{{Short description|20007 Nepali book by Mahesh Bikram Shah}} {{Infobox book | author = Mahesh Bikram Shah | language = Nepali | country = {{flagicon|Nepal}} Nepal | genre = Short stories | published = 2007 | publisher = Sajha Prakashan | isbn = 9993327727 | pages = 124 | media_type = Print | pub_date = 2007 | subject = Maoist insurgency in Nepal | title_orig = छापामारको छोरो | orig_lang_code = ne | image = Chhapamar-ko-chhoro.jpg | caption = First edition | publisher2 = FinePrint Publication }}
'''''Chhapamar ko Chhoro''''' ({{Langx|ne|छापामारको छोरो|lit=The guerrilla’s son}}) is a Nepali short story collection by Mahesh Bikram Shah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fineprint.com.np/publication/fp2508233621 |title=छापामारको छोरो - FinePrint |accessdate=2014-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020051810/http://fineprint.com.np/publication/fp2508233621 |archivedate=2014-10-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ku.edu.np/bodhi/vol5_no1/05.%20Khagendra%20Acharya.%20Trauma%20of%20Maoist%20Insurgency.pdf|title=Kathmandu University | KU}}</ref><ref>http://www.ekantipur.com/saturday/2013/07/12/books/diasporic-snapshots/251104.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The book was published in 2007 by Sajha Prakashan. The book won the prestigious Madan Puraskar for the year 2063 BS (2007-2008). The anthology consists of eighteen stories centered around Maoist insurgency in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chettri|first=Kritika|date=2020-10-01|title=Humility and the humble: A reading of the Nepali short stories of Maheshbikram Shah|url=https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect/fict/2020/00000010/00000002/art00006?crawler=true&mimetype=application/pdf|journal=Short Fiction in Theory & Practice|volume=10|issue=2|pages=191–207|doi=10.1386/fict_00027_1|s2cid=234637456|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
== Background == Shah is a police officer. The stories are based on the difficulties of ordinary people during the Maoist insurgency in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A war of words - Nepali Times|url=https://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=18716#.YZiWQ9BBztU|access-date=2021-11-20|website=archive.nepalitimes.com}}</ref>
== Stories == Some of the stories included in the anthology are: *''Badhsala ma Buddha'' [Buddha in a Slaughter House] *''Ma ra Murdaharu'' [Me and Corpses] *''Ekadeshma'' [In a Country] *''Babuko Kandh ma Chhoro Sutiraheko Desh'' [The Country where the Son is Sleeping in the Father’s Shoulder] *''Mero Kukur Aajhai Bhukiraheko Thiyo'' [My Dog was Still Barking] *''Bandha Dhoka ra Samaya'' [Closed Door and Time] *''Bandha Dhoka ra Sapanaharu'' [Broken Door and the Dreams]
== Awards == The book was awarded with Madan Puraskar for the year 2063 BS (2007-2008).<ref>{{Cite web|title=मदन पुरस्कार समर्पण समारोह (वि.सं. २०६४) – मदन पुरस्कार गुठी|url=https://guthi.madanpuraskar.org/puraskar-samaroha-2063-64/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=guthi.madanpuraskar.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=भ्रष्टाचारको आरोप लागेका पूर्व डिआइजी २०६३ मा मदन पुरस्कार विजेता|url=https://www.prasashan.com/2020/03/04/168132/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=प्रशासन|language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Kumari Prashnaharu * Nepali Lok Katha * Baikuntha Express * Seto Dharti
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Category:Madan Puraskar–winning works Category:Nepalese books Category:Nepalese short story collections Category:21st-century Nepalese books Category:Nepali short story collections Category:Nepali-language books Category:2007 short story collections Category:Works about the Nepalese Civil War