Arts & Literature

Poem: Lunatic
Laxmi Prasad Devkota 1. Oh yes, friend! I’m crazy- that’s just the way I am. 2.  I see sounds, I hear sights, I taste smells, I touch not heaven but things from the underworld, things people do not believe exist, whose shapes the world does not suspect. Stones I see as flowers lying water-smoothed by...
Arundhati Roy’s first memoir, ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me,’ to be published in Sept
AP/New York, September 22 — Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s first memoir is coming out next fall, a book inspired by the death of her mother. Scribner announced Friday that the Indian author and activist’s “Mother Mary Comes to Me” will be released in September 2025. Roy, best known for her Booker-winning novel “The God of...
Mohan Mainali’s “Mukam Ranamaidan” wins Madan Puraskar 2080
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Mohan Mainali’s book “Mukam Ranamaidan” has won the Madan Puraskar for 2080 BS. The General Meeting of the Madan Puraskar Guthi, held on Friday, decided to award the Madan Puraskar to “Mukam Ranamaidan.” Chairman of the Guthi, Kunda Dixit, said that it has also been decided to award the Jagadamba Shree 2080...
Pradip Rodan:
‘Understanding life through ghazals’
Renowned in Nepali literature as Pradip Rodan, ghazal artist Pradip Pandey, 37, originally from Gorkha, has written several famous ghazals, such as ‘Bhagawan Tapaile Aaja Samma Malai Ruwaunu Bhayo’, ‘Pithunma Dhap’, ‘Aafnai Nam ra Thar Ta Chhutiyera Baseko Chha’ and many more. In 2016, he received the ‘Lokpriya Ghazalkar Award’, followed by the ‘District Youth...