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Essay : Tanka and Haiku in Nepal

~Noriko Mizusaki~ I stayed in Nepal from October 15th to 26th,2003. The main purpose was to attend the Nepal – Japan exchange events planned mainly by Ms. Misuzu Fukuda and Mr. Hideo Kaneko. Luckily enough, I had had the happiness … Continue reading

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Essay : Buddha Vs Spiritualism

~Gopal Birahi~ ‘Spirit’ has been such an important problem in Nepali society, on which almost everyone talks about. Spirit, being subjective, depends more on heart and brain of a human. When a man saw that material property is very important … Continue reading

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Essay : A letter to Homo sapiens

~Saguna Shah~ Yours is the weaker sex, please realize: It is the beard, in which all power lies, And though there are two portions of mankind, Those portions are not equal, you will find: One half commands, the other must … Continue reading

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Essay : Diamond Shumsher : A Doyen of Nepali Literature

~Sarad Pradhan~ Do you know the rise and fall of the Rana Regime? This question brings together fact and friction in a very vivid style in Seto Bagh, a legendary historical novel based on the rise of Rana Regime in … Continue reading

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Essay : Metaphors and Poetic Freshness

~Mahesh Paudyal~ This write-up is an apology in favor of a recent argument that has gained wide currency in Nepali poetry: Nepali poetry should turn towards local resources for freshness. The argument is double-edged. In one hand, it questions the … Continue reading

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Essay : Desire

~Eagam Khaling~ Why not try to overcome the limitation That makes us think we could not be perfect. —Jonathan We know that the cosmopolitans of twenty-one century have entered into the age where competitions are themselves in their rightful circumstances … Continue reading

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Research Paper : Is Philosophy Dead?

~Eagam Khaling~ This paper is an outcome of reaction after reading Professor Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow’s statement that philosophy is dead because it has failed to keep up with modern development in science, particularly physics (maybe the ‘theoretical science’ … Continue reading

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Essay : Dream, Insight, Crime and Penalty

~Rajendra Ojha ‘Nayan’~ Different types of stories are created with the flow of time. Some stories are natural and some are artificial in nature. Some stories are still being created by nature according to the need of time and (sometime) … Continue reading

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Critic Essay : Nepali Poetry and the Globe

~Prabodh Devkota~ Experiment, lab, test-tuberefugee, blood, deaththe roaring of the bombthe upheaval of human lamentations and cries. Hello! Welcome to the world of modernity. I heard the sounds. I saw the people, but when I touched them, they turned out … Continue reading

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Essay : The First Reader of Story

~Eagam Khaling~ The existence of story shows rationality of a human being. On this meaning, creativity presupposes human life as such. It is all about human life and everything that is related to human world. Sometimes, complexity of story may … Continue reading

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Essay : 1 – 1 = 1

~Eagam Khaling~ This above reduced proposition (title) is extracted from Lakshmiprasad Devkota’s poem titled ‘Pagal’[1] (literally means a lunatic or a mad person), written against the autocracy, dictatorship and hypocrisy of then rulers of Nepal. Devkota was a great Nepali … Continue reading

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Essay : Ghahsee

~Eagam Khaling~ Whenever there is a celebration of Bhanujayanti (the birthday celebration of famous Nepali poet ‘Bhanubhakta Acharya) I do remember his poem ‘Ghahsee’. When I was in my primary school we also had Bhanujayanti celebration where we recited some … Continue reading

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Essay : The Box

~Bikrant Koirala~ Cigarettes, televisions, shoes and perhaps in some cultures dead bodies too, they all have their own boxes. Some are small, some bulky, some may be black and some white. Despite of their physical attributes, they all are boxes … Continue reading

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Essay : Words, Words, Words

~Ram Prasad Prasain~ Literature defines life in vast, various, vivid and vivacious manners nearly in all moods. Henceforth, life demands aesthetic sensibility. It demands test, trial and turbulence to ponder, realize and understand diverse spectrums of life. Literature deserves to … Continue reading

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Essay : Kids are kids

~Ismael Subba~ There is still more time Kids are only kids, Let them be kids.., ********——******** Dear Doraemon, From the big coloured Tv screen of saney’s home Or from the dreams Which I used to see

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Essay : A Review of Sex on Earth

~Swami Subash Chandra~ The August 1st issue of The Hindu BLink carried a review I wrote a while ago of the book Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction by Jules Howard. There have been some issues getting the … Continue reading

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Essay : Heal thyself

~Byanjana Sharma~ When you are grieving the death of someone you hold dear, people usually argue that time heals everything. But time by itself cannot do anything to heal the intense pain brought by such a loss. And there are … Continue reading

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Essay : Hairy Chimps At TIA !

~Khagendra Bhattarai~ I screamed. I was really unhappy. I can’t help thinking about my Gopi uncle when I read a small news item in Melbourne Herald Sun a few days back. Why the hell Peter brought that stale newspaper and … Continue reading

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Essay : Untrodden Path

~Khagendra Bhattarai~ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference Unlike Robert Frost in his poem ‘The Road Not Taken’, it must, however, be difficult for many to make … Continue reading

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Essay : Women’s Liberation

~Byanjana Sharma~ The other day my elder sister told me a touching story about a lady who was inhumanly dominated by her authoritative husband. The lady, who happened to be one of our relatives, had no say in her family. … Continue reading

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Essay : The inhuman face of Technology

~Sanat Acharya~ Today the use of IT in everyday life has rocketed resulting in the rise of electronic communication as a main medium of communication. The use of the postal service, the envelopes and letters is almost in the extinction … Continue reading

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Essay : The art of Internet!

~Swami Subash Chandra~ Strange things are going down. Millions of inconsequential things are happening every minute. A ‘celebrity’ does something and it’s a news breaking headline. A famous person’s ‘tweet’ sends shockwaves around the first world. Mobile game and ‘in-app’ … Continue reading

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Essay : Uniqueness in the Modernist Nepali Literary Discourse

~Abhi Subedi~ Introduction This paper focuses on one important aspect of Nepali literature noticed in the writings of the sixties and seventies. The writings under review can be called modernist by using the occidental nomenclature for writings that satisfy certain … Continue reading

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Essay : Contemporary Nepali Literature: A Bird’s Eye View

~Mukul Dahal~ Nepali short story has achieved its present state of development in shorter time than other genres. This area of literature has already been enriched by a number of classic world-class short stories. The contribution of the figures such … Continue reading

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Essay : “Amer-I can”…not American

~Shilu G.Neupane~ I used to give lectures in my class about America and Americans before I came to America in real. I used to teach English in the government college of Nepal, an Asian country, and while teaching about American … Continue reading

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Essay : State of the Nation

~Dibesh Karmacharya~ Like every year, we had Nepali New Year parties in New York/New Jersey areas this year as well. With the growing Nepali population in the area, it is getting harder to organize Nepali get together these days. I … Continue reading

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Essay : My Foregone Sakewa

~Chandra Rai ‘Aakash’~ It was an absolutely fabulous, pleasurable moment never repeated in my life. Sakewa begins almost at the end of spring at dawn. My curious eyes opened from a long sleep, and I squatted in the hard but … Continue reading

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Essay : We think of ourselves first

~Laxmi Prasad Devkota~ This morning a young writer came to me and expressed his eager desire to go into Rapti Valley where the Government of Nepal has been perfunctorily implementing a grand agricultural project. He said he had adventured into … Continue reading

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