Sex, Gender and Disability in Nepal (Routledge ISS Gender, Sexuality and Development Studies)

This book explores the sex lives of women with disabilities in Nepal, showing that many women suffer more than men despite prevailing disability policies that emphasize nondiscrimination against people with disabilities. It also argues that far from general perceptions of women as asexual, women with disabilities are capable of leading highly creative and fulfilling sexual lives. Using critical sexual theory and postcolonial studies as critical frameworks, the book investigates the narratives of authors with disabilities, exploring policy gaps and the need for supportive gender and sexual policies through the words of those affected. In particular, the book analyzes five female Nepali authors with disabilities: Radhika Dahal, Jhamak Ghimire, Sabitri Karki, Parijaat, and Mira Sahi, demonstrating the need for supportive gender policies to address the emotional and psychological needs of women with disabilities. Overall, the book argues that disciplinary discourses in practice often consider sex or sexuality as taboo, barely recognizing women in the context of marriage and family, and therefore creating gaps between policies and marginalized narratives. This book provides important insights into sex and disability within the context of the Global South, and as such will be of interest not only to researchers working on Nepal but also to scholars across gender studies, disability studies, international development, and postcolonialism.

Acharya, Tulasi

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“This novel sees America through the eyes of a visiting student from Kathmandu as he struggles to make a life in his new land. . . . Importantly, this story gives us insight into the immigrant experience and the difficulties and joys of adjusting to a new culture.” (Anthony Grooms, author of Trouble No More and Bombingham) 
Deepak comes to America immediately mesmerized by the immensity of its abundance. After leaving Nepal to earn a graduate degree in the U.S., his plan is to make his fortune in the land of opportunity. He quickly learns America is more than he bargained for, especially his newfound “friends.” He questions whether he can even survive, much less succeed, in this new country. The challenge seems even more insurmountable when he settles into his new residence and job, where situations occur that test his resilience and will. In the midst of his agony, he finds one thing that could possibly make the experience ultimately worthwhile. Will she leave or betray him like everyone else has?
 HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS NOVEL<ul>
<li>The story is weaved in romance, cultural tension, and dilemma between two worlds.</li>
<li>The novel embarks on a journey that takes the reader along with the protagonist who cries, laughs, kiss, and daydreams.</li>
<li>It is the growth of the narrator and the story is seamlessly woven into the protagonists hardships and struggle in the land of opportunity.</li>
<li>It is a beautiful story of appearance vs. reality.</li>
<li>The novel pinches, pokes, and pushes to an entirely different world where the reader becomes enlightened along with the character.</li>
<li>The characters of the novel are funny, bizarre, beautiful, weird, and fun filled.</li>
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Target Audience: Break up Lovers ⎜ Western Readers ⎜ South Asian Readers ⎜ Nonfiction and Memoir lovers ⎜ Parents ⎜ Young kids ⎜ Academicians ⎜ Dreamers Meet the Author at https://tulasiacharya.com/

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This book explores the sex lives of women with disabilities in Nepal, showing that many women suffer more than men despite prevailing disability policies that emphasize nondiscrimination against people with disabilities. It also argues that far from general perceptions of women as asexual, women with disabilities are capable of leading highly creative and fulfilling sexual lives.\nUsing critical sexual theory and postcolonial studies as critical frameworks, the book investigates the narratives of authors with disabilities, exploring policy gaps and the need for supportive gender and sexual policies through the words of those affected. In particular, the book analyzes five female Nepali authors with disabilities: Radhika Dahal, Jhamak Ghimire, Sabitri Karki, Parijaat, and Mira Sahi, demonstrating the need for supportive gender policies to address the emotional and psychological needs of women with disabilities. Overall, the book argues that disciplinary discourses in practice often consider sex or sexuality as taboo, barely recognizing women in the context of marriage and family, and therefore creating gaps between policies and marginalized narratives.\nThis book provides important insights into sex and disability within the context of the Global South, and as such will be of interest not only to researchers working on Nepal but also to scholars across gender studies, disability studies, international development, and postcolonialism.

The book does well is packaging a lot of serious topics without being dense or disorienting. Love, lust, hate, endurance, patience, dilemma, abuse, conflict, relationship and what have you, Acharya seems to throw everything but the kitchen sink in this story and yet, it does not burden the reader. It is not a chore to have to follow so many plot threads because they are not a tangled mess. It speaks volumes about Acharya's abilities as a writer that he can deliver so much so clearly. The editor, if one is present, deserves credit too-- Aashis Mishra, Published in the Rising Nepal Feb 25, 2022. The novel is full of aromatic references of different writers of East and West. The novel's plot flows spontaneously while pulling the strings of the heart of even a stone hearted reader. The references to the beauty of nature, the solace found by Jeevan in the lap of nature and in the meditation of Tapoban are so fresh and pure that they seem to appear like morning dew drops. The novel reveals the mind of Osho, the greatest mystic of the century at times. While reading the novel, any reader, consciously or unconsciously, might be impressed and influenced once more by Parijat's " Sirish ko Phool," meaning blue mimosa, Parijat's magnum opus-- Gayatri Neupane, published in Samayasamachar.com. In the way the novel addresses the readers reflects the author's craftsmanship in the construction of the novel. The technique used in the novel makes the reader continue to read until finished. There are some other techniques the author uses, such as flashbacks. The protagonist Jeevan flies, flapping the wings of nostalgia while he is on a plane or in the bus. The hook of the novel is the tension, the conflict of the narrator within himself and other female characters when he cannot decide who could be the right life partner in his life until he visits Tapoban, a quiet and meditative place in Nagarjun, Kathmandu, and, finally, he becomes enlightened--Madhav Chamlagain published in Myrepublica.

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