Saturday, October 31, 2009

Annapurnas and Stains of Blood: Life Travels and Writing on a Page of Snow--New Nirala Book available at Store



Annapurnas and Stains of Blood: Life Travels and Writing on a Page of Snow

A highly engrossing account of world’s youngest republic passing through great historic transformation.

Internationally known poet and columnist for several dailies including The Himalayan Times and The Kathmandu Post, Yuyutsu RD Sharma for the first time brings alive the secret commotion behind the great change in Himalayan nation that the whole world has been watching curiously. In his lucent prose, he puts together his best to unleash the myriad colors of violence in the contemporary Nepal and in the rest of the world during his legendry travels.

Terror on the deserted Nepalese highways, merciless butchering of innocent Nepali workers in Baghdad, dismal day of London Bombing, murder of Theo van Gogh, the State of emergency in India, the book captures rare moments in contemporary history that readers would treasure not just for themselves but for the posterity.

Here you will find a distinguished poet churning out his best prose, at best of his poetic capabilities.

ISBN81-8250-012-5
Published by Nirala Publications New Delhi-2 2010 Price:395 Non- Fiction Hard Cover
 

Roaring Recitals-- Nirala book share




Roaring Recitals
Five Nepali Poets Translated from the Nepali
by 
Yuyutsu RD Sharma
ISBN81-85693-95-1 1999 Hardcover pp.99
Rs.150 Indian
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.

After Tagore-- by David Ray- New Book share





Tagore: Poems Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore
by David Ray
After Tagore is a vibrant volume by one of the most powerful living American poets. Here, in his twenty-second book, Ray conjures the magic of his master Tagore and brings alive the forgotten fragrances of the Indian landscape for his readers worldwide. Ray explores, elaborates, transposes and engages his own thoughts in dialogue with those of Tagore to celebrate the elemental simplicity of human endeavors. Poet and editor Yuyutsu RD Sharma writes: “Ray’s Tagore poems take us to a larger tradition and Tagore turns out to be a vital door.”
David Ray has published more than 20 books. Following the release of "When," Ray's latest poetry collection, African novelist Chinua Achebe hailed him as "among the best half-dozen poets in the English language today." Ray's 2004 collection, "The Death of Sardanapalus and Other Poems of theIraq Wars," was praised by literary critic F.D. Reeve as "the skilled work of a craftsman whose poems cry out against the barbarism of war and the stupid cruelties of those who make it." In the 1960s, Ray was one of the founders of American Writers Against the Vietnam War and co-edited, with Robert Bly, "APoetry Reading Against the Vietnam War." Ray has received numerous literary awards, and he has taught in the United States, India, Australia and New Zealand. 
Hardcover, 120 pp. including Preface by Ray.
Rs. 295 Indian

Monday, October 19, 2009

New Nirala Books available-- Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti


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


Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti reveals the drama of primitive human mind enacted on Himal’s glacial heights. The book is the result of Shiva Dhakal’s trek to Rolwaling and Khumbu. Creatively exploring the intricacy of human relationships, Shiva Dhakal offers a dazzling diadem of twelve folk tales. Employing his master skill of story telling, unlike fashionable folklorists, Mr. Dhakal evokes the elemental events that determine the working of a primitive psyche. The incidents of raping of an innocent girl by the man-eater Yeti, of the seduction of an intimate friend’s wife, the tempting of an incarnate Lama by a young Sherpa maiden, the Strategy of annihilating Yetis of the world, the birth of mountains out of guilty lovers, and the duel between the wind and the fog reveal the basic working pattern of a primitive mind. To read the Folktales of Sherpa and Yeti is to know the hidden hunger of much misunderstood and glamorized Sherpa mind.

…The book is an excellent contribution to the Sherpa culture and Ethnology. Dhakal deserves congratulations on his arduous undertaking involving mountain trekking and his successful recapitulation of these tales in a very simple and clear-cut style…
- Dr. Murari P. Regmi



Saturday, October 17, 2009

Annapurnas and Stains of Blood: Life Travels and Writing on a Page of Snow--New Nirala Book available at Store





Annapurnas and Stains of Blood: Life Travels and Writing on a Page of Snow

A highly engrossing account of world’s youngest republic passing through great historic transformation.


