Autorentext

Koushik Goswami teaches English at Malda College, West Bengal, India. He is the author of the book Reimagining Tibet: Politics of Literary Representation (2023), which was shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2024 and 2025, and for the Valley of Words Award in 2024.

Klappentext

Pioneering study of Himalayan diasporic literature that focuses on the voices, memories and identities of Tibetan and Nepalese writers writing in English.
Situated at the intersection of Diaspora Studies, Migration Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Himalayan Studies, this book explores how literary narratives negotiate questions of nation, homeland, exile, migration, belonging, and cultural survival in an increasingly interconnected world.
Through close readings, the book examines from the migrants' point of view the dynamic relationship between nation and diaspora across the Himalayan region. It highlights the contrasting trajectories of the Tibetan diaspora, shaped by exile and political displacement, and the Nepalese diaspora, marked largely by migration, mobility, and transnational belonging. Moving beyond conventional understandings of diaspora, the book introduces the concepts of Himalayan identity, Himalayan citizenship, and pan-Himalayan consciousness, highlighting the shared cultural and historical connections that link the peoples of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
Enriched by exclusive interviews with seven distinguished writers - Tsering Namgyal Khortsa, Tenzin Tsundue, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Samrat Upadhyay, Rabi Thapa, Smriti Ravindra, and Chandra Gurung - the study offers rare insights into the creative, political, and cultural dimensions of Himalayan diasporic writing.

Inhalt

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Understanding the Himalayan Identity

1. Writing the Himalayas: Nation-Diaspora Interface
2. Representing the Nation: Tibetan Diasporic Writers
3. Representing the Nation: Nepalese Diasporic Writers
   Conclusion
   Appendix 1: Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Tsering Namgyal Khortsa
   Appendix 2: Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Tenzin Tsundue
   Appendix 3: Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
   Appendix 4: Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Rabi Thapa
   Appendix 5: Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Samrat Upadhyay
   Appendix 6: Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Chandra Gurung
   Appendix 7: Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Smriti Ravindra
   Bibliography