Rishi Amatya (ऋषि अमात्य)
| Rishi Amatya (ऋषि अमात्य) | |
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| 🏳️ Nationality | Nepali |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
| 💼 Occupation | Author, Heritage Interpreter |
Rishi Govinda Amatya (ऋषि अमात्य) is a Nepali writer, researcher, and heritage interpreter whose works focus on heritage and culture. He published[1] his debut novel titled Radha: Wrath of the Maeju, an English-language Nepali fantasy fiction based in Patan, in December 2023. He also published Lumanka Ti, an English-language Nepali graphic novel, with illustrator Prakash Ranjit in 2017.
Early life and education[edit]
Amatya was born and raised in Patan. He finished BA in Development Studies from Kathmandu University and has an M.A. Degree in Heritage Management from the University of Birmingham.
Career[edit]
Amatya is fascinated by myth, history, and culture and has written for monthly lifestyle magazines like ECS Nepal and ECS Living, daily newspaper like The Kathmandu Post, and weekly, including the Nepali Times, covering the aftermaths of the 2015 April earthquake on the devastation of heritage sites like Patan Durbar Square.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He has produced two interactive and self-guided heritage maps in partnership with the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust and Patan Museum and is now working on a heritage map for Kathmandu Durbar Square.[9][10] His extensive research in the folklores and myths of Kathmandu has enabled him to conduct several Heritage Walk and Heritage Tours for students and heritage enthusiasts in Kathmandu. He worked with illustrator and artist Prakash Ranjit to publish Lumanka Ti, a mythic fantasy about the first recorded earthquake in Nepal Mandal, which is now known as Kathmandu.[11][12][13][14] Since 2015, he has been documenting the Kartik Naach, a 16th-century dance drama that is conducted every year in the month of October or November. He also took part in Unfolding Narratives, a non-fiction graphics comic workshop and exhibition organized by Virangana Collective, with illustrator and graphic Shubha Joshi to create a comic about one of the artists in the dance in 2023.
Works[edit]
- Radha: Wrath of the Maeju
- Lumanka Ti
References[edit]
- ↑ "Radha: Wrath of the Maeju by Rishi Amatya being launched on December 9 - OnlineKhabar English News". 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Amatya, Rishi. "Old traditions, new meanings | Nepali Times Buzz | Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Amatya, Rishi. "The beginning of history | Nepali Times Buzz | Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Still not too late". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "(ab)Using our heritage". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Amatya, Rishi (May 15, 2015). "Relating to what we've lost". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved Dec 9, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Amatya, Rishi (May 14, 2015). "Remaking who we are". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved Dec 9, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Amatya, Rishi (July 2010). "Kartik Nach: The Show Must Go On". ECS Nepal. Retrieved Dec 9, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Hunting for treasures at Patan Durbar". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "NHDP - Team". danam.cats.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Acharya, Urza (Dec 28, 2018). "Finding solace in art". My Republica. Retrieved Dec 9, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Bhattarai, Samikshya (June 14, 2017). "Recasting mythologies, graphically". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ Gurung, Priyanka. "Of legends and lore". My Republica. Retrieved Dec 9, 2023. Unknown parameter
|orig-date=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The rise of the Nepali graphic novel". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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