Manohar Thapa hails from Kalimpong. He is an ex-Sasonian and he has been trying to give a voice to the situation of the Darjeeling Hills. The shutdown and her is his second book after the The Unaccepted.

The shutdown and her is a sequel to the The Unaccepted but with a story of its own. In the book, Manish Moktan searches for his long lost love amidst the rigid 105 days shutdown of the Darjeeling Hills. It is also the journey of Manish to clear the regrets he still carries from his days in Delhi. His past follows him like a shadow and this time he needs to face it.