The Silhouette of Truth By Omnath Pokharel

The Silhouette of Truth presents multiple pictures of what may be called 'truth' through a dozen short stories written by late Bhutanese Nepali writer Omnath Pokharel, in which pictures emerge out as silhouettes of people who suffer as exiled, evicted and ignored. The introduction written by his own brother in exile foregrounds the author himself as playing multiple roles as protagonist, witness, and narrator of sufferings and separation, and also as one who can write about the problems of the exile life.