Internationally known poet and columnist for several dailies including The Himalayan Times and The Kathmandu Post, Yuyutsu RD Sharma for the first time brings alive the secret commotion behind the great change in Himalayan nation that the whole world has been watching curiously. In his lucent prose, he puts together his best to unleash the myriad colors of violence in the contemporary Nepal and in the rest of the world during his legendry travels.

Terror on the deserted Nepalese highways, merciless butchering of innocent Nepali workers in Baghdad, dismal day of London Bombing, murder of Theo van Gogh, the State of emergency in India, the book captures rare moments in contemporary history that readers would treasure not just for themselves but for the posterity.

Here you will find a distinguished poet churning out his best prose, at best of his poetic capabilities.

ISBN81-8250-012-5
Published by Nirala Publications New Delhi-2 2010 Price:395 Non- Fiction Hard Cover




Annapurna Poems Review--A Trek with the Buddhist Bard

http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/atrekwiththebuddhabard.aspx

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

ECS News Space Cake Amsterdam Book Launch

Space Cake, Amsterdam, and Other Poems Nepal
Tourism Board
September 2, 2009

The prelaunch of 'Space Cake, Amsterdam, and Other Poems from Europe and America' was held on the 2nd of September in the Lecture Hall of Nepal Tourism Board. Yuyutsu RD Sharma, an eminent poet and translator, who delivered a few of his favorite poems and shared some personal experiences of his travel. Poems titled 'At 40 you die', 'Temple London' and 'Space Cake, Amsterdam' were discussed among others. Sharma shared the feeling of euphoria and paranoia he'd experienced. A 'space cake,' (common in regions with liberal drug policies), are bakery products containing a form of cannabis usually hash or marijuana. Edited by Michael Annis, the book contains poems that celebrate the political and social aspects of life. Sharma also shared with the audience how he was boisterously travelling about spreading poetry, passion and knowledge about the Himalayas. Although it is already published by Howling Dog Press, (Colorado, U.S.A), 'Space Cake, Amsterdam, and Other Poems from Europe and America' is being published by Nirala Publications (New Delhi) too and is already available in Kathmandu's White Lotus Book Shop.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Press Release--New Book Share



Press Release from Nirala-- New book Share
Yuyutsu RD Sharma's Annapurnas and Stains of Blood: Life Travels and Writing on a Page of Snow

Annapurnas & Stains of Blood is a highly engrossing account of world’s youngest republic passing through great historic transformation.

Internationally known poet and columnist for several dailies including The Himalayan Times and The Kathmandu Post, Yuyutsu RD Sharma for the first time brings alive the secret commotion behind the great change in Himalayan nation that the whole world has been watching curiously. In his lucent prose, he puts together his best to unleash the myriad colors of violence in the contemporary Nepal and in the rest of the world during his legendry travels.

Terror on the deserted Nepalese highways, merciless butchering of innocent Nepali workers in Baghdad, dismal day of London Bombing, murder of Theo van Gogh, the State of emergency in India, the book captures rare moments in contemporary history that readers would treasure not just for themselves but for the posterity.

Here you will find a distinguished poet churning out his best prose, at best of his poetic capabilities.

ISBN81-8250-012-5
Published by
Nirala Publications
New Delhi-2
2010 Price:395
Non- Fiction

Nirala Series-- Checklist


Nirala Series
A Series of Contemporary Writing


Annapurna & Stains of Blood
Life, travels Writing on a page of snow
Yuyutsu R D Sharma
ISBN 81-8250- 012-5 2010 Hard pp.200 Rs. 195

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

Baghdad, February 1991
&Other Poems
Ronny Someck
Translated into Nepali by Yuyutsu RD Sharma
ISBN 81-8250- 018-4 2009 Hard pp.200 Rs. 250

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

The Gurkha Connection
A History of Gurkha Recruitment in the British Army
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
Karna Sakya
ISBN 81-85693-73-0 2006 Paper pp.246 Rs. 295

Malla Coins of Medieval Nepal
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
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
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
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
Nanda R. Shrestha
ISBN 81-85693-87-0 2001 Hard pp.309 Rs. 450

