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50 SEP-OCT 2005 SPACES

CRAFTS DRIFTING T O W A R D S FAME Text: G. Shrestha ‘Bhavishya Drastha’-Nepali Nostradomus ‘… the poet has tried to cook many dishes with a variety of different tastes. It is no use judging them to be either tasteful or tasteless…it is the cook’s perseverance, effort and enthusiasm that must be given due praise.” ’ Late Siddhicharan Shrestha Among the many awards he has been able to earn in his 59 years, Narendra B. Shrestha is proudest of the ‘Byathit Kavya Award’ for poetry in 1994. He has had a slim book published on a collection of his poems from 1963 to 1986, and in the forward, the late Siddicharan Shrestha writes, ‘… the poet has tried to cook many dishes with a variety of different tastes. It is no use judging them to be either tasteful or tasteless…it is the cook’s perseverance, effort and enthusiasm that must be given due praise.” As a man who has dabbled in many diverse fields and with optimistic endeavour, Narendra is certainly deserving of such words from the great poet. He paints, writes, sketches, sculpts and, besides calling himself a good ‘business SPACES SEP-OCT 2005 51

CRAFTS<br />

DRIFTING<br />

T O W A R D S<br />

FAME<br />

Text: G. Shrestha<br />

‘Bhavishya Drastha’-Nepali Nostradomus<br />

‘… the poet has tried to cook many dishes with<br />

a variety of different tastes. It is no use judging<br />

them to be either tasteful or tasteless…it is the<br />

cook’s perseverance, effort and enthusiasm<br />

that must be given due praise.”<br />

’<br />

Late Siddhicharan Shrestha<br />

Among the many awards he has<br />

been able to earn in his 59<br />

years, Narendra B. Shrestha is<br />

proudest of the ‘Byathit Kavya<br />

Award’ for poetry in 1994. He has had a<br />

slim book published on a collection of<br />

his poems from 1963 to 1986, and in the<br />

forward, the late Siddicharan Shrestha<br />

writes, ‘… the poet has tried to cook many<br />

dishes with a variety of different tastes.<br />

It is no use judging them to be either<br />

tasteful or tasteless…it is the cook’s<br />

perseverance, effort and enthusiasm that<br />

must be given due praise.” As a man who<br />

has dabbled in many diverse fields and<br />

with optimistic endeavour, Narendra is<br />

certainly deserving of such words from<br />

the great poet.<br />

He paints, writes, sketches, sculpts and,<br />

besides calling himself a good ‘business<br />

SPACES SEP-OCT 2005 51

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