Thamel Dark Star of Kathmandu

by RABI THAPA,

ISBN:	9789385755880
Book Name:	Thamel Dark Star of Kathmandu
Author:	RABI THAPA,
Publisher:	SPEAKING TIGER PUBLISHING PVT. LTD.
Edition:	FIRST
Language:	English
Binding:	Hard Back
Publish Year:	2016
Total Pages:	174
Availablity:	In Stock

NPR 638.00

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For long a sleepy rural enclave, Thamel is today the beating commercial and cultural heart of Kathmandu-a dizzying square kilometre of hotels, bars, cafés, bookshops and temples to which visitors and residents gravitate, drawn by its dazzle and its possibilities. In this unusual biography of the place, Rabi Thapa revisits the haunts of his youth. Tramping around its temples and monasteries, he unravels its layered history as well as the tales of the kings, monks and travelling merchants who laid its foundations. From residents-both Nepali and those who visited and never left-he pieces together the story of Kathmandu of the 'flower-power sixties, the legendary Freak Street, and the rise of modern Thamel. On its streets he encounters glue-sniffing children, local toughs battling for turf, transvestite prostitutes turning tricks, and entrepreneurs looking to make it big. What emerges is a finely detailed portrait of a place that is not only a vibrant, ever-evolving reflection of the social mores of Kathmandu, but also an enduring staging post for Western fantasies of the East. Written in the best traditions of flânerie, Thamel combines history, memoir and sharp reportage to tell the electric story of a place forever in flux, forever reinventing itself to suit the appetites and desires of those who seek it out.

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