Boju Bajai in conversation with writer Shivani Singh Tharu. In this episode, we talk about Shivani’s journey from tv to writing and her relationship with Kathmandu and Kathmandu’s elite institutions as a Tharu woman from Nepalgunj. She also speaks candidly about the struggles of being a full-time writer in Nepal, her creative process, and dabbling across different genres of writing.

Shivani started her career in tv as the host, producer, and scriptwriter for  ‘Mero Geet Mero Sandesh’ and ‘Mulyankan’ on Nepal Television. She later went on to write the critically acclaimed play ‘Virtual Reality’ and also worked as a scriptwriter/director for the radio drama ‘Katha Mitho Sarangiko’ produced by BBC Media Action.  

She used to be a columnist for Wave Magazine and is a regular contributor to Kantipur Koseli and Naya Patrika. Her debut novel ‘Kathmandu ma Ek Din’ was published in 2018 and she was honored with the Sundar Prasad Shah 'Dukhi' literary prize the same year..

  

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Reading list

Shivani’s Kathmandu, Nepali Times ⁠https://www.nepalitimes.com/here-now/shivanis-kathmandu⁠

महुवा, Naya Patrika

 ⁠https://jhannaya.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/419/2019-08-10⁠ 

भुइँतला : डेरा–संसारको पाताललोक, Kantipur

⁠https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2020/11/27/16064814304432906.html⁠ 

नाकको भूगोल, Kantipur

⁠https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2022/01/29/164342883582051896.html?author=1⁠ 

कोरोनाकल्प, Kantipur

⁠https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2021/07/03/162527663132599220.html?author=1⁠ 

कविता : सहर गायब भएपछि, Kantipur

⁠https://ekantipur.com/literature/2020/05/03/158849493718083446.html?author=1⁠ 

मान्छेको रङ हजार, Setopati

⁠https://www.setopati.com/blog/4069⁠