Five Books That ‘Changed’ My Life
‘Change’ is not my word in the title above, but I agree to use it. Do books change our lives? Someone said it is the reader who has the potential…
कामाविदेखि काविसम्म
[प्रस्तुत लेख मोरङ्ग टाँडीका भूतपूर्व विद्यार्थीहरूको प्रकाशनकालिका कुञ्ज (वर्ष १, अङ्क १, २०६८) मा “अप्ठेरो अंग्रेजीको सजिलो यात्रा” शीर्षकमा प्रकाशित छ] कालिका मा. वि. बाट प्रवेशिका सकेको दुई दशकभन्दा बढी…
Idols and Ironies
For a few days ahead, there will be a lot of writings on Prashant Tamang’s victory of the “Indian Idol” title. People will not be tired of talking about the…
अधिकार होस्, अन्धकार नहोस्
मेरो परिवार पुस्तौंदेखि वहुजातीय समाजमा बसोबास गर्दै आएको हो। हजुरबा, हजुरामा, बुबा, काका र फुपूहरू नेवार, तामाङ, राई, गुरूङ्ग र दलितहरूसँग हुर्कनु भएको हो। हजुरबाका जजमानहरू तिनै जातका मानिसहरू थिए।…
सन्तोष
भक्तपुरको सूर्यविनायक मैले कहिलेकाहीँमात्र टेक्ने गरेको ठाउँ हो। यहाँ मसँग परिचित मानिस भेटिने सम्भावना निकै कम हुन्छ। एकदिन दिउँसो सञ्जोगले यहाँबाट धुलिखेलको लागि गाडी पक्रिनु पर्यो। मैले गाडी पर्खिरहेको बेला…
“God Made It, Sir.”
This is a story from the time I was in grade six twenty seven years ago. We had Moral Science (Naitik Shiksha) in the fifth period, and in the sixth…
On Discourse of Depoliticization
The Kathmandu Post 6 July 2007 A recent subject of discourse among Nepali intelligentsia has been the issue of the politicization of universities. This issue gained notoriety when the eight-party…
Highway Politics
Nepali politics has taken a new direction with many political changes showing up day by day. However, at least one aspect of politics remains stagnant: the use of highways in…
Cellphone and Sensibility
Cellphones are inevitable private possessions these days. Apart from being the convenient means of contact, they frequently make an equally inconvenient public presence. For example, they are nuisances to serious…
Exam Ironies
The whole year is an exam period these days. Whatever the board or university conducting the exams, students are seen panicking for next day’s papers. Naturally, there is hardly any…
Need for Coordination
Few years ago an American lady working as a volunteer in Kathmandu University’s Department of English commented with delight that she found the Nepalese students very different from those of…