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...
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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...
Gone offline, may be a while.
October 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Gone offline, may be a while.
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The 2025 NTA shortlists feature authors writing in 8 different languages and books from 13 different presses, celebrating the diversity of literature in translation in English and the large, vibrant community of translators, publishers and readers.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The 2025 NTA shortlists feature authors writing in 8 different languages and books from 13 different presses, celebrating the diversity of literature in translation in English and the large, vibrant community of translators, publishers and readers.
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🎉 We are delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2025 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose!
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: literarytranslators.org/the-2025-nat...
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: literarytranslators.org/the-2025-nat...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🎉 We are delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2025 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose!
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: literarytranslators.org/the-2025-nat...
2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.
View the lists here: literarytranslators.org/the-2025-nat...
No prizes for guessing where we were this evening. 🩵
October 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
No prizes for guessing where we were this evening. 🩵
Read Love and Garbage. Read My Golden Trades. Read everything Ivan Klima wrote.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
Ivan Klima, Czech Novelist Who Chafed Under Totalitarian Regimes, Dies at 94
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October 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Read Love and Garbage. Read My Golden Trades. Read everything Ivan Klima wrote.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/w...
I picked up these books today, and expect to be a lot more intelligent by the time I’m done reading them—Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s The Politics of Sorrow and (ed) Benjamin Linder’s Kathmadu: A Reader. 📚
October 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I picked up these books today, and expect to be a lot more intelligent by the time I’m done reading them—Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s The Politics of Sorrow and (ed) Benjamin Linder’s Kathmadu: A Reader. 📚
“Each one of these groups can by themselves take the nation down, but none of them can by themselves build it up again”—my favourite analysis about Nepal as we go into the festivals. 🇳🇵
September 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“Each one of these groups can by themselves take the nation down, but none of them can by themselves build it up again”—my favourite analysis about Nepal as we go into the festivals. 🇳🇵