Narayan Wagle gets Madan Puraskar

KOL Report

KATHMANDU, Aug 31 - The Madan Puraskar Award Trust has decided to present the "Madan Puraskar" for the year 2061 to litterateur and journalist Narayan Wagle for his book entitled ?Palpasa Caf?.?

Palpasa Caf?, the debut novel by Wagle, had created a new "fastest selling" record in the Nepali book publication history. The second edition of the novel has already hit bookstores after 5,000 copies were sold out in the first month of its release in the end of July.

The decision to this effect was taken by a meeting of the trust Wednesday. The award carries a purse of Rs. 200,000.

The 245-page novel has been able to arouse enormous interest and satisfaction among the readers because it highlights contemporary issues facing the country, book critics say.

Wagle is the editor of Kantipur daily.

Likewise, the trust decided to present this year?s ?Jagadamba Shree Award? to litterateur Phanindra Raj Khetala in recognition of his more than half-century long service to the field of Nepali literature. The award also carries a purse of Rs. 200,000. (snn)

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Congratulations to Narayan Wagle!

I can't comment on his book because I have yet to get hold of a copy and read it, though -- thanks to the publisher Kiran of Nepalaya -- I know that a signed-by-the-author copy is waiting for me in Kathmandu.

Narayan is an immensely likable guy. That, plus his being the editor of Kantipur makes him a really powerful figure in Nepal. Besides, all the young journalists adore him. All these combine to make it virtually impossible for his book to get a 'bad' review in Nepal.

Some observations on the prize, and, as a no-nonsense long-time friend of Narayan, I hope he tolerates my raising these issues here.

1. Narayan's book came out just two months ago or so. Now it's already won Nepal's most prestigious literature prize.

I can't help thinking: Isn't the prize for Narayan a little too soon, too early, too fast?
I mean, the book is getting ecstatic reviews and is still in its ''honeymoon' phase,
so to speak . . . surely Narayan's winning it NEXT year perhaps would have been
more appropriate, I'd think.

2. By giving the prize to Narayan this fast this soon, are the prize committee members (who are anonymous) sending a signal to the market that they seriously consider even the very recent books of first-time novelists?

3. I am confused: Madan Purasakar has this image of being really stuffy, dowdy and too mustily Nepali lit. It usually goes to people with three long names such as . . . Krishna Prasad Parajuli. Is the Prize Committee trying to be hip and young and oh-so-relevant in contemporary times by giving the prize to Narayan? Alternatively, is it trying to piggy-back on the poularity of Narayan's novel?

Just some food for thought.

Once again, congrats to Narayan.

oohi
ashu

A few additional comments:

1) READERS EXIST: The obvious commercial success of Narayan's novel must energize the Nepali literary community. For a long time, many writers/novelists have been saying that people just do not buy Nepali novels, let alone read them. The success of 'Palpasa Cafe' must assure all that a large readership (by modest Nepali standards) does exist out there in Nepal. People ARE interested in reading Nepali novels that talk about lives as they are live and are likely to live in contemporary Nepal.

2) MARKETING WORKS: A few weeks ago, writer Kali Prasad Rizal wrote a commentary in Himal, lamenting how poorly Sajha Prakashan books are put together and marketed. Kiran Krishna Shrestha of Nepalaya is a very smart guy, and, given the sales figures of Palpasa Cafe, it's obvgious that he has done an EXCELLENT job publishing and marketing Narayan's novel. Incidentally, this is the FIRST time Kiran has done something like this -- publish and market a novel.

To draw an analogy: Just as the arrival of the NEW Jai Nepal Cinema Hall in Kathmandu (through people with no previous background in cinema-hall-ownership) forced the traditional cinema-hall owners (of Ranjana, Biswojyoti, etc) to see new and effective ways of attracting more cinema-goers into the theater, I hope Kiran's arrival as a publisher/marketer in Kathmandu will force the traditional Nepali publishers/marketers
to see new and effective ways of marketing novels.

3) BRANDING WORKS: Narayan Wagle is a talented writer. He has established public credibility -- and has established himself as a brand -- by being a long-time writer at Kantipur, where he's now the chief editor. People are interested in what Narayan writes and what he does.I will not be surprised if Narayan writes a screenplay, and that screenplay wsill form the basis of a hit Nepali movie tomorrow. The previous image of Nepali sahitya writers as tortured alcoholic souls (an image that comes to mind when
you think of Manu Brajaki) is now being slowly dismantled . . . and that's a good thing.
[These days, young Nepali-language writers use laptops, go to the gym to work out
and hang out sipping Cafe lattes at Himalayan Java!]

