''Kumari Prashnaharu''
() is a Nepali short stories collection by Durga Karki. It was published on February 21, 2020 by Nepa-laya publication. The book is a collection of 13 short stories. The major themes of the stories are
social realism
Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structure ...
and
feminism
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...
. The stories highlights the social and gender inequality in Nepali society.
Background
It is the debut book of the writer. The book was launched as a part of 2020 series of Nepalaya publication which featured books of four women writers. The other books are ''
Singha Durbarko Ghumne Mech'' by Dr. Sudha Sharma,
Parityakta by Bhuwan Dhungana and ''
Dumero'' by Sarala Gautam. The book was launched jointly by Ambassador of Britain to Nepal
Nicola Pollitt
Nicola Kathryn Pollitt has been the British Ambassador to Nepal since November 2019. Pollitt is the first woman British Ambassador to Nepal in more than two hundred years.
She is one of seven female ambassadors to Nepal, out of a total of 27 re ...
and journalist Ameet Dhakal in Nepalaya's ''
'r' shala'' in Kalikasthan, Kathmandu.
The titles of the thirteen stories included in the collection are:
Reception
The book received mostly positive receptions from critics. Agyat Luitel of ''Shilapatra'', an online news site, praised the novelty factor of the stories but criticized the cliches plots in some stories. Bishal Babu Basnet of ''eKagaj'' online news site praised the literary maturity that the writer achieved in her debut work.
See also
* ''
Dumero''
* ''
Parityakta''
*
''Singha Durbarko Ghumne Mech''
*
''Shirishko Phool''
References
External Links
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2020 short story collections
21st-century Nepalese books
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