Mahesh Paudyal Poet Bhanubhkta Acharya of Nepal (1814 – 1868) , most popularly known as aadikavi, or the pioneering poet, has the same position as that of Geoffrey Chaucer, the first ‘modern’ English poet. The prefix ‘aadi’ and the adjective ‘first’ tagged with the names of Bhanubhakta and Chaucer respectively, should not, at any rate be confused or misinterpreted as poets who were literally the ‘first’ to handle the genre of poetry. Rather, they should be understood as exponents, who, from among a myriad of dialects spoken during their days, fixed a certain dialect as the standard language…

Ashok Thapa Around the year 1990, I was studying in class eight. Mohan Sir used to teach English. As many believed, he was a very good teacher. He also gave regular homework. Once he asked me to make a conditional sentence in English. For as long as I can remember, I should have made a sentence something like this: ‘If I am a good writer, I will write a good book.’ I still don’t understand what went wrong. I made a sentence like this: ‘I have made a wish that I have become a great writer.’ My teacher…

Shekhar Acharya I must kill you. Now-a-days, I am thinking as Hitler. But you are not feeling afraid as Jews, And are embracing me, as tightly as usual. Here is a race, So, before death, I have to kill you, Before the death of ours. Dear, you must understand, Ending is the starting. And I promise kissing your forehead for the last time, Under the surface of a gas-chamber, In the lovely embrace of each other, Our skeletons will rest in deep sleep.