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Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee (2013)

The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories

Prajwal Parajuly

Hardcover | Pages: 280 pages

Rating: 3.67 | 488 Users | 75 Reviews

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A disfigured servant girl plans to flee Nepal; a Kalimpong shopkeeper faces an impossible dilemma; a Hindu religious festival in Darjeeling brings with it a sacrifice; a Nepali-Bhutanese refugee pins her hopes on the West; a Gurkha's daughter tries to comprehend her father's complaints; two young Nepali-speaking immigrants meet in Manhattan.

These are just some of the stories describing and dramatizing the experiences of the Nepalese people and the Nepalese diaspora - the people whose culture and language is Nepalese but who are dispersed to India, Bhutan and beyond.

From every perspective and on every page, Prajwal Parajuly blends rich colour and vernacular to paint an eye-opening picture of a unique world and its people.

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Title	:	The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories
Author	:	Prajwal Parajuly
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 280 pages
Published	:	December 20th 2012 by Quercus
Categories	:	Fiction. Short Stories. Cultural. India. Asia. Literature

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Ratings: 3.67 From 488 Users | 75 Reviews

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This is a truly fascinating collection of short stories told by Prajwal Parajuly. I love short stories, I love how with short stories you always have time to read the whole story, rather than having to put a book down to cook the dinner or sleep, and so it can sometimes be hard to find your place again and get back into it when returning to a long story. However, with short stories, you can happily read a complete story, go to make the dinner, and then return to read the next one! Its also good

I liked reading it. It brings the people, culture, religious relation and connection between Nepal, Bhutan and India (even the US through the immigrant story). If the countries were not separated by political boundaries, this book could be read as of one place (except in some stories where the nation-state plays important deciding factors). So, I would say this book needs to be read as a Southasian book. I think I enjoyed 'A Father's Journey' the most as it brings out different aspects of

This is an anthology of Nepali stories set mainly in Nepal and India, but also one set in Manhattan. I enjoyed all 8 stories, but particularly the last 2. Overall a really good mix of happy, sad, sweet, dark and wistful.The Cleft: Parvati, a widow, is collected by her overbearing sister-in-law to attend the funeral of her mother-in-law in Birtamod. Parvati insists on taking Kaali, her young Indian maid, on the journey, filling the maid's head with ideas of taking the opportunity to run away to

A really lovely collection of short stories about Nepalese people set in and around Northern India and Nepal. Prajwal Parajuly has the capacity to create characters of great resilience and verve and he frames vivid little worlds in each tale.Among my favourites were, 'No Land is Her Land' about a displaced and disjointed family attempting to create a 'picture-perfect' family for their US visas, the title story 'The Gurkha's Daughter' about two young friends who play-act the conversations and

I read seven out of the eight stories in a week and I was so intrigued by the book I didn't want to finish it. It's that kind of a book you wished you've wrote it. So, it took me a month to finish it. Prajwal is a masterful writer with a unsophisticated approach. Each details in his stories are insightful and they are even empathetic. Though I've complains with the clumsy endings in his stories, overall the book is a delight. Nepali readers will adore this book because of the rich characters

This book was quite hyped about in Nepal so I picked it on my recent trip . This is a collection of short stories of Nepali diaspora living in Nepal ,Kalimpong, Darjeeling , Gangtok , Bhutan and USA. This might be an interesting book for someone who wants to know more about the Nepali culture. Stories that can happen to any Nepali. The sad stories of displaced Nepali-Bhutanese. An immigrant student's dilemma living and working in NYC. The caste system that we still have in our society . The

Sweet, short and real stories... adaptation of different Nepalese girls of different place, age and class.... "When I told people I was of Nepalese origin, they instinctively asked me if I climbed Mount Everest.... they were dissapointed... When I mentioned from Darjeeling, most people asked me a tea question..... I couldn't distinguish one variety from another... they looked bewildered.... And if I told anyone I was an Indian with Nepalese origins, they looked at me in wide-eyed wonder.... "