Kathmandu, Aug 1: I create, I preserve,
and I destroy,
'My Winding Path' a maiden anthology of poems by Eda Upadhyaya is a journey through the waves of word art and effusive outpouring of the writer's experiences with life.
The anthology published by Ratna Pustak Bhandar has seven chapters and 125 poems. The writer has encompassed a flurry of subjects in her diverse and wide-ranging poems with hues of women's emancipation, Nepali culture, the massive earthquake, social norms and spirituality.
Prof Dr Govinda Raj Bhattarai in his preview has observed- 'Eda's poems are all absorbing songs – crafted with a very sensitive heart'. Bhattarai has added that the poems 'reveal the poet's autobiographic world – a world that stretches from mundane drudgery to spiritual contemplation'.
Mahesh Poudyal from the Central Department of English said the poet cannot be classed among the radical feminists, who take gender issues on theoretic warfronts and drag down every other issue to the gender table. "Instead, she looks critically at the gender relations and acknowledges their complementaries," Poudyal says adding, "Yet, as a daughter, as a mother and as wife, she does have her genuine concerns."
In Meditation
for centuries in a veil:
of dreadlocks that touch the earth,
a hermit – in nirvana
The poet has also fanned her wings into the spiritual realm. She inquires and ruminates on the aspects of life and wonders 'half life, have we lived'. In one poem 'Stream of Reflection', the poet questions if it isn't strange that all in life are in pursuit of unattainable.
Poet Eda is also the editor of Hulaki, a collection of short stories from Nepal. She has been engaged in producing creative write ups for more than two decades. The book was launched amidst a programme on July 22 and is priced at Rs 350. RSS
and I destroy,
'My Winding Path' a maiden anthology of poems by Eda Upadhyaya is a journey through the waves of word art and effusive outpouring of the writer's experiences with life.
The anthology published by Ratna Pustak Bhandar has seven chapters and 125 poems. The writer has encompassed a flurry of subjects in her diverse and wide-ranging poems with hues of women's emancipation, Nepali culture, the massive earthquake, social norms and spirituality.
Prof Dr Govinda Raj Bhattarai in his preview has observed- 'Eda's poems are all absorbing songs – crafted with a very sensitive heart'. Bhattarai has added that the poems 'reveal the poet's autobiographic world – a world that stretches from mundane drudgery to spiritual contemplation'.
Mahesh Poudyal from the Central Department of English said the poet cannot be classed among the radical feminists, who take gender issues on theoretic warfronts and drag down every other issue to the gender table. "Instead, she looks critically at the gender relations and acknowledges their complementaries," Poudyal says adding, "Yet, as a daughter, as a mother and as wife, she does have her genuine concerns."
In Meditation
for centuries in a veil:
of dreadlocks that touch the earth,
a hermit – in nirvana
The poet has also fanned her wings into the spiritual realm. She inquires and ruminates on the aspects of life and wonders 'half life, have we lived'. In one poem 'Stream of Reflection', the poet questions if it isn't strange that all in life are in pursuit of unattainable.
Poet Eda is also the editor of Hulaki, a collection of short stories from Nepal. She has been engaged in producing creative write ups for more than two decades. The book was launched amidst a programme on July 22 and is priced at Rs 350. RSS