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Australia’s writing diplomat
Photo: SOFILA VAIDYAFelicity Volk is Australia’s ambassador to Nepal, but many may not know that she is also a novelist. Long before joining…
50 outstanding women of Nepal
Here is a directory of 50 women from different walks in life in Nepal, a collaborative work by Bec Ordish, Sarita Gurung and Nimdiki…
About women by women
It is a privilege to be able to read, understand and appreciate the depth of women’s writing and the expanse of their ideas. But it was several…
A nostalgic Hindustani novel
Amitabha Bagchi reeives the DSC prize 2019 from Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Nepal Literature Festival in Pokhara in…
Debut novelist lets Afghans speak for themselves
Jamil Jan Kochai is the O Henry Prize-winning author of the novel 99 Nights in Logar, which was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian…
History and context from Mahat
Ram Sharan Mahat, former foreign and finance minister of the Nepali Congress, has published an important book that serves as an explainer and…
DSC Prize in Pokhara on 16 December
The 9thDSC Prize for South Asian Literature will be holding its award ceremony this year during the IME Nepal Literature Festival closing…
2019 shortlist announced for DSC Prize
Harish Trivedi, Jury Chair of the DSC Prize 2019, at the Shortlist Announcement event in LondonThe 2019 shortlist of books for the annual DSC…
New Gurkha book
Gurkha soldiers in the battle of Gallipoli. they were the first to arrive and the last to leave, and suffered at least 1,000 dead and 4,000…
Mustang in shadows and light
T his time of year Mustang is a profusion of colour: lapis lazuli sky with dazzling clouds, purple fields of buckwheat, ripening golden barley…
Tales from roads less travelled
In By the Way of the Border: Travels around the frontiers and beyuls of Nepal, Maximillian Mørch tells the story of not just Nepal’s mountains…
Adventures in Robert Macfarlane’s Aboveworld and Underland
Photo: DAMIEN FRANCOISCamping on the glacier, the snow fell softly all night, making the tent sag. But by dawn the stars were out when we set…
Finding the nexus between water, food and energy
SILO-ED THINKING: The Melamchi Project is given by authors as an example of non-nexus thinking. By planning it only as a drinking water project,…
Shanti Chaudhary: Poet-at-large
When Shanti Chaudhary was born in Kathmandu on 28 December, 1955, she possibly was the first Tharu person to be born in the capital. Her father…
Norway-Nepal, a love story
King Mahendra in Moscow on the way to Norway in 1958. Photo credit: MORGENPOSTEN When Krishna Shumshere Rana, then stationed at the Royal…
Nepal's Grand Trek Road
Photo: RAJENDRA LAMAAs new roads crisscross the mountains and valleys of the Himalaya, Nepal’s most famous attraction – trekking – is…
Anita Tuladhar: The Gardener of Small Stories
I encountered Anita Tuladhar in a black and white 1985 studio photo. She stands with writer Toya Gurung and singer Aruna Lama. She is wearing a…
Nepal's far-sighted eye care
Nepal's world renowned eye doctor Sanduk Ruit with his patient at Tilganga Institute. Photo: GOPEN RAIDespite a decade long conflict, the…
Re-imagining South Asia
The book Another South Asia! with an assertive exclamation mark in its title requires one to pause, and step back to recall what is South Asia,…