Nirala Nepal Series

A Series of Contemporary Writing

Annapurna & Stains of Blood
Life, travels writing on a page of snow
by Yuyutsu R. D. Sharma.
ISBN 81-8250- 012-5 2009. Hard pp.200. Rs.195.

The Yeti
Spirit of Himalayan Forest Shamans
by Dr. Larry G. Peters.
ISBN 81-85693-57-9 2004. Hard pp.128. Rs. 250.

Ode To Dreams
by Larry Peters
ISBN 81-8250- 024-9 2009 Hard pp.45 Rs. 150

Maoists in the Land of Buddha
An Analytical Study of the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal
by Prakash A. Raj
ISBN 81-85693-42-0 2004. Hard pp.210. Rs. 395.

Rana Rule in Nepal
by Shaphalya Amatya.
ISBN 81-85693-67-6 2004. Hard pp.408. Rs. 695.

Student, Politics & Democracy in Nepal, 1940-2008
by Meena Ojha.
ISBN 81-8250- 012-5 2011. Hard pp.431. Rs. 595.

The Pokhara Valley
A Traveler’s Guide
by L.B. Thapa.
ISBN 81-8250- 019-2 2009. Hard pp.45. Rs. 495.

Tourism in Nepal
Marketing Challenges
by Hari Prasad Shrestha.
ISBN 81-85693-69-2 2000. Hard pp.399. Rs. 495.

Ethnic Conflict in Bhutan
Political and Economic Dimensions
by Mathew Joseph C.
ISBN 81-85693-68-4 1999. Hard pp.251. Rs. 395.

Hindu-Buddhist Festival of Nepal
by Hemant Kumar Jha.
ISBN 81-85693-40-4 1996. Hard pp.117. Rs. 195.

Nepal
A Concise History of the Cultural Scenario of the Himalayan Kingdom
by Jagdish Shumsher Rana.
ISBN 81-85693-24-2 1993. Hard pp.242. Rs. 295.

Trance
Initiation and Psychotherapy Nepalese Shamanism
Essays on Tamang and Tibetan Shamanism
by Dr. Larry G. Peters.
ISBN 81-85693-79-X 2004. Hard pp.412. Rs. 595.

Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti
Collected by Shiva Dhakal
Adapted by Yuyutsu RD Sharma.
ISBN 81-8250-002-0 2009. Paper pp.125. Rs. 195.

Recent Nepal
An Analysis of Recent Democratic Upsurge and its Aftermath
by Laksman Bhadur K.C.
ISBN 81-85693-24-2 1993. Hard pp.242. Rs. 295.

Human Rights in Hindu Buddhist Traditions
by Lal Deosa Rai.
ISBN 81-85693-63-3 1995. Hard pp.188. Rs. 250.

Nepal: Missing Elements in Development Thinking
by Gunanidhi Sharma.
ISBN 81-85693-66-8 2000. Hard pp.282. Rs. 295.

The Nepala-Mahatmya of Sikanda Purana
Transalated by Dr. Jayaraj Acharya.

The Cultural Heritage of the Nepal-Terai
by Dr. Ram Dayal Rakesh

Folk Tales From Mithila

The Price of Heaven
Travel Stories from India and Nepal
by Evald Flisar.
Translated from Slovene
by the Author & Alan McConnel-Duff.
ISBN 81-8250- 020-6 2009. Paper pp.200. Rs. 195.

Tamang Shamans
An Ethnopsychiatric Study of Ecstasy and Healing in Nepal
by Dr Larry G. Peters.
ISBN 81-8250-009-5 2007. Paper pp.179. Rs. 295.

Ocean in a Drop
Yoga, Meditation and Life in the Himalayas
by Swami Chandresh.
ISBN 81-8250- 005-2 2006. Hard pp.348. Rs. 495.

The Gurkha Connection
A History of Gurkha Recruitment in the British Army
by Purushottam Baskota.
ISBN 81-85693-77-3 2009. Paper pp.221. Rs. 195.

Dolpo :The Hidden Paradise
A Journey to the Endangered Sanctuary of the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
by Karna Sakya.
ISBN 81-85693-73-0 2006. Paper pp.246. Rs. 295.

Malla Coins of Medieval Nepal
by Jagdish Chandra Regmi
ISBN 81-85693-60-9 2009. Hard. Rs. 295.

The Dhimals: Miraculous Migrants of Himal
An Anthropological Study of a Nepalese Ethnic Group
by Rishikeshab Raj Regmi.
ISBN 81-8250-009-7 1991. Hard pp.269. Rs. 195.

The Gurungs: Thunder of Himal
A Cross-Cultural Study of a Nepalese Ethnic Group
by Murari P. Regmi
ISBN 81-85693-49-8 2002. Paper pp.238. Rs. 295.

The Gurkhas
A History of the Recruitment in the British Indian Army
by Kamal Raj Singh Rathaur.
ISBN 81-85693-85-4 2000. Paper pp.128. Rs. 195.

