Minister Rai, language and communal harmony

It was not an amazing but surely a set back to read in a recent interview with a Nepalese daily newspaper that Information and Communication Minister Nandalal Rai see the possibility of communal violence in the country if the government initiated to revive the Nepali language version of the state-controlled Kuensel daily. I noted it … Read more

A mega Gazal mela in Damak

March 14, 2010: It was a rare even and organizers claim it as the first of its kind yet it was an extremely enjoyable, blissful and memorable one for all those attending the function. The transport strike called in eastern Nepal did not obstruct littérateurs from three countries — Bhutan, Nepal and India to share … Read more

Revival of the oppressed literature

Creations see no bounds, no borders. Geography, politics, bureaucracy or many other restrictions that human being and nature created can act just the feeblest resistance to creations. Even the end of civilization cannot end the literature. One of the reasons of eviction Nepali-speakers in early 1990 was our endeavour to widen the scope of Nepali … Read more