Khem GautamNorway Why titles instead of names Traditionally, Nepali extended families lived close together, and saying an elder’s name aloud was considered disrespectful. Over generations, the community developed a precise […]
𝕴𝖓𝖛𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖇𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 Jogen Gazmere Adelaide, Australia When I was growing up decades ago in Gola Bazar, Sibsoo, Bhutan, Nepali was the predominant language spoken across southern Bhutan and served as […]
𝕴𝖓𝖛𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖇𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 By Prashant Swor Earlier this month, we were invited to a neighbor’s house for dinner. The room was filled with Nepali, conversations overlapping, familiar expressions, teasing and laughter. […]
Ankit Sapkota Pennsylvania, USA Twenty-six years is long enough for students to become parents, professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders; long enough for familiar faces to acquire stories that cannot be […]
Khem Rizal Cincinnati, Ohio, USA High in the lap of the Himalayas,Where clouds rest softly on towering peaks,There blooms a land of peace and beauty,A kingdom blessed with nature’s light. […]
By Shiva Lal Dahal The essay, first published in Nepali in Dahal’s anthology of contemporary essays Albida Beldangi, has been translated into English, with revisions, by Ramesh Gautam. The Weight […]
Tanvir Mostafa Lecturer Department of English, Bangladesh Air Force Shaheen College Kurmitola Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh Contact: romen18142@gmail.com William Shakespeare is one of the most significant authors of […]
Karma Yoeser Bumthang, Bhutan She says she knows not of the Storm’s split jaw but the sweetness that lies, The embers down below are faint. Yet glitters up the […]
IF I DIE BEFORE THE SUNSET B.P Sharma NETHERLANDS If I diebefore the sunsetwith the twilightbeside my deathbed,let my soulstill feel thewarmth of green Earththat nourished methousands of yearsbefore I […]
Ramesh Gautam and Khem Gautam Norway More than thirty years have passed since one of Bhutan’s most sensitive episodes: the mass exodus of over 80,000 Lhotshampa, mostly Nepali-speaking Bhutanese, in […]
Khem Raj Gautam Norway I am profoundly moved to announce a groundbreaking development in my household. My ten-year-old child has finally mastered the perilous art of wiping their own butt. […]
And wakes you up from the illusion of darkness! B.P Sharma Netherlands My heart hasn’t become an old, ugly, and lonely My eyes and lips and tongue are […]
Govinda Luitel “Yaar” Ohio, America My wonderland, The land where my history resides, Where my first word/expression echoes, Where I knew the earth is very beautiful, Where I opened the […]
Bikash Regmi Syracuse, NY The Global Bhutanese Hindu Organization (GBHO) proudly concluded its historic seven-day World Peace Mahayagya at the Om Center Divya Dham in Galion, Ohio, on July 23rd, […]
Tanvir Mostafa Dhaka, Bangladesh. I saw a young soul hold out his hand, Not to throw, but just to stand. He gave a soft smile, his face was dusty, […]
Ramesh Gautam Norway WhenYour half-closed lipsLose their smileAnd you sink into an abyss of endless pain…A wild pack of beastsComes charging, growling,And begins to tear me asunder. With their sharp, […]
Som Bhandari Pennsylvania, America I used to see the phrase “eastern heart, western mind” almost every day in newspapers pasted onto the filmy bamboo walls in a few of my […]
Bashu Pokhrel Ohio, America The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is an organized process used by software engineers and developers to design, develop, test, […]
Bashu Pokhrel Ohio, America The land where euphoria flowers bloom, But a symphony of grief seldom gloom, Where merriment dances like a peaceful breeze, And fantasy advances like cruises, barely […]
Bashu Pokhrel Ohio, America Parenting style stages an animated role in the social, emotional, responsive, and cognitive development of children. Parents are those who raise and care for their progeny. […]
Bashu Pokhrel Ohio, America A hut is a stunning architectural layout where an individual can enjoy the thrill of spending dawn and dusk with bugs and rodents, all while arrogantly […]
November 5, 2024 “Her Innocence Discovered,” the English translation of J.N. Dahal’s Nepali novel Prahelika, is now available. The novel, which debuted nearly a year ago, received the HimTika fictional […]
A small community of 845 Bhutanese refugees in Denmark has gained international recognition after being nominated for the prestigious Nansen Refugee Award. The Association of Bhutanese Communities in Denmark (ABC […]
Ankit Sapkota Pennsylvania, USA As thousands of Indian, Bhutanese, and Nepalese Americans join in celebrating Diwali, also known as Dipawali, Pennsylvania’s recent recognition of the festival as an official public […]
Ankit Sapkota Pennsylvania, USA The U.S. presidential election is now only six days away. The race is not only close and intense, but it appears to be one of the […]
Bashu Pokhrel Ohio, America Camping, a longstanding tradition, transfers a typical and extreme fascination in the modern world. On its basis, camping characterizes a calculated departure from the relaxations of […]
Dipsika Bhandari Sydney Australia From sacred texts, he did translate, Bringing enlightenment to Nepalese fate. From the Ramayana to the Bhakta Mala. His Nepali renditions, a cultural clarion call. A […]
Isha Dhakal Ohio, America A Pardesi in Paradise by Govinda Rizal is an extremely informative book set against the backdrop of Bhutan and a refugee camp in Nepal. Throughout the […]
Tribikram Neopaney Pennsylvania, America After meticulously analyzing the novel Prahelika by J.N. Dahal, having read it more than three times, I conclude that the author masterfully demonstrates how various societal […]
Dona Acharya I think of my refugee life, All the hardships aside- People were cared of; Rationed, meager it was!! When one gets cared, Without having to care- For […]