Books
Telling the human story of the Chicken’s Neck
By Anish Ghimire 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.
Art born from spontaneous ideas and everyday emotions
By Post Report ‘An Eternity of Reflection’ by artist Binod Pradhan opens at the Siddhartha Art Gallery.
The Mughal state’s way to let people live, work and thrive
By Parvati Sharma Jagjeet Lally’s ‘Badshah, Bandar, Bazaar’ is written for a lay audience, unafraid of complexity and interpretation and comfortable with storytelling.
Suzie, whom I once knew, and Arundhati, whom I know now
By Hisila Yami She was anarchic, yet not an escapist—at ease in discomfort and uneasy in comfort.
Kalimpong uncovered: Borders, diasporas and hidden histories
By Anmole Prasad ‘Through the India-China Border’ fills the longstanding gap in scholarship on Kalimpong.
Unpacking truth, censorship and freedom
By Rishika Dhakal In ‘Languages of Truth’, Salman Rushdie argues that truth has never been absolute. It has always been shaped by power and perspective.
Ramesh Bhushal’s ‘Chhalbato’ wins Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar 2081
By Post Report This year’s awards also honour Rama Sharma with the Padmashree Sadhana Honour and Professor Abhi Subedi with the Padmashree Gaurav Award.
Finding warmth in the Canadian winter
By Haris Adhikari In ‘And I Blamed Canadian Winter Again’, Arun Budhathoki explores divided selves, diasporic longing, and fleeting moments of hope.
I keep digging the endless depths of Sanskrit and philosophy
By Sanskriti Pokharel Professor Sthaneshwar Timalsina reflects on the challenges of institutionalising Tantric studies and differences in how Eastern and Western students engage with philosophy.
Dr Nawaraj KC launches ‘Swasparsha’
By Post Report KC’s second nonfiction book discusses themes of hope and psychological healing.
How art commissioned for bank calendars led to a Sikh museum
By Kanika Singh Tracing the journey of these paintings from the calendars to the museum reveals the underlying threads of interconnected processes.
Reading Mo Yan in Nepali: A journey into China’s soul
By Sushma Shakya The translated collection, split into two parts, includes seventeen short stories and two compelling novellas.
When oral histories become the archive
By Aarya Chand ‘10 People's Stories’ traces everyday lives, lost traditions, and the subtle shifts in Nepal’s social and cultural fabric.
When rivers breathe and speak
By Pawan Khanal 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.
Books, belief, and the birth of a theory
By Sanskriti Pokharel Drawing from literature and ancient Eastern texts like the ‘Natyashastra’, Nirmala Mani Adhikary challenges the Western dominance in communication theory.
Triumphs of a talking crow
By Deepali Shrestha Prawin Adhikari’s ‘Budhani’, a retelling of an age-old Tharu folktale, is more than just another fable where wisdom wins over the wicked.
Seven books shortlisted for Madan Puraskar 2081
By Post Report The selection comes from a total of 299 entries.
Finding strength in stillness
By Reeva Khanal In ‘Before Your Memory Fades’, Toshikazu Kawaguchi expands his heartwarming series with fresh characters and a new setting
From ‘Panchatantra’ to ‘Puranas’: Rethinking power in Sanskrit texts
By Aarya Chand Sanskrit professor McComas Taylor discusses language, lineage, and what led him to translate the ‘Viṣṇu Purāṇa’.
What the ease of food delivery has done to our eating habits
By Vandana Vasudevan During the pandemic, Zomato sent an email targeted at children titled ‘Hey, parents not letting you order?’