Manjushree Thapa
@manjushreethapa.bsky.social
Writer & literary translator from Kathmandu, now based in Toronto. Always, always working on a new book. www.manjushreethapa.com
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From Assamese to Urdu | Thirteen Indian Languages | Granta
A symposium on languages of India published in Granta 173: India. This set of essays...
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My essay on the word “Nepali” in Granta 173 is part of a symposium on 13 Indian languages. Here’s the link to the symposium for lit & language lovers. granta.com/thirteen-ind...
Three days out I’ve stopped being able to understand what’s happening in Nepal anymore BUT I’m walking around Portugal smelling like timmoor because I packed it in my suitcase right next to all my clothes—so there’s that.🇳🇵
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Three days out I’ve stopped being able to understand what’s happening in Nepal anymore BUT I’m walking around Portugal smelling like timmoor because I packed it in my suitcase right next to all my clothes—so there’s that.🇳🇵
Portuguese artist Nelson Miranda has published a photo book on Nepali migrants, for which I and journalist Bhrikuti Rai and sociologist Pedro Góis have written texts. A link to his work:
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Hard Steps कठिन पाईलाहरू – Nelson Miranda
Born in Portugal in 1979 and with a master's degree in Architecture, Nelson Miranda develops photographic projects focused mainly on the research and documentation of the human presence in the territo...
https://nelsonmiranda.pt/wp/books/कठिन-पाईलाहरू-hard-steps/
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Portuguese artist Nelson Miranda has published a photo book on Nepali migrants, for which I and journalist Bhrikuti Rai and sociologist Pedro Góis have written texts. A link to his work:
nelsonmiranda.pt/wp/books/%E0...
nelsonmiranda.pt/wp/books/%E0...
With apologies, I’ve written about ‘the current situation,’ based on my 🇳🇵 visit this time around. open.substack.com/pub/manjushr...
Two Months in Nepal
Some observations on 'the current situation,' with apologies to those who are here to read about writing and creativity.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
With apologies, I’ve written about ‘the current situation,’ based on my 🇳🇵 visit this time around. open.substack.com/pub/manjushr...
I had the best weekend. I got to meet Manjul Dai and my friend Susmita, who gave me the Nepali language, and literature from around the world (Garcia Lorca, Nazim Hikmet!), and a lot of love when I was starting out as a young writer. ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I had the best weekend. I got to meet Manjul Dai and my friend Susmita, who gave me the Nepali language, and literature from around the world (Garcia Lorca, Nazim Hikmet!), and a lot of love when I was starting out as a young writer. ❤️
Some very happy news this morning! The Board of the Parijat Smriti Kendra has granted me permission to translate one of Parijat’s novels.
Toribari, Bata ra Sapanaharu showed me, when I was young & feeling trapped by Nepali womanhood, that women before me had already broken the mould. It freed me.
Toribari, Bata ra Sapanaharu showed me, when I was young & feeling trapped by Nepali womanhood, that women before me had already broken the mould. It freed me.
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Some very happy news this morning! The Board of the Parijat Smriti Kendra has granted me permission to translate one of Parijat’s novels.
Toribari, Bata ra Sapanaharu showed me, when I was young & feeling trapped by Nepali womanhood, that women before me had already broken the mould. It freed me.
Toribari, Bata ra Sapanaharu showed me, when I was young & feeling trapped by Nepali womanhood, that women before me had already broken the mould. It freed me.
यस पालीको २-महिने काठमाण्डु बसाईमा मैले धेरै नै बोलें, अब चूप लाग्छु। तर पूरानो मित्र केसांगसंग film & writing बारे कुराकानी गराईदिनु भएकोमा @registandiary लाई धन्यवाद। (This conversation is strictly of interest to creatives—you’ve been warned). 🙂 www.ukaalo.com/news/30535/
उहिलेका गुरु-चेलीबीच अहिले पुस्तक, प्रेम र फिल्मका कुरा (भिडियोसहित)
फिल्म निर्देशक केसाङ र लेखक मन्जुश्री गुरु-चेली हुन्। आ–आफ्ना प्रेमको बन्दोबस्त र पारिवारिक चाँजोपाँजो मिलाउने क्रममा जोजहाँ पुगे पनि यी गुरु–चेलीका लेखन, पठन,…
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November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
यस पालीको २-महिने काठमाण्डु बसाईमा मैले धेरै नै बोलें, अब चूप लाग्छु। तर पूरानो मित्र केसांगसंग film & writing बारे कुराकानी गराईदिनु भएकोमा @registandiary लाई धन्यवाद। (This conversation is strictly of interest to creatives—you’ve been warned). 🙂 www.ukaalo.com/news/30535/
A young reader asked me to sign this copy of my book, telling me she bought it second (or third, fourth) hand. How sweet is this. 🩵
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A young reader asked me to sign this copy of my book, telling me she bought it second (or third, fourth) hand. How sweet is this. 🩵
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
New York City, you’re in for a treat! The Lama’s Son, the latest film by Kesang Tseten, has its North American premiere on Sunday, Nov 16, 2025, at 2:05 PM at Village East by Angelika. A fascinating look at contemporary life in Bon villages in Mustang and Dolpo. Trust me, you want to watch this.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New York City, you’re in for a treat! The Lama’s Son, the latest film by Kesang Tseten, has its North American premiere on Sunday, Nov 16, 2025, at 2:05 PM at Village East by Angelika. A fascinating look at contemporary life in Bon villages in Mustang and Dolpo. Trust me, you want to watch this.
