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By Geeta Keshary It’s November, and the tinge of Tihar has turned the air quite festive. Fair-price shops have been opened at places, especially for...

God, Do You Have a Cigarette?

By Eagam Khaling  I lost my wallet in the Hug Market in Kolkata. Thank God, I was blessed to reach Siliguri with the help of...

A Needle’s Determination

(Nepali folktale)  Inside a thick grove in a dense forest on the foot of the Himalayas, there lived a ferocious lion. The mad and rapacious...

My First Shoes

By Jivan Jivanta When I grew old enough to be conscious of myself and the world around me, my life was still living on barefoot. I...

Sayonara

By Biranchi Poudyal  The village stretched before me like an animated portrayal of rural houses featured in cartoons, knitted together by the stitching of green bush...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Lost Pea

TGT Long, long ago when animals could speak, there was a sparrow who was distinctly spick-and-span in its habits. The bird would wake up early,...

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