Creations

Poetry

The Basket

By Pragati Rai When she got a basketMy little daughter forgot everything—Forgot food, forgot her mom.When she got the basketShe forgot my lap.How can a...

Creations

Sun, Tree and Cobweb

Tulasi Diwasa Old suna splinter bounced from Time’s mountainperhaps a black spidernowcaught in the day’s branchesknits consistently a web drawing lines of demarcationin the remaining...

Stories

Tripti

By Pratiksha Shah Sweltering heat pervades Narayangadh. It’s almost noon. Roads gleam, as vapor rises from the melting tar. A woman walks briskly across a narrow...

Stories

Matari

By Krishna Prasad Bhusal It was the eve of Holi. Almost everyone in Vishnupuram had assembled at a place where dry hay had been piled...

Stories

Dolma

By Sweta Gyanu Baniya “Sahuni, give me some hot tongba.” He smiles. “Go ! Go! The Gorkhas are here; we need to please them,” Ama orders...

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A Night in the Field

by Anchit Dhungana (The following is an excerpt from the 2016 book Shaken: A collection of memoirs) As I woke up, I found myself leaving...

Poetry

Should I

By Sabita Gautam Dahal Should I talk aboutmy chain-Pain,An attack of severe migraineMy irritation when the menstrual cycleshows its extremity. Should I share aboutMy nightmares,My sleeplessness,My...

Poetry

The Day of Light

By Sanjaya Manandhar (Manjeel) How happy all the people are—Rushing, jumping, running, shouting, dancing!They’re feeling like cotton,Flying like a bird in the air;Their feet nowhere...

Poetry

A Story of History

By Nirdosh NP the history of Historyis tossed into the black hole, the skill of the tailorbirdis just liked but not loved, the forge of Great Hephaestus is burnt down...

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