Welcome to the emerging world in Nepal where a book, no matter how literary or pop, is just another commodity that can be packaged, branded, marketed and distributed .... and that's a VERY GOOD THING, for it takes a lot of stuffiness and mustiness out of Nepali literature.

oohi
ashu

>>>>>We say "that's wrong". That's it. <<<<<

Guys, Look in these words and you will know what the fuccker thinks of himself. (I don't use obscene words lest I am forced. forgive me, )

> >>> That's it.<<<

That's the final word and nobody should challange it. That's it.


I have been reading Narayan Wagle for a long time(More than FOUR Years). With simple words and picturesque description, he presents the human emotions, misery and excitements with superb analysis.

And if you fuucking smart ass know, Parijat got Madan Puraskar for her first novel as well.
Beleive me this guy is not the only intellignent guy in Nepal. MPG has a crew capble of selecting a novel. Talking about two month, how long do you need to go through a novel?

Literary value: what is literature? narayan writes in simple language. A layman can get what he is talking about. some elites can not accept this fact that anything a simple mind can understand do have literary value.

I know as a college drop-out I have " know write" to challenge this guy's Birashat.

How dare i question your wit and wisdom.yeah you are true -----

" these poor nuts at Nepal are buying such a trash because of media hype"
" or Narayan himself is paying for those 5000 sold copies to gain popularity"
" palpasa cafe has no literary value. it is just like a porn magazine sold in ratnapark. how can a good literature can be sold out in nepal as all gifted connoiseur of literature are out of country."

by the way do me a favor, can you give me the best candidate for MP.

OK, then go and give Blowjob to Wagle.... worship him give him a good service..

Ashu ji!

You are right! How can a committee comprised of ordinary indipendent minded Nepali people (That too Nepali speaking) who never went to "Harvard school department of third world languages" award such a prestigious award to an ordinary Nepali who wrote a novel about sufferings of ordinary Nepali that too in Nepali for the first time in his life? Even I am pissed off, they even didn't dare consulting you the "great Ashu a Harvard graduate who is an expert not only in Economics, social science, political science, Medical Science, Dentestry, Accoutancy, English Literature, Acqine rescue (Let me bundle it in one piece "Baidya Ba ko Silajit") but also in contemporary Nepali literature. Something is wrong, I suspect it is a grand design, the true grand design that you and I can imagine in our lifetime. May be we should send the committee members to New Orleanes to clean up the Superdome! Next time let's let your master decide who should be awarded with the prize.

Bond-ji,

That makes TWO of you on this thread: DC-girl (way above) and, now, you, who
have some unresolved, one-sided issues with me personally.

That is fine.
You are welcome to have issues with me personally.

My email is: ashu@sajha.com; for future reference, please direct your rants/questions and ridicules against me there, please.

That way, Sajha visitors can concentrate on the main issue here -- that is, they can continue to enjoy a free-flowing discussion on Nepali literature here

Thank you, Bond-ji for your kind co-operation.

oohi
ashu

पल्पसा क्याफेको तेश्रो अध्यायमा पुगें। केहि वेर अघि मात्र शुरु गरेको।

खासमा नारायणले आफ्नी श्रीमती नीतिकालाई उपन्यास समर्पण गरेर त्यसको भूमिका लेखेका छन् - फिल्मी शैलीमा। भूमिका पुस्तकको बान्की झल्काउने सारभूत शव्दहरु हुन। नारायणले पल्पसा क्याफेको भूमिका नितान्त पृथक शैलिमा लेखेका छन्। जसका कारण चर्चित नेपाली साहित्य पढिसकेकाहरु भूमिका पढ्नासाथ त्यसको औपन्यासिक धरातल निरस रहेको निचोडमा पुग्छन। मलाई पनि त्यस्तै लागेको थियो। कोशेलीमा पढेको कफी गफ मध्ये सबभन्दा 'बोरिङ' कफी गफ जस्तो।

तर पहिलो अध्यायमै उपन्यासले रफ्तार पक्डिसकेको छ । दोश्रो अध्यायमा कथानक तयार भैसकेको छ। लाग्छ यसमा गफ मात्र छैन। साहित्य छ - काल्पनिक दृश्यलाई शब्दहरुले सजीब तुल्याइदिएका छन्। जस्तोकी ''रुखको छाया जूनले अलक्क कोरेको भित्तामा थप आकार दिंदै उ आइरहेकी थिइ। ''

