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To commemorate Chitralekha Nepauney's Chaurasi - her landmark 84th
birthday - three of Chitralekha's grandchildren are travelling to
Gangtok, Sikkim, to pay their respects. Agastaya is flying in from
New York. Although a successful oncologist, he is dreading his
family's inquisition into why he is not married, and is terrified
that the reason for his bachelordom will be discovered. Joining him
are Manasa and Bhagwati, travelling from London and Colorado
respectively. One the Oxford-educated achiever; the other the
disgraced eloper - one moneyed but miserable; the other ostracized
but optimistic. All three harbour the same dual objective: to
emerge from the celebrations with their formidable grandmother's
blessing and their nerves intact - a goal that will become
increasingly impossible thanks to a mischievous maid and a fourth,
uninvited guest.
A pioneering collection describing and dramatizing the Nepalese
diaspora - the displacement and exile of the Nepali-speaking world
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE* A disfigured servant girl
plans to flee Nepal; a Kalimpong shopkeeper faces an impossible
dilemma; a Hindu religious festival in Darjeeling brings with it a
sacrifice; a Nepali-Bhutanese refugee pins her hopes on the West; a
Gurkha's daughter tries to comprehend her father's complaints; two
young Nepali-speaking immigrants meet in Manhattan. These are just
some of the stories of the people whose culture and language is
Nepalese but who are dispersed to India, Bhutan and beyond. From
every perspective and on every page, Prajwal Parajuly blends rich
colour and vernacular to paint an eye-opening picture of a unique
world and its people.
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