Nepali writers in English – including Samrat Upadhyay, Manjushree Thapa and Sheeba Shah – are pushing forward the rise of a new, modern literary scene
Indra Bahadur Rai, the Darjeeling-based Nepali-language writer, has written on the life of Nepali speakers in and around the Himalaya throughout his literary career. His writings are seminal to contemporary Nepali literature, and have played an instrumental role in shaping the popular understanding
Let children read to be enthralled, not educated.
In Afghanistan, radio stories are helping to mend childhoods.
In a short period of time, Pakistan’s publishing industry has made great strides in children’s literature – though there is still a long way to go to ensure quality.
How to create storybooks for a plural world.
Twenty years of the most infamous literary fatwa.
Every year, all over the world, in the pages of thousands of books, hundreds of thousands of newspaper pages, magazines and journals
To honour and remember one of India's greatest poets, we must first keep his works in print.
There is no statue anywhere to mark the life of Joseph
Reports of Hindi's demise are greatly exaggerated, but the growing world of Hindi literature is taking energy from several directions.
THE VEDIC PEOPLE
Their History and Geography
Rajesh Kochhar
Orient Longman, Hyderabad
2000, Paperback, 259 pp
ISBN 81 250 1080 7
IRs 275
By Rhoderick Chalmers
The search for origins
Irony and brilliance in Tibetan literature.
