poets which met in this way was called the
Jogbir Mandali. This group included renowned poets of their day
such Shambhu Prasad, Lekhnath Paudyal, Deepkeshwor Lohani, Chakrapani
Chalise and Punyanath Lohani. They wrote poems in four languages
-- Nepali, Hindi, Sanskrit and Nepali Bhasa, although Nepali
was preferred.
This book is a compilation of poems written by these men and
preserves for us today this remarkable collection of Nepali poetry.
Paperback. 127 pages. Nepali and English text. B&W drawings
Weight: 205 g (7.2 oz).
Item No: N000020671.
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Modern Literary Nepali: An Introductory Reader
by Michael Hutt
This book introduces a selection of published 20th century Nepali
texts, in both prose and verse. It contains 5 short stories,
2 essays, an extract from an autobiography, and 20 complete poems,
along with 7 extracts from a longer narrative poem and provides
an introduction into modern Nepali literature.
Paperback. 286 pages.
Weight: 380 g (13.3 oz).
Item No: 0195651111.
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Poems by Nepali Women
Edited by Shailendra Kumar Singh. Translated from Nepali by
various translators.
The Nepali poetic tradition has been enriched by its women
poets. This anthology, which is the first of its kind, includes
27 poems by 11 modern female poets writing in Nepali.
Poems such as "Red Roses", "Sweep Away",
"Illicit Relations", "Either Prison or Hope for
Tomorrow", "Try What Life's Like as a Mother",
"Me and My Past" and "The Black Pool" have
added their own kind of sophistication to Nepali poetry.
Many of the poems in this book are appearing in English translation
for the first time.
This anthology will be welcomed by both general readers of poetry
and by those interested in women's studies.
Paperback. 51 pages. English text.
Weight: 80 g (2.8 oz).
Item No: N000005816.
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Puspanjali: Vishwo Kabita to Namuna
Translated by Rishikesh Shah. Foreword and preface by Balakrishna
Sama.
Here is a collection of some of the world's most renowned poets
translated from English into Nepali. Poets include William Shakespeare,
Rabindranath Tagore, Johen Donne, Percy Shelley, Robert Frost,
Mao Tse Tung, Thomas Hardy, John Milton, William Wordsworth and
Najarool Islam, just to name a few. The poems of 39 poets are
represented in this volume.
Poems can be translated from one language into another, but translating
poetry is more than translating words. It also means translating
ideas, images, sounds and rhythms. As Robert Frost once said,
"Poetry is what is lost in the translation." Nonetheless,
Rishikesh Shah's admirable achievement in translating this collection
of poems has presented a wonderful gift, like an "offering
of flowers," to Nepali-reading people everywhere.
Paperback. 113 pages. Nepali text.
Weight: 140 g (4.9 oz).
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Two Sisters: A Collection of Poems
by Benju Sharma & Manju Kanchuli. Translated from
Nepali by Manju Kanchuli & Wayne Amtzis.
Benju Sharma and Manju Kanchuli are two creative artists who
represent modern poetry in Nepal at its best. Both are
rebellious and committed to the creation of free and vibrant
poetry that reveals the agony and torture the downtrodden in
Nepal have undergone during their incessant struggle for emancipation.
The anguish born out of political tyranny and economic exploitation
is vividly reflected in their emotionally sustained lyrical expression.
Paperback. 96 pages.
Weight: 180 g (6.3 oz).
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Persian
Poetry ***
Birdsong
by Rumi. Translated by Coleman Barker.
In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest
where no one sees you,
but sometimes I do, and that
sight becomes this art.
Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-73) was a mystic Sufi poet of the 13th
century. He wrote in the Persian language and was one of the
innovators at using the the rubai, or four-line poem which
is indigenous to the Persian language.
