Reflections

Undoing Death: Gopal Parajuli’s Metaphysical Vision

Mahesh Paudyal Gopal Parajuli’s persistent engagement with death as a theme of poetry has become his poetic trademark. Death, in reference to his poetry, should...

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What is Purity?

Girwan Paudyal DSS XII ‘Saipal’ Borrowing a formal definition, Purity is one of those things that is closely related with human satisfaction and contentedness. Yet, purity...

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On the Immortal Lyrical Poems of a Seasoned Scholar

Govinda Raj Bhattarai In a period of great silence, (forced by COVID 2019) I enjoyed reading these special creations by Durga Dahal. We have been...

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Exploration of Intersectional Identity in Adichie’s The Arrangers of Marriage

Himanshu Kunwar Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s short story, The Arrangers of Marriage, explores the lives and experiences of two Nigerian immigrants in America: Chinaza and Dave....

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Unnatural Way of Relocation 

It made me ponder on an email that landed in my inbox a month ago about an announcement for a Ph.D. program whose general abstract...

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Amidst the Crisis of Coronavirus

Goma Naral Coronavirus aka COVID has created havoc upon people’s day-to-day life and activities. It has engulfed the world in its paws. No country is...

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Why Online Education is not Xavierian

Jomon Jose 2020 was a year when many impossibles became possible. Education without an organized school structure was one of them. In Nepal, the unplanned...

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The Origin of Bagh-Chal: A Mandapa or Mandala?

(Notes toward a study in Nepali Utkarshabhava or Sublime) Arjun Poudel Suddenly upon the left side of our road, a crackling was heard among the bushes;...

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Manprasad Subba and the Question of Poetic Relevance

Mahesh Paudyal One of the biggest risks prolific writers across the world run is the fear of being irrelevant. This happens for two reasons: first,...

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