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  2. Lajja (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Dewey Decimal. 891.4/437 21. LC Class. PK1730.3.A65 L3513 1997. Lajja ( Bengali: লজ্জা Lôjja) ( Shame) is a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. The word lajja/lôjja means "shame" in Bengali and many other Indo-Aryan languages. The book was written about the violence, rape, looting and killings of Bengali ...

  3. Guilt–shame–fear spectrum of cultures - Wikipedia

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    Guilt–shame–fear spectrum of cultures. In cultural anthropology, the distinction between a guilt society or guilt culture, shame society or shame culture, and a fear society or culture of fear, has been used to categorize different cultures. [1] The differences can apply to how behavior is governed with respect to government laws, business ...

  4. Women in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    In Nepal, as in many societies, education was heavily class-biased. In the early 1990s, a direct correlation existed between the level of education and status. Educated women had access to relatively high-status positions in the government and private service sectors, and they had a much higher status than uneducated women.

  5. Nepali grammar - Wikipedia

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    Nepali has two infinitives. The first is formed by adding -नु nu to the verb stem. This is the citation form of the verb, and is used in a number of constructions, the most important being the construction expressing obligation. This is formed by combining the nu -infinitive with the verb पर्नु parnu 'to fall'.

  6. Divyopadesh - Wikipedia

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    Divyopadesh is a compound sanskrit word, composed of Divya ( transl. divine) and Upadesha ( transl. Counsel ), which means Divine counsel in Sanskrit as well as a number of derived languages including Nepali. Since Divya is an adjective and Upadesh (a) is a noun, the words are also used without compounding, as Divya Upadesh, without a change in ...

  7. Ethnic groups in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Nepali was the national language and Sanskrit became a required school subject. Children who spoke Nepali natively and who were exposed to Sanskrit had much better chances of passing the national examinations at the end of high school, which meant they had better employment prospects and could continue into higher education.

  8. Bhanubhakta Acharya - Wikipedia

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    Bhanubhakta Acharya ( Nepali: भानुभक्त आचार्य) (1814—1868 CE) (1871—1925 BS) was a Nepali writer, poet, and translator. He is widely regarded as the first poet in the Nepali language, for which he was conferred with the title of "Aadikabi": literally, "the first poet". He is best known for translating the epic ...

  9. Ghamka Pailaharu - Wikipedia

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    Madan Puraskar (2035 BS) Ghamka Pailaharu ( Nepali: घामका पाइलाहरू) is a 1979 Nepali novel by Dha. Cha. Gotame. [1] The novel depicts the day–to–day life of a nameless town in Tarai region of Nepal, loosely based on Birgunj. Gotame grew up in Birgunj and used the town as the novel's setting. The newly settled town ...