The Change is Inevitable
Dinesh Dhungyel America There was a time. You got to do everything to live. Plowed the rocky ground days and nights. Spade the nooks and corners! The best you […]
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The Distant Echoes
Ramesh Gautam Norway Since a few days, In the silence of your heart’s concealed realm, I’ve been observing you closely, Unseen, a silent witness. And I’ve discerned, You’re gradually slipping […]
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Illuminating Pathways: Empowering Futures Through Education [Interview]
Interview with Keeran Sharma Gautam, Long-time Education Coordinator of the Bhutanese Refugee Education Program (BREP) We are pleased to present an exclusive interview with Keeran Sharma Gautam, a dedicated Education […]
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Fourteen Years of Bhutaneseliterature.com: A Journey of Expression
Message from the Founding Chairman Dear Esteemed Readers, Writers, and Friends of Bhutanese Literature, Time has flown by, and here we stand, achieving yet another milestone in our literary odyssey. […]
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A Failed Attempt to Deny Establishing a Bhutanese Refugee Camp: A Bitter Encounter with Jhapa CDO
Ram Karki The Hague The Netherlands Right after the Southern Bhutan-wide peaceful demonstration demanding Human Rights and Justice was mercilessly crushed in September 1990, Bhutan identified and evicted thousands of […]
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Echoes of a Lost Utopia: The Paradox of Refugee Camp
Bhupas Gautam Denmark In moonlit nights of restless thought, Nepal’s camp in memory is caught. Stranger still, in Western life. In developed lands, where comforts ramp, Why yearn for the […]
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Unhopeful Hopes
Chandana Adhikari Ohio, America I feel suffocated, and unable to breathe. My heart is pounding, but the beats don’t seem to stop. Your words wrap around my neck, tightening your […]
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The Story that Should Never be Forgotten
Sweeta Ghimiray Worcester, Massachusetts The story that most are not aware of. The story that people hear and sometimes say, “that never happened.” This story is a story that should […]
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Invisible Mind & Feelings
TR Rai “Aanshu” Twenty-four seven, I’m indeed after opportunities, To collect all memories, reflections, and nostalgia, Merely wishful thinking for a sentimental longing Surely born as a desiring, a […]
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Digital Mirage: Unraveling Online Identity
Bhupas Gautam Denmark The digital world has a profound influence on the identity of 21st-century individuals. The internet functions like a prism, allowing an online user’s identity to be fragmented […]
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Rijal Honored with INLS Best Lyrics-Gazal Award
International Nepali Literary Society (INLS) has honoured Bhutanese lyricist Khem Rijal with “INLS Laxman Satyal Best Lyrics-Gazal Award,” presented biennially. The award, established by INLS in recognition of Lakshman Satyal, […]
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Bhutanese Blues
Laxmi Dulal America Amidst the misty mountains, far away Lies a tale of struggle, of hope and dismay Fellow lhotshmpa’s, uprooted from our land In search of peace, with destiny […]
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Notice – Fourteenth Anniversary Special Issue
English version follows after the Nepali text आदरणीय लेखकज्यूहरू, सर्वप्रथम ढिलै भए पनि नेपाली नव वर्ष २०८० को हार्दिक शुभकामना । हामी बेलाबेला हाम्रा लेखकज्यूहरूसँग संवाद र छलफल होस् भन्ने […]
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Haibun: Reflection
I take a troll on a beachside to find meaning in reflection of myself. Clear water adds some colour however the reflection itself doesn’t add up to anything else other […]
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A DREAM LED TO ANOTHER
Satis Shroff Germany I was around twenty years old, My head full of dreams. I left the Himalayan foothills to win a dream: A dream to go to Europe, visit […]
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THE BROKEN POET
Satis Shroff Germany I was the president of the Nepali Literary Society And my realm was a small kingdom Of readers and writers in the foothills of the Himalayas. I […]
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Secular Aesthetics in Bhutanese-Nepali Poems
Dr. Tara Lal Shrestha This research attempts to explore secular aesthetics reflected in Punarwaspachhika Bhutani Nepali Kavita (Post-Resettlement Bhutanese Nepali Poems), an anthology of Nepali poems representing post-resettlement Bhutanese-Nepali literature published by […]
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Post-resettlement Bhutanese Poetry: A Thematic Content Analysis through Natural Language Processing
Ramesh Gautam, Shiva Lal Dahal and Khem Gautam Interpretation of poetry is generally based on qualitative analysis of semantics, figurative language and expression, and knowledge about the author and literary […]
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Bhutan Maintains Consistent Foreign and Economic Policy Preferences
Dr. Srimal Fernando Bhutan is a landlocked country located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the south, east, and west by India and to the […]
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Angels and Demons
Arzu Sharma Cincinnati, OH Thee belief born distrust And mine shall outburst The warmth of lights The chill of sights Delighted face, holy being Frightening, an awful thing They plunged […]
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The Abode of the Gods
Satis Shroff Germany Some Nepalese learned to read and write Other Nepalese couldn’t afford it. Some Nepalese wrote poems and short stories, Others enjoyed the readings. Some Nepalese were awarded […]
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Hey Brute!
Lata Gadtaula Vermont, USA Hey Brute! Not for a fraction of second Left me unfettered so far. Together with your insanity, I’ve been drifting since your Legacy dawned on this […]
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Clandestine Tryst
Diwakar Dhakal Kathmandu, Nepal I met a gentlelady Who was more thoroughbred than the other lady She was uncannily amiable and flamboyant Who was surreally potent Tried to befriend by […]
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My uterus
CM Niroula America It is supposed to be “My body, my wish” isn’t it? But, the circumstances is not like this So called conservatives policy makers, Supreme Court justices […]
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Reading ‘Iran Awakening’ with a Bhutanese Heart
Ramesh Gautam Norway Background ’Iran Awakening’ is an autobiography penned by a famous Iranian lawyer and Human Rights activist, Shirin Ebadi (The Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 2003), and first published […]
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Get in a fluster over trifles not
Welkin Siskin Washington, America Get in a fluster over trifles not And grind your hopes in a panic not For you have a long way to go yet Crossing all […]
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Welkin Siskin’s Poetry Series -16
Welkin Siskin Washington, America 1 A voice seemed to have touched me, Like the boughs touched by aurora dew, And though it faintly touched me It incarcerated many forms in […]
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Do Not Overlook Love
Welkin Siskin Washington, America Fail to notice not Whatever you have sought In love as the gift of sweet life, That’s ever and always rife With immeasurable feelings. Do not […]
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Welkin Siskin’s Poetry Series -15
Welkin Siskin Washington, America 1. Converse in this passing hours with parable and wheeze; euphoria and glee, and delight, Let it be harkened by hearts of all And as a […]
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The Unsung Love
Welkin Siskin America Love merely, many times, go unsung, Though the heart ever longs The choir inside of it To sing good actions and deeds. Love fades out and dies […]