Rumi wrote short poems that echo with the silence and love and
great cheerfulness they spring from, much as birdsong deepens
the quiet and, it may be, quickens the growing of a meadow. All
the natural phenomena come within the gamut of his imagery; at
times he seems to identify his mystical moods with the changing
face of nature about him. Rumi draws images of surprising beauty
out of his own spiritual consciousness, establishing an irrefutable
claim to be the great mystical poet Islam, and perhaps the world,
has ever produced.
The translator, Coleman Barks, has also translated and published
various esoteric poets like the Sixth Dalai Lama, Rigdzin Tsangyang
Gyatso and Jalaluddin Rumi, and these works are currently available
from Pilgrims Book House, Kathmandu.
Paperback. 150 pages.
Weight: 150 g (5.3 oz).
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Pakistani
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The Secrets of the Self (Asrar-I-Khudi)
by Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal. Translated by Reynold A Nicholson.
This celebrated poem by Pakistan's philosopher-poet and political
leader, Muhummad Iqbal (1877-1938), caused a sensation among
the Muslims of British India when it was first published in 1915,
due to its egocentric character.
"In the Asrar, Iqbal emphasizes the importance of
the ego and its self-affirmation; he believes that the morality
of the individual and of the nation are determined by the answer
they give to the question: 'What is the nature of the ego?' This
emphasis is intended in part to counterbalance a certain tendency
in oriental thought and spirituality to stress the unitary point
of view, from which the individual exists only on an illusory
plane. Iqbal considered this to be a major cause of the fatalistic
passivity..., resulting in the decline in their [Muslim] religious
values and cultural and political fortunes during recent centuries
at the expense of those of the West." - Q M Haq / M I Waley,
Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal: Poet-philosopher of the East (British
Museum)
Hardback. 147 pages.
Weight: 240 g (8.4 oz).
Item No: 81-7624-023-0.
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*** Tibetan Poetry
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Stallion on a Frozen Lake: Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai
Lama
Translated by Coleman Barks
If I could meditate as deeply
on the sacred lake as I do
on you, I would clearly be
enlightened in this lifetime!
The Sixth Dalai Lama, Rigdzin Tsangyang Gyatso, born in 1683,
was a rebel in his own times. His death has remained a mystery
and we are unsure whether it took place in 1706 or 1746. A much
loved poet and tantric master, he lived beyond his contemporaries'
concept of identity. Shrouded in legend, he turned out to be
a unique sort of holy man. He seems to have officially given
back the ascetic pledge he took and live in the Potala disguised
as a layman. He wore rings and blue silk, instead of the red
and yellow attire of the monks. Whatever the truth may be, the
diverse powers that make up the Sixth Dalai Lama are intensely
definable. They confuse normal concepts of identity, and they
make his poetry very alive to the touch.
His poems reflect not only his meditative lineage but the
mystery and passion of sexual love as well. The songs are modelled
on anonymous folk songs, sung in a lilting manner. They treat
real love problems in uncomplicated images and natural, passionate
language. They are creations, which remind the reader of some
of the greatest romantic poets. These songs were sung in the
streets of Tibet until banned by the occupying Chinese authorities.
The translator, Coleman Barks, also translated other esoteric
poets such as Lalla and Rumi, and these translations are also
available from Pilgrims Book House.
Paperback. 72 pages.
Weight: 100 g (3.5 oz).
Item No: 8177692216.
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Travel
Poetry ***
Empty Moon: Belly Full. Haiku from India and
Nepal
by John Brandi
Using the medium of haiku poetry, John Brandi, poet, essayist
and passionate traveller, shares his experiences, insights and
observations from his years on the road as a traveler in India
and Nepal.
