Media type Print Genre Novel Language Nepali | Country Nepal | |
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Publisher Sajha Prakashan, Kathmandu, Nepal Similar Blue mimosa, Palpasa Cafe, Mayur Times, The Unvanquished, Blood Promise | ||
About Author
Parijat was the nom de plume of Bishnu Kumari Waiba (1937-1993), a novelist, poet, and short story writer. Born in Darjeeling, India where she completed part of her schooling, she moved to Kathmandu, Nepal where she spent the rest of her life. Her first novel The Blue Mimosa. (Nepali: शिरिषको फूल) was published in 1965. The novel received Madan Puraskar, the award offered in Nepal for The Best Book Of The Year. She was, and still is regarded as the first modern novelist of Nepal. The novel is highly acclaimed in Nepali literature and has also been adapted in the literature curriculum of some colleges in some English speaking countries.
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Plot
Suyogbir,45, is the main male protagonist. An ex-army serviceman Suyog fought against Japan in the second world war but being poor hearted was not even able to kill a single soldier and had not received any medal. Although his village is in hills, he lives in Kathmandu valley. His daily routine has become to drink alcohol in the evenings in the bar. He brutally raped and murdered several indigenous girls and he remembers several incidents during the war.
He meets and becomes friend with Shivaraj in the bar. Shivaraj has three sisters: Mujura, Sakambari and Sanu. Suyogbir unknowingly becomes near to them all and falls in love with Sakambari but he finds difficult to tell her. One day finding her alone, he kisses her revealing his love towards her.
Later, Suyogbir stops visiting Shivaraj and his family. He later knows Sakambari was ill and one day he comes to know Sakambari has committed suicide.
Suyog concludes even one sided love kills.