Kathmandu to host KLF on June 6 and 7
Kathmandu to host KLF on June 6 and 7
The Kathmandu edition of the Kalinga Literary Festival will bring together writers, artists and thinkers from South Asia at Hotel Himalaya. The 4th edition of the Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festiv...
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Writing for readers in a world run by algorithms
Writing for readers in a world run by algorithms
The opinionator with a ‘kalam’ in hand and column in the newspaper no longer commands the loyalty of the audience. But this doesn’t mean that column-writing has lost its civic value. The idea of t...
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Between Peace and War: A Search for Politics That Preserves Life
Between Peace and War: A Search for Politics That Preserves Life
A Journey in Between Peace & War, authored by previous Lt Col Dr. Khem Bahadur Chhetri (PhD), a human rights scholar with multifaceted expertise, is globally published on Amazon and is a thought-pr...
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Bagmati Literature Festival Concludes With 13-Point Declaration
Bagmati Literature Festival Concludes With 13-Point Declaration
Chitwan. The second edition of the Bagmati Literature Festival, which began last Saturday, has concluded by issuing a 13-point declaration. The festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture and To...
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4th Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festival set for June 6–7
4th Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festival set for June 6–7
Kathmandu, May 31 The 4th edition of the Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) will be held on June 6–7 at Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur. The announcement was made by Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Founder,...
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FICTION: And what have I become? Mr Ghost?
FICTION: And what have I become? Mr Ghost?
A youth recalls the revolt that killed him and questions whether his death changed anything at all. Mother. Father. And my country. These are the words I wanted to scribble ever since I arrived he...
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Renowned Poet Dr. Bashir Badr Passes Away
Renowned Poet Dr. Bashir Badr Passes Away
Renowned poet/shayari Dr. Bashir Badr passed away on Thursday, May 28. With his demise, Indian literature has lost the last towering figure of modern Urdu ghazal. Badr's creative words succeeded in...
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Artist Endures Prolonged Fasting Amidst Declining Public Interest
Artist Endures Prolonged Fasting Amidst Declining Public Interest
In recent decades, public interest in artists who fast professionally has significantly diminished. There was a time when performing such art brought in good earnings, but now it was no longer poss...
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Review of Jagdishka Pailaharu: A Testament to Love, Friendship, and Resilience
Review of Jagdishka Pailaharu: A Testament to Love, Friendship, and Resilience
I had the opportunity to read "Jagdishka Pailaharu," a work by my mentor, senior physician Dr. Jagdishlal Vaidya. As I read the book, the life experiences, struggles, love, pain, and self-belief ex...
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BOOK REVIEW: History beyond the palace walls
BOOK REVIEW: History beyond the palace walls
‘Sandhikal’ argues that Nepal’s transformation was driven not only by political upheaval but also by shifts in media, culture and public imagination. Almost always, we are taught to analyse Nepal’...
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Ninth International Nepali Literary Conference Concludes in Colorado with 9-Point Declaration
Ninth International Nepali Literary Conference Concludes in Colorado with 9-Point Declaration
Denver. The three-day Ninth International Nepali Literary Conference held in Colorado, USA, concluded grandly with the issuance of a 9-point declaration. The grand three-day International Nepali Li...
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Former prime minister Karki launches ‘Mitty and the Wild Cat’
Former prime minister Karki launches ‘Mitty and the Wild Cat’
The book uses the world of animals and birds to explore empathy, cooperation and interdependence for young readers. A new literary work by former prime minister and former chief justice Sushila Ka...
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BOOK TALK: Poetry comes to Shrawan Mukarung, not the other way around
BOOK TALK: Poetry comes to Shrawan Mukarung, not the other way around
The poet and novelist speaks about writing for the marginalised, experimenting with form, and his literary journey spanning decades. Literature for Shrawan Mukarung is both emotional catharsis and...
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Himalayan Literature Festival 2026 set to brings world literary voices to Nepal
Himalayan Literature Festival 2026 set to brings world literary voices to Nepal
KATHMANDU, May 16: Kathmandu is set to emerge as a meeting ground for some of the world’s most distinguished writers, poets, scholars, practitioners, and storytellers as the Himalayan Literature Fe...
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BOOK REVIEW: This book is devastating, but look, pretty prose!
BOOK REVIEW: This book is devastating, but look, pretty prose!
Donna Tartt’s lyrical thriller exposes the dark side of admiration and intellect. Donna Tartt’s ‘The Secret History’ is one of those rare novels that completely earns its cult status. It is market...
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Writers from around the world to assemble in Kathmandu for HLF-WWK 2026
Writers from around the world to assemble in Kathmandu for HLF-WWK 2026
Kathmandu, May 15 The Himalayan Literature Festival and Writers Workshop (HLF-WWK) 2026 will take place in Kathmandu from May 29 to June 5, bringing together more than 75 distinguished writers, po...
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How everyday cooking became my first form of education
How everyday cooking became my first form of education
In chopping vegetables and deciding meals, I learned patience and reasoning long before I ever entered a classroom. Learning, be it a language of words or flavours, begins in ordinary habits befor...
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Samjhana’s ‘Impressions of Bhagwan Baha’ explores memory, heritage and ritual traditions
Samjhana’s ‘Impressions of Bhagwan Baha’ explores memory, heritage and ritual traditions
With a different perspective, one can dissect the same subject into multiple layers. Likewise, a new perspective often leads to discoveries. In this way, artist Samjhana Rajbhandari, through her ar...
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Beyond the ‘Crushed’ Identity of ‘Dalit’
Beyond the ‘Crushed’ Identity of ‘Dalit’
It began with a simple question over morning coffee in 1976. We were in Varanasi then, living under the heavy, quiet shadow of political exile. My father, a high-profile democrat, was a marked man—...
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New book examines youth and democratic transformation across Asia
New book examines youth and democratic transformation across Asia
KATHMANDU, May 9: The Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks (COSATT), in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), organized a book launch and discussion program on “Youth Movements ...
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‘Acheta’ mirrors Karnali’s harsh reality of caste discrimination and neglect
‘Acheta’ mirrors Karnali’s harsh reality of caste discrimination and neglect
A newborn baby boy is burning with fever. The family has no money to take him to the hospital. The district headquarters is far from their home, and even if they somehow manage to reach the hospita...
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Review of Kedar Sapkota's Short Story Collection 'Antim Saanj'
Review of Kedar Sapkota's Short Story Collection 'Antim Saanj'
Humans cannot be explained as a single thread of story or a stable identity, because human life is a complex epic that is constantly unfolding, disintegrating, and reorganizing. For this reason, h...
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