"These poems ring true, ring changes on our life as planet
people, caught in our inner bureaucracies of the soul, found
in the very lostness we once feared. Turn off your computer,
stop the car and muffle the cell phone: find something, right
here in your hand." -- Willima J Higginson, The Haiku
Handbook
"John Brandi has eyes that really see; he can pile up precise
descriptions of people, colors, smells, actions and feelings
until the mind is staggered with the precision and truth of his
vision." -- Moritz Thomsen, The Saddest Pleasure
John Brandi is the author of A Question of Journey (essays
on travel in India, Nepal, Thailand and Bali). His books of poetry
include Heartbeat Geography, Visits to the City of
Light and Weeding the Cosmos. He formerly received
a National Endowment for the Arts for Poetry, as well as numerous
awards for teaching poetry in rural schools from Alaska to Mexico.
He lives beside the Rio Grande in New Mexico. A Question of
Journey and Visits to the City of Light are also published
by Pilgrims Publishing.
Paperback. 74 pages.
Weight: 130 g (4.6 oz).
Item No: 8177690078.
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Visits to the City of Light
by John Brandi. Introduction by Jack Hirschman.
Poems written mainly in and about the great holy city of Varnanasi
(also known as Benares, or Kashi) in India.
Contents:
- Letter from Kathmandu
- Illusion, You Spread Deliciously
- Deep Motion Inside, There Is No Retreat
- Light Seen Directly
- Nocturne, Mekong River
- Kashi Before Sleep
- To Gather in my Arms This Island of Fire
- Pasang Dorjee, Refugee of the Oppressor
- In What Disappears
- Madwoman Pulled From Moving Train
- Tell Me, What Dagger What Thirst?
- Mira
- A Photographic Roll, Varanasi
- I Reconstruct Her as I Touch, Disappear as She Alights
- Postscript.
"There is more mortality in John Brandi's work now. It's
not simply the light of Asia that's informing these poems. Brandi,
it's true, has been an open-roader for much of his life and like
his two great forebearers, Whitman and Neruda, has named the
minute peculiars, the details of his sojournings in Alaska, South
and Central America, Asia and New Mexico, infusing them with
the whole gamut of feelings -- compassionate, mischievous, loving
and righteous. It's what made his poetry one of the solid bodies
of work that's emerged from the North American West since the
60's. In this book one also perceives a deepening inward..."
-- Jack Hirschman
John Brandi, poet, painter, photographer, traveller, and itinerant
teacher, has authored several dozen books, including Heartbeat
Geography, Weeding the Cosmos, Stone Garland,
Relections in a Lizard's Eye, A Question of Journey,
and Empty Moon/Belly Full (the latter two books also published
by Pilgrims Publishing). Brandi formerly received a National
Endowment for the Arts for Poetry, as well as numerous awards
for teaching poetry in rural schools from Alaska to Mexico. He
lives beside the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Paperback. 38 pages. B&W photographs.
Weight: 100 g (3.5 oz).
Item No: 8177691503.
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*** Women's Poetry ***
I Am
by Elly Lloyd
I Am is a beautifully illustrated collection of poems
that divulge her feelings towards herself, her existence and
her relation to nature.
Currently based in West Sussex, England, Elly Lloyd spent most
of her childhood living on the Norfolk coast. She studied dance
and drama after choosing to turn down a place at art college.
Later as a single parent, her career followed a diverse path
from waitress to teacher.
Lloyd is a strong believer in the healing benefits of the creative
arts and in the powerful role of poetry, music, art and dance
in restoring self esteem and hope. In 2000 she launched the organisation,
True Colours, to facilitate her passion for using the creative
arts to help abused and underprivileged women and children.
Her work has taken her to projects overseas including Russia
and Nepal. She continues to run creative workshops in hospitals,
women's groups, churches and prisons, and is currently writing
an inspirational journal.
Paperback. 21 pages. Colour drawings.
Weight: 100 g (3.5 oz).
Item No: 817769216X.
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Of Demons and Angels
by Elly Lloyd
Of Demons and Angels is a thought provoking collection
of poems that directly relate in many ways to the author herself.
The poems are a description of the ills that abound in society
and the corruption and pain that exist and hang over the weaker
and more vulnerable sections of society at large.