मलाई पुस्तक पैंचो दिने दाईलाई सोधेको थिएँ - दाई पल्पसा क्याफे सिध्याउनुभयो ? ''खै एक दुई पन्ना मात्र पढें त्यसपछि कामको चटारोले अघि बढाउन भ्याएको छैन।'' शायद उहाँ पनि भूमिकाको शिकार हुनुभए जस्तो छ। ''त्यसो भए मलाई दिनुस न त।'' अनि पाइहालियो।

पूरै नसकी कति प्यारप्यार गर्नु ? पढि सिध्याउँछु अनि थप कुरा गरौंला।

यो नारी देहको आकार प्रकार को कुरा आयो कि मलाई सबै भिरिङ्गी साहित्य (porn) जस्तो लाग्छ । हुन त यसमा बडे बडे चिन्तकहरुले कत्रो कत्रो मनोविज्ञान देख्दछन, कुन्नि के के बादी, सिगमण्ड फ्रायड बादी के के जाति हो रे त्यो खासमा त, तर म ग्वाँच भने सबै सम्मै एकनासै देख्छु। पर्सनल विचार हो, अरुहरु सहमत हुनुहुन्न भन्नेमा पुरै सचेत छु ।

मेरो मापदण्ड चाहि के भने कुनै त्यस्तो साहित्यिक कृतिमा प्रस्तुत नारी देहको सजीव वर्णन गर्ने पाठ्य (text) जति सबै लाई select गरेर delete गरिदिने । त्यसपछि पनि त्यहाँ कुनै plot, अथवा कुनै purpose बाँकी छ भने, त्यो कृति " भिरिङ्गी साहित्य (porn) " होईन, नत्र हो । अब porn नै हो भने त किन त्यो मात्रै पढ्नु प-यो र, ईन्टरनेटमा जति पनि हेर्न पाईन्छ फिरिमा, फोटै पाईन्छ, फिलिमका साना-साना किलिप पनि पाईन्छ फिरिमा नै, किन त्यो वर्णन पढ्नु प-यो र पैसा तिरि तिरि।

हुन त म ग्वाँचले त्यति धेरै पढेको छैन, तर मैले पढेसम्मकोमा नारायण वाग्लेको "कफि गफ", किशोर नेपालको कान्तिपुर साप्ताहिकमा आउने "कान्तिपुर गाथा", सम्राट उपाध्यायको "एरेस्टिङ्ग गड--", कान्तिपुर साप्ताहिकमै आउने "यौन जिज्ञासा" तथा युधिर थापाका उपन्यासहरु सबै एकैनासका पाएँ, बी पी कोइरालाका कथानकमा भने नारी देह बाहेक अरु पनि प्लट बाँकी हुन्छन है।मेरो नितान्त व्यक्तिगत अनुभव नि ।

अब सामाजिक, राजनितीक, आर्थिक, वैज्ञानिक, मनोवैज्ञानिक देखि यौन-मनोवैज्ञानिक सम्म हरेक विधामा सचेत, निपूण newuser जी को प्रतिक्रियालाई चाहि म ग्वाँचले पूर्ण रुपमा सकार्नेछु है।

Keep rolling...

Oh I see. Your "that Job" with NW was frustrating and is warning everyone. yeah... I remember someone was talking about as....le. Is that You?

Thanka for the warning. NW might not be good for that. But see we don't have that many options here in nepal as you have there.

But here is a difference between you and me. I don't include "Bl...job satisfaction" as a criteria for appreciation. I appreciate a lot many without kissing their ass.

Does it means that there was no other better writer in Nepal than Narayan Wagle? Also does it means that there were not other noble written in past few years than Palpasa cafe?
Is Madan puraskar is also following the way of Yuba puraskar?

If not than what message this gives to audience.

No, I don't say narayan is great and he deserves the prize. And i don't have enough expertise to challange the MPG Crew.

My only concern was ---
someone spiting their devine words. " that's it".
Someone saying a....le to a well accepted editor of Kantipur.
And the evidences for the claim

Then fuCCKKK off!!@!

Narayan gets Madan? I am confused. What is this news about?

One thing is Sure...

