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Ram Krishna Bantawa

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Ram Krishna Bantawa lives in Hong Kong. He is a songwriter, lyricist, poet, playwright and novelist who has a wide audience in his native Nepal. Shrill Mist is his first novel from outside Nepal and his first novel in English. The Nepali edition of Shrill Mist (Shaghan Tuwalo), assisted by translator Nara Devi Rai, precedes this first English edition. Published in Kathmandu in 2007, it has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Bantawa published his first novel, Kharani (Ashes), in 1988, when he was twenty-one. Atma (Soul) followed in 1996, Radha Ram in 1997 and Ama Chhori (Mother and Daughter) in 1998. Bhag Ek (Part 1), a book of modern songs, appeared in 1995, followed by Bhag Dui (Part 2) in 1998. His first album, Dhuwa (Smoke), performed by various Nepali singers and musicians, also was produced in 1998.

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Bantawa’s drama Asiskha pratiphal (Disadvantages of the Ignorant) was published in 1995 and his short epic, Mayazal (Web of Love), in 1999. In 1999, he also published a collection of poems, Mirmire (Dawn). In 2010 published Ghar Timro sapanako (Anthology of songs). In 2005, Bantawa’s folk, contemporary and pop album Aava (Sparks), sung solo by the Nepali singer Abha Mukarung, was a popular success and brought the singer stardom in Nepal. Awaz (Voice), an album dedicated to peace, in which Bantawa’s lyrics were complemented by music written by the well-known Nepali and Hindi singer-composer Nagandra Shrest, and sung by Nagandra Shrest, Bikal Pardhan and Abha Mukarung, followed in 2006. In 1998, Bantawa was awarded an honorary membership in the Art Academy of Nepal for Asiskha Pratiphal. In 2005, Nepal’s Shabda Satabdi (Word of the Century) Association gave him its Creative Award; in 2006, the Indigenous Association of Nepal presented him its Best Indigenous Song Writer Talent Award. In 2007 he was honored by two Hong Kong Nepalese organizations, the Khotang Society and the British Gurkha Ex-Servicemen’s Association. In 2008, Honored by Hong Kong Nepalese Federation. In 2009, Honorary Member, Eastern Mirror Society Nepal. In 2009, Honorary Member, Rawa-Sawa Academic Society Nepal. In 2009, Honored by Kirant Rai Association Hong Kong Nepal. In 2010, Honored by Nepalese Literary Academy Hong Kong Nepal. In 2010, Honored by Heavenly path Society, Hong Kong Nepal. In 2010, Honorary Member, Khotang Society Hong Kong Nepal. In 2010, Honorary Member, Achchha Rai Rasik Literary Academy Nepal. Kata hideko song has been added to class eight’s Music book 2012 AD. Aananda Puri is completed his master's degree thesis on Ram Krishna Bantawa’s Life and literature from Tribhuvan University 2012 AD. Gehendra Niroula is completed his master's degree thesis on Ram Krishna Bantawa’s literature from Tribhuvan University 2012 AD.

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About Shrill Mist

1, “Shrill Mist is a novel quite different from anything I have ever read, a superb novel, a breakthrough in Nepal fiction. It re-energizes our culture even as it criticizes it. The characters leave on indelible impression on the mind. I was spellbound….” Dr. Bishnu Rai, Short story writer, poet, Literary critic, professor of Nepali Literature, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.

2, “Ram Krishna Bantawa’s Shrill Mist is a radical novel in which a militant female spirit struggles against the overpowering cultural geography of Nepal, both and magical. This is fiction that is new in every aspect.” Dr. Tulasi Bhattarai, Literary Critic, Kathmandu.

3, “A marvelous novel ! I want to be Mother ! Like art that has found a new frequency on which to reach us, there is beautiful rebellion here. But there is also a profound message told against the majestic landscape of Nepal: injustice is a sin !” Momila Joshi, poet & Literary critic, Kathmandu.

4, “This is new craftsmanship, a remarkable contribution from a writer of our diaspora. Shrill Mist breaks the chain of our literary tradition, exposing the evil, irrational senseless inhumanity of Nepali consciousness from within an experimentally fractured, existentialist, even romantic story that ends as mysteriously as does all history that has yet to complete its journey.” Purna Infada, Literary critic, Kathmandu.

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1. Shrill Mist by Ram Krishna Bantawa. 2. RTHK Ram Krishna Bantawa.

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Ram Krishna Bantawa Wikipedia