Mahesh Paudyal

MAHESH PAUDYAL AND UJJWAL PRASAI For many in English academia, if Gayatri Chakravotry Spivak admits to not knowing the answer to a particular question, it means that it is probably unknowable. Even when she does know the answers, they are oftentimes perplexing. Spivak is characterised by something of an enigmatic personality; she is not easy to comprehend. And it was this side of her that enthralled those gathered to hear her speak at the recent Dabur Excellence Series in Kathmandu. Spivak spoke at two sessions during her visit, one at IACER in Old Baneshwor on Dec 20, and the other at Hotel De l’Annapurna in Durbar Marg on Dec 21. The delivery at IACER was fundamentally academic, and dwelt on the theoretical premises Spivak works with. The question of subalternity obviously arose, for which Spivak had a clear-cut position: The term ‘subaltern’ has lost its power to indicate people from the very bottom layer of society. She observes that unlike what Marx thought of the proletar...

छालहरू किन पानीमा डुबिरहेको सूर्यलाई थोप्लो बनाएर बनिदिन्छन् प्रश्नवाचक चिह्न? (फूलको बान्ता)   यो सुन्दर दृश्यविम्ब र यसले बोकिल्याएको कालातीत यक्ष प्रश्न कवि भूपिनको हो। यस्ता अनेका सुन्दर विम्ब र शूक्तिमय अभिव्यक्तिहहरूको संग्रह हो उनको पछिल्लो कविताकृति 'सुप्लाको हवाईजहाज', जसको चर्चा नेपाली कविताको फाँटमा अहिले उत्कर्षमा छ।    यसको आगमनसँगै नेपाली कविताका पारखीहरू कवि भूपिनलाई उनले करिब एक दशकअघि दिएर गएको हस्तक्षेपकारी संग्रह 'हजार वर्षको निद्रा'को सापेक्षतामा हेरिरहेका छन्, र कतै उत्साहित देखिन्छन् भने कतैचाहिँ माथि उनैले सोधेको यक्ष प्रश्न उनैतिर तेस्र्याइरहेका छन्  उनको कविताका छालहरू किन... बनिदिन्छन् प्रश्नवाचक चिह्न?   एउटा ओजिलो कवितासंग्रह, कुनै पनि कविका लागि निश्चय पनि लाइफटाइम एचिभमेन्ट हो। सधैंसधैं न यस्तो संयोग जुरिरहन्छ, न त त्यो उत्कर्ष छोइरहनु कुनै एक कविका लागि सम्भव हुन्छ।   थोरै कविहरू यस्ता हुन्छन्, जो एकपछि एक संग्रहरूमा नयाँनयाँ उत्कर्षहरू छुन्छन्, आफैंलाई विनिर्माण र नवनिर्माण गर्छन्, र पुनः आफूभित्रको ...