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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…
Lain Singh Bangdel’s legacy lives on
Lain Singh Bangdel paints a portrait of Balkrishna Sama in 1975. Photos: AGAINST THE CURRENTOn 15 September, a UK-based art promotion site…
Pragati Rai: Her Own Writer
Pragati Rai. All Photos: MONIKA DEUPALAAs a child, Pragati Rai was called fattyauri, someone who would not stop talking. “I did not like that…
Bimala Tumkhewa: Putting kinema on the map of Nepal
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALABorn in 1978 in Tehrathum, Bimala Tumkhewa is not an unfamiliar name in Nepal’s literary scene. Popular for her…
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…
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…
Nibha Shah: Nepali poetry’s mansara
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALABorn in 1971 into an aristocratic Rana-Shah family in Kathmandu, Nibha Shah spent most of her early childhood in Kailali,…
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…
Maya Thakuri: Writing between the lines
Photos: SIKUMA RAIBorn on July 2, 1946 in Lucknow, Maya Thakuri’s first poems were hate letters to people who mistreated her. “They used to call…
Arundhati and Shahidul write to each other
Arundhati Roy with Maati Ke Laal in her flat in Delhi. Photo: SHAHIDUL ALAM/DRIK/MAJORITY WORLDIndian author Arundhati Roy wrote a letter to…