Since publishing Sun & Shadow, a number of readers have asked me how I managed to gain such an understanding of the issues related to caste, gender, and other social and cultural nuances, especially as I am not Nepali by birth. My previous posts have mentioned in passing the time I spent working here in […]
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It’s My 20th Anniversary! / By NHManandhar, June 2023 June is an important month for me – it’s my Dad’s birthday for one (88 this year!) but it is also the month I left Australia permanently to live and work in Nepal, way back in 2003. I lived in Nepal from June 2003 until December
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Life is Sun & Shadow Series As I wrote in my previous blog, my new book Life is Sun & Shadow (Book One) is the first in a series of four novels. But in fact, Durga’s Story was not where I had originally started. I began my writing journey with Kiran, Durga’s son, as the
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Introducing… It only took three trips to Nepal before I had to concede that my love for the country and its people had become all-consuming. Visiting and volunteering for a few months each year was no longer sufficient. In June 2003 I left my old life in Australia and went to live and work in
