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Playwright Balkrishna Sama and his Play Amar Singh

— Prof. Jagat Upadhaya ‘Prekshit’ Translation of “Natakkar Balkrishna Sama ra unko Amar Singh”, done by Bal Ram Adhikari & Hari Prasad Paudel A brief introduction to...

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First Nepali Poet Bhanubhakta Acharya

By Gopal Parajuli Bharjanma ghaanstira mann diyi dhan kamayoNaam kyei rahos pachhi bhanera kuwa khanayoGhansi daridra gharako tara buddhi kastoMa Bhanubhakta dhani bhaikana aaja yasto! ...

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A Posthumous Reverberation

Bal Krishna Sama My love, I am completely healed,and the body cent-percent lightenedeven more than a fallen flower.Why do you stilllet the torrents of tears...

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Balkrishna Sama (1903-1981)

Michael J. Hutt Lekhnath Paudyal, Balkrishna Sama, and Lakshmiprasad Devkota were the three most important Nepali writers of the first half of this century, and...

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Bal Krishna Sama: A Short Biography

Gopal Parajuli Bal Krishna Sama was born in 1902 in Gyaneshwar of Kathmandu. His father’s name was Samar Samsher Janga Bahadur Rana and his...

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Siddhicharan Shrestha in Nepalese Perspective

Dr. Jayraj Acharya Background There is a misconception that the Nepali language, known as Khas Kura in earlier times, was forced upon the Newar speaking population...

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A Tale

Siddhicharan Shrestha If you were still alive,I would ask,“Would you…?”No, I would not ask anything.I would come and playwith your toddling daughter daily,love her,and be...

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The Expanse of Self

Siddhicharan Shrestha O countries and towns that I haven’t been to yet,I salute you!Don’t say, I didn’t come to see you.I have seen alland I...

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Yugkavi Siddhicharan Shrestha: A Brilliant Icon of Human Consciousness

Usha Thakur Known to Nepali literary world as ‘Yugkavi’, the great poet Siddhicharan Shrestha gives voice to patriotic feelings, makes sharp satirical observation against social...

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Self-Introduction

Siddhicharan Shrestha A Nepalese I am,Clever in climbingArduous mountain heights.Though hostile to meThey may be,I am kind to the poor. Prepared I amTo suck the coreThe...

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