| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, February 7, 2014 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Nepal has been in the midst of a revolution since its transition from a closed, absolute monarchy to openness and democracy in 1990.
The country has gone through a violent Maoist insurgency and an atrocity-ridden counterinsurgency, which, together with multiple civil rights movements, have resulted in a growing call for an overhaul of the state.
This era, despite its instability, has been extraordinarily inspiring for those seeking to imagine the country anew.
Manjushree Thapa will share her thoughts on the reimagining of the Nepali self through writing and literature.
In a society where thoughts continue to be deemed dangerous and even “anti-national,” free expression has the power to expand the public imaginary. Literature has played a vital role in expanding the boundaries for what is permissible to think, and to do, as a Nepali. Nepali literature does not merely capture the spirit of the era; it also shapes it.
Manjushree Thapa is an author and chronicler of contemporary Nepal.
Her nonfiction books are The Lives We Have Lost and Forget Kathmandu, on Nepal’s difficult transition to democracy. Her fiction books are Seasons of Flight, The Tutor of History and Tilled Earth.
She currently lives in Toronto.
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