Neelam Karki, who writes under the nom-de-plume Niharika, is a novelist and poet who has penned books such as Beli and Hawaan. Her latest book, Cheerharan, has been short-listed for this year’s edition of the prestigious Madan Puraskar Nepal’s highest literary honour. In this interview with the Post’s Samikshya Bhattarai, Karki talks about the book that propelled her into the limelight and her journey from an impoverished village to the literary centre stage. Cheerharan is a novel based on a story from the epic Mahabharata. It attempts to draw a contrast between the times we live in, and the times the Mahabharata takes place in. As for the inspiration, I grew up in a very rural area and at night, in place of bed time stories, my mother would tell us tales from the Mahabharata. The tales were also very intertwined with our local culture. As I grew up, I began to associate real life events with events from the Mahabharata. Stories of children being thrown away after being birthed reminded me of Kunti, and rape cases reminded me of Draupadi’s cheerharan, and so on. - See more at: http://www.lightnepalvdo.com/videos/sad-love-story-of-nepal/#sthash.9BJeiUXK.dpuf
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