BIOGRAPHY OF PARIJAT AND JHAMAK KUMARI GHIMIRE: an inspiration to many

by LB Thapa

Parijat has made a notable contribution in Nepali literature. She was an epoch-making novelist and story writer of extreme subtlety. She wrote novels, stories, and poems but she is much known for her innovative novels and short stories. Parijat, in her novels and stories, deal with human psychology and their conscious and sub-conscious behavior in different state of circumstances. Parijat's gift was her ability to depict human psyche with her powerful strokes of words through novels and stories. About Parijat it is easier to feel than to estimate a genius which has no parallels. Her style of writing is remarkable. It is exquisite and for choice of words she is always very careful. Her words are soft and easy to grasp by the readers of all walks of life. In course of her writing stint, she had attained high degree of skill in composition of fine Nepali language. Her remarkable skill in writing trendy prose has set milestone in the history of Nepali literature. Parijat writes as woman about women and on themes that are of the first importance to women. She is so supreme an artist that she holds so high a place in the history of Nepali novels. Her style of writing is in keeping with her classic and ironic mood. Her writing is natural and impervious, and its unflappable flow sparkles as it flows. It fits the subject as a glove fits the hand, and, that is because it is the very substance of her art. In short, Parijat was a great artist and a great entertainer of her time. She wrote in easy style, and this increases the entertainment value of her novels and stories. Parijat has played a remarkable role to strengthening the spirit of Nepali literature. She is likely to last as long as the Nepali language lasts. Parijat is among those very few female littérateurs, who attained this degree of perfection and success in Nepali literature. She has made a permanent place in the history of Nepali literature. Parijat has also carved a niche for herself as one of the leading female writers of Nepali literature. More, no talks on Nepali novel writing would complete without referring to Parijat---she has definitely occupied a stellar position in Nepali literature. Parijat was born into a middle class family in 1937 at the serene hills of Darjeeling. Her parents were exuberant when Parijat was born. But their happiness did not last for long as baby was quite thin as a waif. Her parents took the baby to every physicist for the medical examination, but no avail. Despite poor physique, Parijat was growing like many other children of her age in Darjeeling. She got her early education in Darjeeling and led an uneventful life. Parijat had got heavily into Nepali literature when she was still under her teenage. As Parijat had tad poor health, she diverted her energy towards reading books rather than playing games like many other children of her age would do. As time was rapidly passing by, Parijat had made her own world of imagination. In her world of imagination the only close companions she had were her books. As a voracious reader, she drew closer to the world of fantasy & imagination.

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Published April 26, 2020