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 Assault on Mother Nature By Chhabi Subedi Oh, my dear mother. Being a 72-year-old man and still carrying a frail body all along, but my love for you has not died down at all. However, thank you very much for sustaining our lives with utmost grace and abundance. In contrast, your children exploit you, pollute you, and hurt you the most, but you endure most of their misconduct. You seem unhappy, and your face is pale and solemn. I call you repeatedly, but still you don’t respond. It has made me anxious, my dear Mother Nature.  Our mother nature is weeping profusely, and tears roll down from her cheeks unabatedly. Dear mother, you look weak, and your body is in poor health. On top of that, natural calamities such as floods, earthquakes, infernos, hurricanes, and famines have inflicted much pain on you.  I can’t overlook or ignore the agony of my mother nature anymore. I am forced to make my own observation to understand the pain and anguish of my mother. I found that Mo...

THE QUEEN OF TEEJ SONGS HARI DEVI KOIRALA: The legend lives on By LB Thapa Pokhara has always been renowned for being a center of innovation and dissemination due to its rich heritage of art, culture, and literature, which has been patronized by its kings throughout history. A very popular old Nepalese saying is "Go to Gorkha if justice is denied; go to Kaski to pursue education." As far as women are concerned, very few ever made a noticeable impact on the development of Pokhareli literature. One who did is Hari Devi Koirala. Photo: provided by Haridevi Koirala Hari Devi Koirala is a woman of few words, unassuming, and yet a genius with many talents. She has been doing her utmost to promote the folk-songs belonging to different tribes. Apart from collecting folk-songs she has a keen interst in poetry. Today she has succeeded in attaining a highly respected place in the field of Nepalese folk-songs. She was born in Baidam, Pokhara, in 1959 and from a very early age (not yet ...

By LBTHAPA Chhabi Subedi has been writing prose and poetry for the last decade or so. Mr. Subedi made his presence felt by his debut essay collection ‘Matoko Sandesh’ (The Message of the Soil) in 2001. The first part of the essay was about the contemporary issues of the country, and the second part of the essay was about the social issues based on social discrimination. He raised voices against those discriminations and asked for immediate solutions. In less than two years, he brought yet another short essay collection, ‘The Heart of the Soil’ in 2004. As a prose writer, Mr. Subedi has shown more maturity in the present book. The essays were brilliant as they were in the debut book, but the language quality was much improved. He described the plot more vividly in the book, which was absent in his debut book. Subedi is a village man. He has a little land in Parsyang, Pokhara, where he grows seasonal crops. Photo: The Hemingway Post While working as a government servant, he...

  This article was originally published in The Hemingway Post, a literary magazine. SHIRISHKO PHOOL AND PAGAL BASTI Two unforgettable novels By LB THAPA The history of Nepali novel writing is a familiar one. Poet and writer Girish Ballabh Joshi penned “Bir Charitra” and tried to publish it in 1903. Thus, Bir Charitra is considered the first novel written in the Nepali language. This was when Nepal was under the clutches of the Rana Regime. Freedom of speech and writing would come under heavy scrutiny. Due to constant objections, the novel could not be published for several years. Finally, after much effort, the novel could see the light of day in 1965, when a complete version of the novel was published.  As far as the critical acclaim achieved by any novel in the early days it was of course, Rudra Raj Pande’s "Roopmati." The novel was published in 1934, and it immediately attained the status of bestselling in the country. The novel was widely read in the country and in ...

  POKHARA AND THE EARLY LITERARY LUMINARIES By LB Thapa In historical times, Kaski was a center of learning and people came from far-flung places to enlarge their intellectual horizons. Hundreds of years have passed but still today; this well-deserved reputation is intact.   Pokhara is one of the main centers of art, culture, and literature in Nepal, second only to Kathmandu the capital city. This rich treasury of Pokhara occupies a distinct place of its own. Pokhara's folk literature has made a tremendous impact on Nepal. It first emerged through its awesome poetry, the first genuine form of literature that was like a jewel in Pokhara's crown.   Poets like Lekhnath, Paudyal, Tejnath Ghimire, Mukunda Saran, Dharmaraj Thapa, Bhola Parajuli. Gopal Baidhya, Taranath Pakhe, Rabilal Adhikari, Ali Mia, Saru Bhakta, Tirtha Shrestha, Binod Gauchan, Prakat Pageni, Numaraj Baral, Bijaya Bajimaya, Bishwo Shakya, Kul Bahadur K.C, Ghanshayam Lamichhane are just some who dedic...