Sustainability practitioner Shilshila Acharya shares how non-fiction books shaped her understanding of sustainability, guiding her journey from grassroots action to national advocacy.

Sanjeep Maharjan, illustrator and story developer of the newly published book ‘Sangye Wants a Shyoldo’, discusses the book formation process and how a village in Rasuwa inspired it.

Former Indian ambassador to Nepal, Ranjit Rae, discusses his new edited volume and why listening to voices from both sides matters today.

Akhilesh Upadhyay discusses his new book, ‘In the Margins of Empires: A History of the Chicken’s Neck’ and how life in the borderlands is defined not just by power politics, but by memory, movement and ordinary people.

‘An Eternity of Reflection’ by artist Binod Pradhan opens at the Siddhartha Art Gallery.

Jagjeet Lally’s ‘Badshah, Bandar, Bazaar’ is written for a lay audience, unafraid of complexity and interpretation and comfortable with storytelling.

She was anarchic, yet not an escapist—at ease in discomfort and uneasy in comfort.

‘Through the India-China Border’ fills the longstanding gap in scholarship on Kalimpong.

In ‘Languages of Truth’, Salman Rushdie argues that truth has never been absolute. It has always been shaped by power and perspective.

This year’s awards also honour Rama Sharma with the Padmashree Sadhana Honour and Professor Abhi Subedi with the Padmashree Gaurav Award.

In ‘And I Blamed Canadian Winter Again’, Arun Budhathoki explores divided selves, diasporic longing, and fleeting moments of hope.

Professor Sthaneshwar Timalsina reflects on the challenges of institutionalising Tantric studies and differences in how Eastern and Western students engage with philosophy.

KC’s second nonfiction book discusses themes of hope and psychological healing.

Tracing the journey of these paintings from the calendars to the museum reveals the underlying threads of interconnected processes.

The translated collection, split into two parts, includes seventeen short stories and two compelling novellas.

‘10 People's Stories’ traces everyday lives, lost traditions, and the subtle shifts in Nepal’s social and cultural fabric.

Before his passing in 2024, political thinker James C Scott wrote a radical ode to floods, arguing that taming rivers does more harm than good.

Drawing from literature and ancient Eastern texts like the ‘Natyashastra’, Nirmala Mani Adhikary challenges the Western dominance in communication theory.

Prawin Adhikari’s ‘Budhani’, a retelling of an age-old Tharu folktale, is more than just another fable where wisdom wins over the wicked.

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