“The book is a reflection and recollection of my past experience and I have tried to pen down the incidents of my life truthfully in the book,” 32-year old writer added.[break]
Prominent politicians, bureaucrat and former beauty queen spoke at the event attended by friends and family of the writer. Malvika Subba, a former Miss Nepal said that the book was “a political Gita of the new generation.” Constituent assembly member and prominent Nepali Congress youth leader Gagan Thapa said the book, even though contains only first-hand information, encompasses insights on how Nepal has gradually evolved as a country.
“We have not been able to affect what’s happening. Instead, we let the happenings affect us. This book is a story of such incidents,” Thapa said and added, “This is the writer’s story. There are hardly new theories. But my generation will be able to relate to this book and to the stories of the writer.”
“This is an unfinished journey. Time keeps changing and our ideas with them. And this book is a reflection of that,” elaborated Thapa who is also a buddy of the writer.
Another prominent Nepali Congress thinker Pradip Giri commented on the book saying it reflects confusion of the writer as does the life in general. “The book is not a piece of art, but a solid documentation of the writer’s generation,” Giri said at the launch.
Former National Planning Commission vice-chairman Jagadish Chandra Pokharel also spoke at the event. “It’s hard to write what’s true and what you actually think because it might affect your future, or make others unhappy,” Pokharel said and claimed Sharma’s act as courageous.
Pokharel also said that the book has interesting stories. “Life is a collection of stories. The one with most interesting and as many will be considered the most successful,” he said.
Sharma, by profession, is a “development consultant.” The London School of Economics graduate has been writing for different publications on socio-economics and politics of Nepal along with experiences of his field trips. He also hosted a television interview show called “Face the Nation” for more than a year on Nepal One Television. He now heads newly established Centre for Consolidation of Democracy, a democratic thinktank.
Part memoir, part reportage and mostly a public rant about the happenings during his lifetime, the book depicts the needs and wishes of the generation that has already entered adulthood but is largely put out of the process in the making of new Nepal. The book has been divided into three chapters. The first chapter, thirty two years of life has depicted the growth of an author along with the growth of his nation. The second chapter, imprisoned consciousness captures the recent events in Nepal and investigation has been made on the repercussions of those events, including the Maoists rise in power and abuse of the same. The third chapter focuses on new ideas that have proliferated in the field of politics, society, economy, religion, science at the international context and asks for Nepalis to wake up.
The book Unfinished Journey was jointly unveiled by the writer’s parents. The digital format of the book was previously launched on September 2009 by UK-based Cooperjal Limited. Priced at Rs. 480, the book is published by Adroit Publishers in India.
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