Ulaar

Premlalwa’s life turns upside-down when he takes his tanga out to the victory rally of a candidate he didn’t even vote for. Overrun with celebrating cadres, the tanga tilts backward, leaving his pony dangling in the air. What follows is a brutal odyssey through the labyrinths of power in modern Nepal. Now a classic of Nepali literature, Ulaar is a scathing indictment of a society where caste and class still decide whose life counts.

Translated by Dinesh Kafle