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

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

Mountain Dimensions
An Altitude Geographic Analysis
 of Environment and Development of the Himalayas
Ram Kumar Pandey
ISBN 81-85693-43-9 1999 pp.260 Hard Rs. 350

Wildlife in Nepal
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Popular Deities, Emblems and Images of Nepal
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
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
Mollica Dostider
ISBN 81-85693-47-1 1996 Hard pp.213 Rs. 185

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

Fire of Himal
An Anthropological Study of the Sherpas of the Nepal Himalayan Region
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
Surya Mani Adhikary
ISBN 81-85693-50-1 1997 Paper pp.215 Rs. 250

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

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

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


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

The Himalayan Mind
A  Cross-cultural Nepalese Investigation
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
Rishikeshab Raj Regmi
ISBN 81-85693-30-7 1997 Hard pp.111 Rs. 250

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

The Nepalala-Mahatmya
Legends on the Sacred Places and Deities of Nepal
Jairaj Acharya
ISBN 81-85693-27-7 1992 Hard pp.320 Rs. 400

Cultural Heritage of Nepal Terai
Ram Dayal Rakesh
ISBN 81-85693-26-9 1994 Hard pp.240 Rs. 250

The Nepali Congress
An Analysis of the Party’s Performance in the General Elections and its Aftermath
B.C. Upreti
ISBN 81-85693-33-1 1993 Hard pp.203 Rs. 295

Folk Tales from  Mithila
Ram Dayal Rakesh
ISBN 81-85693-55-2 1996 Hard pp.126 Rs. 195

Gods and Mountains
The Folk Culture of the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
Kesar Lal
ISBN 81-85693-12-9 1993 Hard pp.176 Rs. 200

Indo-Nepal Trade Relations
A Historical Analysis of Nepal’s Trade with the British India
Shri Ram Upadhyaya
ISBN 81-85693-20-X 1992 pp.287 Rs. 350

Secrets of Shangri-La
An Inquiry into the Lore, Legend and Culture of Nepal
Nagendra Sharma
ISBN 81-85693-18-8 1992 pp.292 Rs. 250

The Taming of Tibet
A Historical Account of Compromise and Confrontation
in Nepal-Tibet Relations (1900-1930)
Tirtha Prasad Mishra
ISBN 81-85693-16-1 1991 pp.324 Rs. 300

Glimpses of Tourism, Airlines and Management in Nepal
B.R. Singh
ISBN 81-85693-15-3 1991 pp.128 Rs.125

Sales Promotion in Nepal
Policies and Practices
Parashar Prasad Koirala
ISBN 81-85693-14-5 1991 pp.196 Rs. 225

Transit of Land Locked Countries and Nepal
Gajendra Mani Pradhan
ISBN 81-85693-08-0 1990 pp.240 225

Fundamentals of Library and Information Science
A Nepalese Response
Madhusudan Sharma Subedi
ISBN 81-85693-07-4 1990 pp.229 Rs. 225

Folk Culture of Nepal
An Analytical Study
Ram Dayal Rakesh
ISBN 81-85693-06-4 1990 Hard pp.129 Rs. 100

A Macro-economic Study of the Nepalese Plan Performance
Gunanidhi Sharma
ISBN 81-85693-06-4 1989 pp.129 Rs. 100

Sources of Inflation in Asia
Theory and Evidences
Raghab D. Pant
ISBN 81-85693-03-X 1988 Hard pp.118 Rs.100

New Directions in Nepal- India Relations
Rishikesh Shaha
ISBN 81-85693-53-6 1995 Paper pp.59 Rs. 65

LITERATURE

Annapurna Poems
Yuyutsu RD Sharma
ISBN 81-8250-013-5 2008 Hard pp.150  Rs. 295

After Tagore
Poems Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore
David Ray
ISBN 81-8250-007-9 2007 Hard pp. 115 Rs. 295

Hunger of Our Huddled Huts
 & Other Poems
Yuyutsu R.D.
ISBN 81-85693-80-3 2007 pp.65 Rs. 95

