Jhamak Ghimire

Jhamak Kumari Ghimire
Jhamak Kumari Ghimire
Writing with feet
Born Jhamak Kumari Ghimire
July 1980
Kachide Dhankuta (age 38)
Nationality Nepali
Occupation Writer, columnist
Known for Jiwan Kada Ki Phool
Awards Madan Puraskar

Jhamak Ghimere (born July 1980 in the village of Kachide in Dhankuta Municipality of Dhankuta district) 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).

Works

Sankalpa, Aafnai Chita Agni Shikhatir, Manchhe Bhitraka Yoddaharu and Quaati are her poetry works. Awasan Pachhiko Aagaman is her another work. Jhamak Kumari Ghimire has written her autobiography named Jiwan Kada Ki Phool (Life is Thorn or a Flower) for this Jhamak Ghimire was awarded with the Madan Puraskar. Beside Ghimire is awarded by Kabita Ram Bal Sahitya Prativa Puraskar 2015, Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Andolan, Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Puraskar 2016, Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Andolan and Madan Puraskar 2017.

Poetry

She has written many poems. Some of her popular poems are given just below:

  • 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): short stories, poems, daily diaries, songs, essays etc.

Autobiography

  • Jeevan Kaanda Ki Phool (Is Life a Thorn or a Flower)

Awards

Jhamak Ghimire, awarded with the Madan Puraskar
  • Kabita Ram Bal Sahitya Prativa Puraskar 2015 Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Andolan[6]
  • Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Puraskar 2016 Aswikrit Bichar Sahitya Andolan[7]
  • Madan Puraskar

References

  1. "Famous People With Cerebral Palsy which causes paralysis of some parts: Jhamak Ghimire".
  2. Deccan Herald: Bold tales by brave women (2010).
  3. ASMITA: sonakshi was the name of her sisterWho 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 (by Rabi Thapa). September 2009.
  6. "Aswikrit". aswikrit.com.
  7. "Aswikrit". aswikrit.com.
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