The Political Economy of Land,
Landlessness and Migration in Nepal

by Nanda R. Shrestha.
ISBN 81-85693-87-0 2001 Hard pp.309 Rs. 450

Mountain Dimensions
An Altitude Geographic Analysis
of Environment and Development of the Himalayas

by Ram Kumar Pandey.
ISBN 81-85693-43-9 1999. pp.260 Hard. Rs. 350.

Wildlife in Nepal
by Rishikesh Shaha & Richard M. Mitchell.
With Color Plates by Nanda Shumsher J.B. Rana.
ISBN 81-85693-31-5 2001. Paper pp.142. Rs. 250.

Making of Modern Nepal
A Study of History, Art and Culture of the Principalities of Western Nepal
by Ram Niwas Pandey.
ISBN 81-85693-37-4 1997. Hard pp.816. Rs. 795.

Politics and Development in Nepal: Some Issues
by Narayan Khadka.
ISBN 81-85693-21-8 1994. Hard pp.477. Rs. 450.

Art and Culture of Nepal
An Attempt towards Preservation
by Saphalya Amatya.
ISBN 81-85693-63-3 1999. Hard pp.282. Rs. 295.

Popular Deities, Emblems and Images of Nepal
by Dhruba Krishna Deep
ISBN 81-85693-39-0 2003 Paper pp.180 Rs. 150

Vishwarupa Mandir
A study of Changu Narayan, Nepal’s most Ancient Temple
by Jeff Lidke.
ISBN 81-85693-59-3 2000. Hard pp.213. Rs. 1495.

Religious Minorities in Nepal
An Analysis of the State of Buddhists & Muslims in the Himalayan Kingdom
by Mollica Dostider.
ISBN 81-85693-47-1 1996. Hard pp.213. Rs. 185.

Fire of Himal
An Anthropological Study of the Sherpas of the Nepal Himalayan Region
by Ramesh Raj Kunwar.
ISBN 81-85693-64-1 1999. paper pp.314. Rs. 295.

The Khasa Kingdom
A Trans-Himalayan Empire of the Middle Ages
by Surya Mani Adhikary.
ISBN 81-85693-50-1 1997. Paper pp.215. Rs. 250.

Bhutan: A Movement in Exile
by J.D.N.S. Dhakal & Christopher Strawn
ISBN 81-8250-001-2 2009. Paper pp.242. Rs. 395.

Encounter Wildlife in Nepal
by Karna Sakya.
ISBN 81-85693-38-2 1993. Hard pp.296. Rs. 495.

Nepal-India
Democracy in the Making of Mutual Trust
by Dinesh Bhattarai & Pradip Khatiwada.
ISBN 81-85693-36-6 1993. Hard pp.324. Rs. 295.

The Himalayan Mind
A Cross-cultural Nepalese Investigation
by Murari P Regmi.
ISBN 81-85693-29-3 1997. Hard pp.240. Rs. 250.

Kathmandu Patan & Bhaktapur
An Archaeological Anthropology of the Royal Cities of the Kathmandu Valley
by Rishikeshab Raj Regmi.
ISBN 81-85693-30-7 1997. Hard pp.111. Rs. 250.

A Glossary of Himalayan Buddhism
by Jagdish Chandra Regmi.
ISBN 81-85693-28-5 1994. Hard pp.212. Rs. 250.

Roaring Recitals

Roaring Recitals. ISBN81-85693-95-1 1999 Hardcover pp.99. Rs.150 Indian

Five Nepali Poets Translated from the Nepali
by
Yuyutsu RD Sharma
Roaring Recitals
is a stunning anthology revealing the range and power of contemporary Nepalese imagination. Translated into English for the first time by well-known poet Yuyutsu R.D, active in Nepal’s literary life for last two decades, this is a ground-breaking volume of solemn rage displaying richness and diversity of Nepali poetry.

Since politics has always played a decisive role in every field of Nepal, including literature, Yuyustu R.D. translated a selection of five major Nepali poets who have in some way or the other shattered ugly castles of orthodoxy and autocracy to usher modernism in the life and literature Nepali. For it’s Gopal Prasad Rimal who liberated Nepali literature from the shackles of traditional Sanskrit usage and meter and initiated a tradition of prose poems, employing native symbols and folklore, to voice the agony of Nepalese people suffering at the hands of Rana oligarchy.

Following footsteps of Rimal, we find Bhupi Sherchan, Banira Giri, Shailendra Sakar and Bimal Nibha raise their voice against the despotic partyless Panchayat regime. Here Bhupi Sherchan evokes the geopolitical compulsion of Nepal to remain a non-entity and raises delicate questions of nationalism, sovereignty and a liberated prosperous Nepal, Banira employs man-woman relations to clean the vicious webs of despots and “missile makers,” Sakar discovers the anguish of discarded communities to restore the dignity of the poet from the clutches of Establishment and Nibha flings stones of fury at “soft-nailed civilians”, the Panchayat demons, to dramatise the interplay of “tears and blood.”

Roaring Recitals is a dazzling treasure that shall interest those readers worldwide who are curious to acquaint themselves with a secret flame of vitality, a creative turbulence that has remained at the center of modern Nepal’s creative life.