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  DR. NARAYAN PRASAD ADHIKARI A prolific author and translator of merit By LB Thapa A dedicated academician and the master of Nepali linguistics, Dr. Narayan Pd. Adhikari has made his mark in the domain of Nepali education and literature. His contribution to upholding Nepali education by writing several Nepali linguistic books for schools, colleges, and universities has simply put him in the highest stature of recognition.  Dr. Narayan Pd. Adhikari received his master’s degree in Nepali literature. He did also obtain yet another master’s degree in Eastern Philosophy from Agra University, India. Finally, he received a PhD in Buddhist Philosophy from Lumbini Buddhist University, Nepal.  “Ever since my childhood, I was deeply inclined to read books. Throughout my teaching and writing career, I was known for my wit, erudition, and dedication to academia. Now I am a retired professor from active teaching, but that does not mean I am retired from literary activities. Af...

  SOUL OF THE SOIL Dr. Yam Bdr. Kshetry Writing essays is an art. But art is not always for art’s sake. It is for the sake of human life. So, it should be so contrived as to create certain impressions about human life. In the modern world, essays should offer something valuable to readers. They need to be the sources of some sort of knowledge about science, plant life, the animal world, and the human world.    Mr. Chhabi Subedi, writing essays in his mother tongue Nepali, partly fulfills the above objectives. In some of his essays, he pleads with the rich to offer a handful of rice or corn every day so that the poor would find relief; such ideas may be romantic but not realistic. Though he is basically a writer, making the readers aware of their weaknesses, he advises them to reap the benefits of modern science and technology and avoid the demerits that are likely to result from them.   Here is an essay in which he ponders over the process of birth and reb...