If Narayan Wagle ji is a true sahaityakar, he would not go for this speedy Madan Puruashkar. But he is a lobhi bahun so purushkar lina hataar ni ta uslai.

If he believes that he has written a very good novel..... he would not give a damn about the award.... but then question arise can he evaluate himself writing a good novel or not. Who kows, without being able to evaluate himself, he might have mistakenly thought that he is a good writer.. and because of that flaw in himself, he went applying for this award.

A true writer doesn't need an award.... what count most is the critical reviews by the readers.....

but where are the good reviews for Palpasa Cafe? Damn it !! can you people see it's simply propaganda.... they just whirled the news on air that this shit novel is selling HOT real HOT... then inticed people to go and buy the book...... damn it.. this all fuc*king twisting people's minds with so called Ashu's shit Capitalism.

Khwasa, don't think that Capitalism is the Best... yes that seems to be taking over the world in this age.. but not always!!! In future who knows what will happen....

Ashu simply wants to protect his job... so he is doijng propaganda praising Capitalism... you moron capitalists!!

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I see a danger of negativity brewing against "Palpasa Cafe", because of the award.

People will start having biased observation against the novel. e.g. Babblu Srivastav being compared with Narayan Wagle on the basis of popularity, not because of the content.

This kind of controversy will help sell more books out of curiosity among the general public like what the rock/pop stars do for their promotion of their albums.

Newuser: Have you finished reading?

Now, it's getting interesting shape. I see the issue here. Lovi Bahuns are the reason behind all this setup. Curator of MPG is also a lovi bahun. Do you have any idea about the Nepalaya? They got the big chunk of the sale.They should be lovi bahun too.

mampya.. loviharu,

Oh i read the comment from avi subedi. He too is a lovi bahun so who trust his review. You are true, if he is a great writer why should he be applying for the award. They would find him out and give the award. Gita ko "karma gara phal ko aash nagara" birsyo jasto cha barmu le. how can a guy be great author who wants to make money writing novel? Laxmi prasad devkota was a great poet and he always remained poor.

Botyom line: Poverty is the topmost requirement to get Madan Puraskar. Lovi capitalist Bahuns are conspiring to make fool of sojho nepali. YOu see a sojho nepali fighting in rolpa is wasting money for this novel because of all these capitalist propoganda. Mampya .. capitalist kheincha

hey sunnydev

Nepalaya is run by a Newar, a Shrestha.

Shirish writes:

" I see a danger of negativity brewing against "Palpasa Cafe", because of the award".



This is NOT a danger.

This is to be expected and accepted in creative fields that can only be judged by necessarily subjective criteria of BOTH the experts and the public.

[With the possible exception of The New York Times' theater critic whose bad reviews can kill dramas playing in the highly competitive theater market in New York, almost all criticisms mean NOTHING to the sales and the public enjoyment of various artistic creations.]

My limited experience is that literature, the arts and music are fields that grow because of all kinds of public criticisms -- fair and unfair.

That said, I remain fascinated with the institution of Madan Puraskar Guthi itself.

Its criteria appear to be vague.

Its decisions are secretive.

Its jurors are anonymous.

We don't even know whether the jurors change from year to year.

It does not even produce, with a set criteria, a short-list of candidates.

It's marketed in such a way that the puraskar is often more famous than the winning authors or their books. [Does anyone remember who won it last year, and the year before that? Few do; and the award apppear to have no discernible effect on the sales of the awarded books.]

And no writer in Nepal dares criticise it lest doing so diminished his/her chances of winning the award someday. [An analogy: No journalist in Nepal dares do an investigative piece on the casino industry lest the flow of advertisements stopped!]

As a reader, I'd love to read an investigative account of how this institution really operates.

Tetti ho.

oohi
ashu

But one thing is for sure... as Ashu understands how captalism exactly work, his explanation of how this well packaged Palpasa Cafe was floated as a commodity. And to make a big sale, how soon the book was awarded.... lobh - Greed..... hoina ta?

being Shrestha doesn't mean that he has not got the bahun qualities... don't get offended bahun sathi ho.... there are many bahun by birth who are sincere people....

It's the Greed !! that's it... greed of Narayan Wagle, Greed of Publisher Shrestha, and there might be greed of committe of Madan Purushkar Guthi !!!

That guy wrote a Novel.. but think this.. is that novel gonna change the world? Nope!!

Someone says: If your book not gonna change the world a bit, then better don't write it.