Kathmandu
Poems Selected and New (An English/Nepali Bilingual Edition)
Cathal O Searcaigh
Translated from the Gaelic by Seamus Heaney,
 John Montague and others
Translated into the Nepali by Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma
ISBN 81-8250-006-0 2006 Hard pp. 105 Rs. 250

The Lake Fewa & a Horse
Poems New
Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma
ISBN 81-85693-34-X 2005 Paper pp. 108 Rs. 125

Muna Madan
A Play in the Jhyaure Folk Tradition
Laxmi P. Devkota
Translated from the Nepali by Anand P. Shrestha
ISBN 81-85693-94-3 2000 pp.65 Rs. 85

Fever (Short Stories)
Sita Pandey
Translated from the Nepali
ISBN 81-85693-93-5 2001 Paper pp.96 Rs. 95

Says Meera
An Anthology of Devotional Songs of Meera,
India’s Greatest Woman Poet
Translated from the Hindi by Vijay Munshi
ISBN 81-85693-96-X 2001 Paper pp.76 Rs. 195

Some Female Yeti & other Poems
Yuyutsu R.D.
ISBN 81-8250-010-9 2007 pp.68 Rs. 95

In the City of Partridges (Poems)
Jagdish Chatturvedi
ISBN 81-85693-99-4 2004 Paper pp.90 Rs. 95

Roaring Recitals: Five Nepali Poets
Gopal Prasad Rimal, Bhupi Sherchan, Shailendra & Others
Translated from the Nepali by
Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma
ISBN 81-85693-95-1 1999 Hard pp.99 Rs. 150

Summer Rain
Three Decades of Poetry
K. Satchidanandan
ISBN 81-85693-90-0 1995 Paper pp.188 Rs. 150

Sheet of Snow
An Anthology of Stories from the Himalayas
Translated from the Nepali by Nagendra Sharma
ISBN 81-85693-61-7 1997 paper pp.125 Rs. 95

Dispossessed Nests: The 1984 Poems
Jayanta Mahapatra
ISBN 81-85693-74-9 1986 pp.69 Paper Rs. 150

To the Battlefield on an Elephant
Columns of Fire
Tara Nath Sharma
ISBN 81-85693-44-7 1999 pp.164 paper Rs. 195

The Change
A Novel based on the 1990 Democratic Upsurge in Nepal
Rishikeshab Raj Regmi
ISBN 81-85693-62-5 2001 pp.125 Rs. 95

Blackout (A Novel)
Tara Nath Sharma
Translated from the Nepali by Larry Hartsell
ISBN 81-85693-82-X 1990 pp.122  Rs. 100

Elysium in the Halls of Hell
Poems about India David Ray
ISBN 81-85693-84-6 1991 pp.160 Rs. 125

A Prayer in Daylight (Poems)
Yuyutsu R.D.
ISBN 81-85693-72-2 1984 paper pp.68 Rs. 95

Dying in Rajasthan (Short Stories)
Ramanand Rathi
ISBN 81-85693-71-4 1985 pp.62 Rs. 95

The Black Sun (A Novel)
Bharat Jungam
ISBN 81-85693-84-6 1985 pp.78 Rs. 125


IN NEPALI LANGUAGE


Panaharu Khalichan : Kavitaka Dui Dashak (Poems)
Yuyustu R.D. Sharma
Hard (Forthcoming)
ISBN 81-8250-004-4 2007 Paper pp. 102 Rs. 150

Pashushala (Animal Farm) (A Novel)
Georege Orwell
Translated from the English by Bijuli Prasad Kayast
ISBN 81-8250-000-1 2004 Paper pp.96 Rs. 95

Nepalko Prajatantrik Andolan Ko Itihas                                    
Surya Mani Adhikary
ISBN 81-85693-54-4 1998 Paper pp.468 Rs. 295

Geetajanjali (Nepali)
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Translated from the Bengali by
 Ramesh Bhatta & Pashupati Neopane
ISBN 81-85693-83-8 2000 Paper pp.125 Rs. 95

Sarpahoru Geet Sundainan
Poems by Shailendra Sakar
ISBN 81-85693-97-8 1991 Hard pp.108 Rs. 95