Currently based in West Sussex, England, Elly Lloyd spent most
of her childhood living on the Norfolk coast. She studied dance
and drama after choosing to turn down a place at art college.
Later as a single parent, her career followed a diverse path
from waitress to teacher.
Lloyd is a strong believer in the healing benefits of the creative
arts and in the powerful role of poetry, music, art and dance
in restoring self esteem and hope. In 2000 she launched the organisation,
True Colours, to facilitate her passion for using the creative
arts to help abused and underprivileged women and children.
Her work has taken her to projects overseas including Russia
and Nepal. She continues to run creative workshops in hospitals,
women's groups, churches and prisons, and is currently writing
an inspirational journal.
Paperback. 85 pages.
Weight: 200 g (7 oz).
Item No: 8177692178.
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Poems by Nepali Women
Edited by Shailendra Kumar Singh
The Nepali poetic tradition has been enriched by its women
poets. This anthology, which is the first of its kind, includes
27 poems by 11 modern female poets writing in Nepali.
Poems such as "Red Roses", "Sweep Away",
"Illicit Relations", "Either Prison or Hope for
Tomorrow", "Try What Life's Like as a Mother",
"Me and My Past" and "The Black Pool" have
added their own kind of sophistication to Nepali poetry.
This anthology will be welcomed by both general readers of poetry
and by those interested in women's studies.
Paperback. 51 pages.
Weight: 80 g (2.8 oz).
Item No: N000005816.
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Sound of Silence
by Priti Himatsingka
This collection of poems is an intensely private effort. Priti
Himatsingka, the wife of a leading businessman, Rajesh, based
at Guwahati, took to writing poetry in an effort to find an outlet
for the agony she felt watching her young son, Kushan, suffer
due to an incurable disease.
What began as a daily entry into her private diary developed
into a major collection of verse. The poems, which mainly revolve
around Priti's grief, have to be viewed against the backdrop
of the disease that Kushan was afflicted with and the household's
reaction to it.
"As a first attempt the collection is a worthy effort. Definitely,
with time, Priti can improve. Priti's collection should serve
as an inspiration for those who have to deal with adversity in
personal life." - Nitin A Gokhale, Guwahati
Paperback. 129 pages. Colour photograph. B&W line drawing.
Weight: 195 g (6.8 oz).
Item No: 81-7624-052-4.
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Two Sisters: A Collection of Poems
by Benju Sharma & Manju Kanchuli. Translated from
Nepali by Manju Kanchuli & Wayne Amtzis.
Benju Sharma and Manju Kanchuli are two creative artists who
represent modern poetry in Nepal at its best. Both are
rebellious and committed to the creation of free and vibrant
poetry that reveals the agony and torture the downtrodden in
Nepal have undergone during their incessant struggle for emancipation.
The anguish born out of political tyranny and economic exploitation
is vividly reflected in their emotionally sustained lyrical expression.
Paperback. 96 pages.
Weight: 180 g (6.3 oz).
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World
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Puspanjali: Vishwo Kabita to Namuna
Translated by Rishikesh Shah. Foreword and preface by Balakrishna
Sama.
Here is a collection of some of the world's most renowned poets
translated from English into Nepali. Poets include William Shakespeare,
Rabindranath Tagore, John Donne, Percy Shelley, Robert Frost,
Mao Tse Tung, Thomas Hardy, John Milton, William Wordsworth and
Najarool Islam, just to name a few. The poems of 39 poets are
represented in this volume.
Poems can be translated from one language into another, but translating
poetry is more than translating words. It also means translating
ideas, images, sounds and rhythms. As Robert Frost once said,
"Poetry is what is lost in the translation." Nonetheless,
Rishikesh Shah's admirable achievement in translating this collection
of poems has presented a wonderful gift, like an "offering
of flowers," to Nepali-reading people everywhere.
Paperback. 113 pages. Nepali text.
Weight: 140 g (4.9 oz).
Item No: N000005814.
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