Feri Sundari Jal By BP Koirala [ Book ]
- Author : BP Koirala
- Language: Nepali
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Jagadambba
- Edition: New
The diary, which he wrote during his imprisonment upon his return to Nepal from India in December 1976, was transcribed from microfilms preserved at the Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya and the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum in New Delhi. BP Koirala, who returned from India with a call for 'national reconciliation' between the monarchy and democratic forces, was arrested at the airport and locked up along with Ganesh Man Singh at Sundarijal by Mahendra's son, Birendra.
At the time, India was under Indira Gandhi's emergency rule, and spearheading the movement against it was BP's friend and well-wisher Jayaprakash Narayan. BP describes his health concerns in excruciating detail, but there are also discussions with Ganesh Man about Mahendra's true intentions and readings of Gorkhapatra that look between the lines to figure out what Indira Gandhi may be up to. "I am not spending time in jail," BP writes on one of his more despondent days, "time is spending me.