My essay on the word “Nepali” in Granta 173 is part of a symposium on 13 Indian languages. Here’s the link to the symposium for lit & language lovers. granta.com/thirteen-ind...
From Assamese to Urdu | Thirteen Indian Languages | Granta
A symposium on languages of India published in Granta 173: India. This set of essays...
granta.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
My essay on the word “Nepali” in Granta 173 is part of a symposium on 13 Indian languages. Here’s the link to the symposium for lit & language lovers. granta.com/thirteen-ind...
Granta magazine's latest issue, 173, is out today, and free to read for the next four days. It is on Modi's India.
I wrote an essay on the word 'Nepali' for a symposium on thirteen Indian (and in this case also Nepali and Bhutanese) languages: granta.com/nepali/
I wrote an essay on the word 'Nepali' for a symposium on thirteen Indian (and in this case also Nepali and Bhutanese) languages: granta.com/nepali/
Nepali
‘We had been taught to use “Nepalese” as a descriptor and “Nepali” for the language, but since we called ourselves “Nepali” in our own language, we felt that we should do so in English as well.’ Manju...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Granta magazine's latest issue, 173, is out today, and free to read for the next four days. It is on Modi's India.
I wrote an essay on the word 'Nepali' for a symposium on thirteen Indian (and in this case also Nepali and Bhutanese) languages: granta.com/nepali/
I wrote an essay on the word 'Nepali' for a symposium on thirteen Indian (and in this case also Nepali and Bhutanese) languages: granta.com/nepali/
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Congratulations to Omar Khalifa and translator Barbara Romaine. This year's winner of the 2025 National Translation Award in prose. Our first book translated from Arabic!
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Congratulations to Omar Khalifa and translator Barbara Romaine. This year's winner of the 2025 National Translation Award in prose. Our first book translated from Arabic!
And the winner is…! Barbara Romaine’s translation of Omar Khalifa’s novel Sand-Catcher.
Do read it.
It was an honour, and a pleasure, for me to serve on the five-person jury for the National Translation Award in Prose this year.
Do read it.
It was an honour, and a pleasure, for me to serve on the five-person jury for the National Translation Award in Prose this year.
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 National Translation Award in Prose: SAND-CATCHER by Omar Khalifah, translated from Arabic by Barbara Romaine, pub. Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social!
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
And the winner is…! Barbara Romaine’s translation of Omar Khalifa’s novel Sand-Catcher.
Do read it.
It was an honour, and a pleasure, for me to serve on the five-person jury for the National Translation Award in Prose this year.
Do read it.
It was an honour, and a pleasure, for me to serve on the five-person jury for the National Translation Award in Prose this year.
Caught the last night of the Kartik Nach in Patan/Yala. 🙏🏼
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Caught the last night of the Kartik Nach in Patan/Yala. 🙏🏼
This is on Friday. I’ll be talking to fellow author and former editor at The Kathmandu Post Akhilesh Upadhyay about how Nepal turned me into a writer of socially and politically engaged literature.
The session is open to the public, but IIDS asks that you register.
The session is open to the public, but IIDS asks that you register.
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is on Friday. I’ll be talking to fellow author and former editor at The Kathmandu Post Akhilesh Upadhyay about how Nepal turned me into a writer of socially and politically engaged literature.
The session is open to the public, but IIDS asks that you register.
The session is open to the public, but IIDS asks that you register.
Okay well. Win or lose tomorrow (Ha! The Jays will win!!!) it's been so much fun watching these games in an otherwise gloomy-doomy Kathmandu.
Gloomy-doomy because the political crisis following the killings of Gen Z demonstrators--and the arson that followed--remains to be resolved…
Gloomy-doomy because the political crisis following the killings of Gen Z demonstrators--and the arson that followed--remains to be resolved…
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Okay well. Win or lose tomorrow (Ha! The Jays will win!!!) it's been so much fun watching these games in an otherwise gloomy-doomy Kathmandu.
Gloomy-doomy because the political crisis following the killings of Gen Z demonstrators--and the arson that followed--remains to be resolved…
Gloomy-doomy because the political crisis following the killings of Gen Z demonstrators--and the arson that followed--remains to be resolved…
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Meiselas: As all of this information has flooded the zone, you’d think that would be a good thing—that people would get more educated. But paradoxically, I think it’s brought us back to the Dark Ages and feudal times, because a lot of information doesn’t necessarily mean good information.
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Meiselas: As all of this information has flooded the zone, you’d think that would be a good thing—that people would get more educated. But paradoxically, I think it’s brought us back to the Dark Ages and feudal times, because a lot of information doesn’t necessarily mean good information.
It turns out that Kathmandu time is actually a good time to watch the @BlueJays in the World Series. (The games start at 5:45 am). Two home runs bright and early this morning!
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It turns out that Kathmandu time is actually a good time to watch the @BlueJays in the World Series. (The games start at 5:45 am). Two home runs bright and early this morning!
It’s been a strange month in Nepal. (Stranger than usual). I don’t feel like I have any thoughts to share, but I do have some feelings. I’ll see if I can post pictures that capture those feelings.
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It’s been a strange month in Nepal. (Stranger than usual). I don’t feel like I have any thoughts to share, but I do have some feelings. I’ll see if I can post pictures that capture those feelings.
I finally got a chance to watch this. Recommended! Nepal will be very lucky if it gets political leaders like Ms Bam in the future. youtube.com/watch?v=pbKR...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I finally got a chance to watch this. Recommended! Nepal will be very lucky if it gets political leaders like Ms Bam in the future. youtube.com/watch?v=pbKR...
