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Of human desires and vanities: The End of the World

I have had this biased preconception, like many others, that to read a literary work written by a Nepali writer in English is to stoop down qualitatively; this thinking, I presume, makes most of the...

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MEIN KAMPF: A Review by Patrick Goggins

COCONUT GROVE, FL – It has been 80 years since Adolph Hitler came to power. In a world where the admonition “If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth” is taken as acceptable political...

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5 Must Read Books For Summer 2018

5 Must Read Books For Summer 2018 Any bibliophiles here?? We all know the feeling of rush and literal arousal we get while reading a new book; getting lost in the emotions of a completely different...

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Book Review: Legendary Maps from the Himalayan Club

What’s the joy to write a poem or climb a mountain? Some say there’s no meaning behind it and yet the book ‘Legendary Maps from the Himalayan Club: Commemorating 90 Years of the Iconic Institution’...

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Top 11 Nepali Books That Everyone Must Read

Top 11 Nepali Books That Everyone Must Read The Nepalese literary scene has seen quite a lot of great books over the years. With so much to choose from, one may easily get indecisive. As an avid...

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Book Review: Letters to Namdeo Dhasal: Meditations of a Dalit Mystic

Over the last decade, India has been experiencing a major geo-political shift with respect to class, caste and communal relationships. The younger generation, irrespective of their socio-cultural...

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Hills Scholar Exposes Indo-Nepal Human Trafficking

C.M. Paul DARJEELING, INDIA — “Human trafficking is one of the biggest criminal enterprises in the world along with drugs and arms trade,” says a scholar from Darjeeling. The International Labour...

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Book Excerpt: The Eight-eyed Lord of Kathmandu

Abhay K. is indebted to the British poet, actor, and soldier James Milton Hayes whose poem ‘The Green Eyes of a Yellow Little God’ with its opening line ‘There is a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of...

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10 Indian Books Redefining Modern Literature

Gone are the days when literature used to be a subject of elites and optimates. With the passage of time, the cascading boundaries of literature stretched their wing to the common masses. Not just the...

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10 Indian Books Which Have Changed the Perception of Modern Literature

For ages, literature has played an important role in shattering the various taboos and stereotypes of our society. Not just they have made us aware of a progressive thought-process but also helped us...

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