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Krishna Sama (1902 - 1981) an articulate Nepali
nationalist and one of the founding fathers of
modern Nepali literature. By the early 1920s,
Sama had begun to define Nepal as a place lacking
'pure' Nepali culture. As he developed as a writer
in the next two decades, Sama made the Nepali
language the centre of his search for a new national
identity for Nepal, and for 'pure' Nepali culture.
Based on a long petition Samawrote in late 1932,
the article then discusses Sama's thoughts regarding
the overall progress of Nepal and Nepali culture.
Some of Sama's plays are also discussed. In the1930s,
Sama used his meditation over the Nepali language
in his play Mukunda Indira to claim a 'pure' domain
for Nepal, separate from the colonial 'impurity'
and 'debauchery' of Calcutta. In the 1940s and
the 1950s, Sama contributed to the elaboration
of bir history through full-length and short plays.
These plays were important media through which
lessons on Nepali nationalism were dispersed. |
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