🎧 Visit Substack to listen to the audio version of this article 🎧In this article, I'm presenting 5 captivating reads from Nepal: Chuli by Sarubhakta, Basain by Lil B. Chhetri, Karagar by Banira Giri, Sumnima by BP Koirala, and Kathmandu Days by Chandra K. Bhatt. Chuli...
“The Metamorphosis is a unique work; everyone should read it at least once in their lifetime.” Sahityapost, an online literary portal from Nepal, interviews Ram Khatri about translation, international publishing, and his new graphic novel Translator of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis in Nepali, Ram Khatri...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="2988" img_size="76x76" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] SUJIN BASNET Nov 2, 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] Readers will be left with questions about their very own individual norms, values, belief, emotions, and the thoughts they pursue. Sumnima is a novella by Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala who...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="1172" img_size="76x76" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] RAMCHANDRA KC Sep 16, 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] This remarkable novel tells the story of Jas Mulder, a 10-year-old girl who lives with her devout Christian farming family, in the rural Netherlands. The Discomfort of Evening written in...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="2373" img_size="76x76" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] ASHOK THAPA October 3, 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] Chulee (The Peak) is a philosophical novella-length work and is probably one-and-the-only mountaineering fiction written by a Nepali mainstream author. Sarubhakta, who was born in the beautiful Pokhara city...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="1172" img_size="76x76" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] RAMCHANDRA KC Sep 16, 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] An image of Franz Kafka on the cover, this captivating and intriguing cover is an ironic illustration of one of Kafka's best-known works—The Metamorphosis. 1. Why You Should Read...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="2373" img_size="76x76" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] DR. ASHOK THAPA May 9, 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] An excellent use of Hindu mythological symbols, images, and rich Nepali cultural proverbs have made Banira's Karagar a powerful novel. Banira Giri is the first woman to receive...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="1172" img_size="full" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] RAMCHANDRA KC (Translator) April 23, 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] त्यहाँ म त्यस्ता केटीहरूसँग प्रेममा परें आखिर त्यस्तै केटीहरूमध्ये कोही न कोहीसँग बिहे गरेर जीवनको गाडी चलाउन पर्दोरहेछ । मैंले बाबाको दाहिने हात बेसरी समाएको थिएँ । लम्किरहेका...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="2114" img_size="full" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] RAMCHANDRA KC (Translator) April 14, 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] Wouldn’t that man be the most cursed, senseless and inhuman animal in the world? Only God would know. A few days ago, an article published in a daily...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="791" img_size="full" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] Sharmila Khadka Apr 24, 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Sukankya Urf Nilima (Sukanya, Alias Nilima), written by SHARMILA KHADKA and translated by RAM C. KHATRI, tells the story of a high-ranking government officer and a female...