| Genre: | Maoist Insurgency in Nepal |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | April 20, 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st |
Paperback | |
| Origin: | Nepal |
| ISBN13: | 9789937909037 |
| ISBN10: | 9937909031 |
| Pages: | 172 |
| Dimensions: | 5.1 x 7.7 x 0.2 inches |
| Weight: | 148 g |
About the Book
This book is an account of the Maoist war in Khalanga, West Nepal; a nurse's diary. This is the English translation of Madan Puraskar winning book 'Khalangama Hamala'.
From the backcover
Radha Paudel trained as a nurse. She left a government job in her home town in Chitwan and went to Jumla to work for the Safe Motherhood Programme at a time when the Maoist conflict was at its most intense.
She was in Khalanga, the Jumla district headquarters when the Maoists launched a massive attack in November 2002. Radha fell in love with Jumla and the entire Karnali region and founded Action Works Nepal, a non-government organisation committed to improving the lives of the people there, among the poorest in Nepal. In 2012, the University of San Diego acknowledged her as a Woman Peacemaker and in the same year, the United Nations Development Programme honoured her with the N-Peace Award for her contribution to peace-building. In 2014, she received the Youth Talent Award from the Government of Nepal in recognition of her role as a humanitarian and social activist. She won the prestigious literary award Madan Puraskar for Khalangama Hamala, the original Nepali version of this book in 2014.
