Jhamak Ghimire

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Jhamak Kumari Ghimire
Jhamak Kumari Ghimire
Writing with feet
Born
Jhamak Kumari Ghimire

10 July 1980 (1980-07-10) (age 41)
Kachide, Dhankuta, Nepal
OccupationWriter, columnist
Known forJiwan Kada Ki Phool
AwardsMadan Puraskar

Jhamak Kumari Ghimire (born 10 July 1980) is a Nepali writer. She was born with cerebral palsy[1][2] and writes with her left foot.[3][4] She is columnist at the Kantipur newspaper.[5] She had been awarded with the Madan Puraskar (the most popular award given to the writer for his or her contribution in Nepalese Literature) for her auto-biography Jiwan Kada Ki Phool (Is Life a Thorn or Flower). In addition, Ghimire was awarded by Kabita Ram Bal Sahitya Prativa Puraskar (2015), Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Puraskar (2016), and Madan Puraskar (2010).

Works[]

Selected poetry[]

  • Sankalpa (Vow)
  • Aafnai Chita Agni Shikhatira (Own's funeral pyre towards the fire apex)
  • Manchhe Bhitraka Yoddaharu (Warriors inside humans)
  • Quaati

Miscellaneous[]

  • Awasan Pachhiko Aagaman (Arrival after the death)

Autobiography[]

  • Jeevan Kanda Ki Phool (Life a Thorn or a Flower)

Awards[]

Jhamak Ghimire, awarded with the Madan Puraskar

References[]

  1. ^ "Famous People With Cerebral Palsy which causes paralysis of some parts: Jhamak Ghimire". Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. ^ Deccan Herald: Bold tales by brave women (2010).
  3. ^ ASMITA: shivamsha was the name of her sister Who is Jhamak? (August 2002)
  4. ^ Nepali Times. Of Poverty and Poems- Jhamak kumari Ghimire (by Manjushree Thapa). August 2002.
  5. ^ Nepali Times: A renegade child of the hills – For Jhamak Ghimire writing is everything, and everything is literature Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (by Rabi Thapa). September 2009.
  6. ^ "Aswikrit". aswikrit.com.
  7. ^ "Aswikrit". aswikrit.com.
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