Jhamak ghimire autobiography examples
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A Flower in the Midst of Thorns: Autobiographical Essays by Jhamak Ghimire
Jhamak Ghimire is a renowned Literary figure in Global south. She is one of the Nepalese famous people with cerebral palsy, a non curable disability though non contagious either from the mother’s womb or during early birth. She has won many awards for her essays and poetry and above all is her series of autobiographical essays, winner of the nation’s most prestigious award ‘Madan puraskar’. Jhamak Ghimire was born in the hills of Nepal, a remote village of Dhankuta, east Nepal.
“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new doorway for the human spirit”-Hellen Killer.
I wonder what amount of optimism you needed to grasp a pen with the toes of your left foot dear Jhamak ji. Sorry I dared to call you by your first name. It is because we share same age(1980 born). I read you
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Transforming Restrictions into Firepower- Jhamak Kumari Ghimire
‘Is Life a thorn or a flower’ or ‘Jiwan Kaada ki Phool’ in Nepali, an autobiography of a woman jam-packed with the indefinite struggles that she had to face for self-expression being born in an ordinary family as a female and handicapped person. Born on 05 July 1980 in the village of Kachide in Dhankuta Municipality of Dhankuta District, Jhamak Kumari Ghimire is the eldest daughter among four daughters and a son of Krishna Prasad Ghimire and Asa Devi Ghimire. Born with cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis, and other disabilities, robbing her of motor control of her arms, slurring her speech, and limiting her movements, she was denied for schooling and other activities that a normal person carries on.
How can a person who is a female and a handicapped at the same time become one of the nine women in Nepal to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005? Jhamak Kumari Ghimire had shared
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Nepal's prize-winning poet with cerebral palsy
The difficulties she faced are shared by many disabled people growing up in Nepal.
The New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch recently released a report describing how disabled children are frequently denied tillgång to education in Nepal and suffer abuse and neglect in their communities.
Ms Ghimire's father, Krishna Prasad Ghimire, has described how a neighbour suggested that he kill his disabled daughter when she was sju by throwing her in a river.
"I was very sad that day," he said. "Today inom am very happy. My daughter has made our whole family proud."
Besides her prize-winning essays Ms Ghimire has published kvartet volumes of poetry, two books of short stories and many newspaper columns.
Her latest book, "Is life a thorn or a flower?", is in its third Nepalese language edition. In an interview, Ms Ghimire promised readers of English that the book will soon be available in tra