On 30th september Manjushree Thapa won the prize in Berlin!
for her Manjushree Thapa, Nepal: Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy, Penguin Viking India, New Delhi, 2005
Last night, Saturday 30th September, at an award ceremony in Berlin, with 500 international guests from the world of literature, art, culture, media, politics and diplomacy, the jury of the Lettre Ulysses Award, a prize initiated by the cultural journal Lettre International in association with the Aventis Foundation, and in partnership with the Goethe-Institut , meant to reward extraordinary "reportage literature", announced the winner of this year's awards.
The first prize of $50,000 and a trophy designed by the German artist Jakob Mattner were awarded to the British journalist and writer Linda Grant, for her book "The People on the Street. A Writer's View of Israel" .
Grant, a non-religious Diaspora Jew, travelled to Tel Aviv in 2003, with the intention of writing a novel. However, instead her visit becomes an opportunity for a systematic and in-depth exploration of Jewish identity and its relationship with the state of Israel.
Her book is a journey through an extraordinary and troubled society determined to defend its existence, and ensnared in a conflict that seems to promise few peaceful prospects, through the languages and biographies of its inhabitants, their archetypes and histories, their doubts and their hopes. The people she meets include teenage soldiers, Tunisian-born settlers, Russian scientists and Iraqi shopkeepers, kibbutz dwellers and street traders, writers and taxi drivers, caf¨¦ owners and pedestrians.
The other finalists, listed below, received prizes in the form of a working residencies in Berlin, endowed by the Goethe-Institut, and valuable handmade watches by the company Nomos.
Monday
News in brief
Newly Retired Army Chief Pyarjung Thapa will be leaving for washington DC & Newyork Tomorrow.
17 oct 2006.
The Maoist leaders just came out from the negotiating table without any conclusion.date for another sitting is not fixed yet.it seems NC is still playing the dirty game.
high level meeting has been postponed again upto 12 th of october.No concreat decision have been made today.
9th oct 2006 meeting between the Maoists & PM Koirala was the worst one.Koirala reversed from the understanding made between SPA & the rebels the day before yesterday.its said that he game plan is made by the Americans.according to that,Deuba entered at the residence of the PM,held talks with Koirala,koirala listened to him & immediately asked the maoists to come.during two hours talks, he insisted on arms store first to finalise the other things.reply of the rebels was unexpected.they aggressively questioned that are you trying to pressurise us top bow down ?
the summit has just restarted after having lunch & we have to wait for couple of hours to get the conclusion.
17 oct 2006.
The Maoist leaders just came out from the negotiating table without any conclusion.date for another sitting is not fixed yet.it seems NC is still playing the dirty game.
high level meeting has been postponed again upto 12 th of october.No concreat decision have been made today.
9th oct 2006 meeting between the Maoists & PM Koirala was the worst one.Koirala reversed from the understanding made between SPA & the rebels the day before yesterday.its said that he game plan is made by the Americans.according to that,Deuba entered at the residence of the PM,held talks with Koirala,koirala listened to him & immediately asked the maoists to come.during two hours talks, he insisted on arms store first to finalise the other things.reply of the rebels was unexpected.they aggressively questioned that are you trying to pressurise us top bow down ?
the summit has just restarted after having lunch & we have to wait for couple of hours to get the conclusion.
Nepal During Dashain
1.one of the Maoists Deployed on highway check point at Mahadevpatti-5 ( Saptari )'s south part of traffic police post has been killed on the spot whlie one motercycle collided on their group.
2.Balbhadra of Dang Municipality ( king's Nominee for the Mayor's post after magh 19 ) has been kidnapped by the Maoists while celebrating Dashain Festival with his family today.
3.Kulchandra Gautam from UN HQ is now in kathmandu for a month's mission .
2.Balbhadra of Dang Municipality ( king's Nominee for the Mayor's post after magh 19 ) has been kidnapped by the Maoists while celebrating Dashain Festival with his family today.
3.Kulchandra Gautam from UN HQ is now in kathmandu for a month's mission .
Tuesday
information received from a reliable diplomatic source
in Nepal, one "Bandit " replaces another "Dacoit" when the regime
changes. We were very happy to have Jana Andolan II to have
succeded and expected that good people will be appointed as
Ambassador. I came to know from a reliable source that Mr. Navin
Prakash Jung Shah is going to be appointed next Ambssador to Paris. So
Navin is the brother in law of former army Chief Prajwalla samsher and Brother of Sindhu Rana.
And he was the most corrupt Vice Chancellor of TU who almost
dismantled TU during his time. He has very good relations with
Girirja. Girirja treats him like his son. You know the history how
Mr. Shaha's father was killed in 2018 in Chitwan and his mother
committed suicide.
Now what I want to say is he is always drunk otherwise he can
not even walk. He is the one who masterminded the "Division Scandal"
for Ambika Devi Luintel for Foreign affairs posting . DPM Oli has said that the list is already ready and he will
start the appointment when he comes back from New York in the first
week of October.
changes. We were very happy to have Jana Andolan II to have
succeded and expected that good people will be appointed as
Ambassador. I came to know from a reliable source that Mr. Navin
Prakash Jung Shah is going to be appointed next Ambssador to Paris. So
Navin is the brother in law of former army Chief Prajwalla samsher and Brother of Sindhu Rana.
And he was the most corrupt Vice Chancellor of TU who almost
dismantled TU during his time. He has very good relations with
Girirja. Girirja treats him like his son. You know the history how
Mr. Shaha's father was killed in 2018 in Chitwan and his mother
committed suicide.
Now what I want to say is he is always drunk otherwise he can
not even walk. He is the one who masterminded the "Division Scandal"
for Ambika Devi Luintel for Foreign affairs posting . DPM Oli has said that the list is already ready and he will
start the appointment when he comes back from New York in the first
week of October.
FLASH NEWS
Chopper's crashed site located at south of Ghunsa.one fine dead body found but rest are into pieces.
Thursday
Free Swimming
Children enjoying free swimming at the Dhunge dhara(stone water suppy)of Patan King square when the heavy rain block the way of water and make the damb over there.
Thinking somethings
One boy thinking somethings for future ? Child of sindhupalchok a remote area just give the pose for photo when i took out my camera from the bag.
Pose for Photo
Children of Sindhupalchok Distric Near Kathmandu but remote area of country was give the pose for photo when i took out my camera from my camera bag.And these children very rearly going to school.Even they wearing school dress.
Tuesday
Monday
View to mountains
Two tourist looking for the mountains from the Syangboche Hills.Mount Everest also can watch from this hills.Who cannot go to mount Everest can watch the mountains from this hills and make return their way back.
Namche
Namche: a village to way to Mount Everest and there is all type of facilities can get same as Kathmandu.
Ariel View
A tourist watching the view of Namche Bazar from the top of the hill.Namche a base market to the way to highest mountain of the world Mount Everest.
Carrier
Jacob carrying the luggege and stuff of the tourist who is going to Namche and Everest base camp.LUKLA.
Sunday
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