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...
View ArticleMEIN 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...
View Article5 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...
View ArticleBook 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’...
View ArticleTop 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleHills 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View Article10 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...
View Article10 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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