The Gita is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the start of the Dharma Yuddha (righteous war) between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is filled with moral dilemma and despair about the violence and death the war will cause in the battle against his own kind. He wonders if he should renounce and seeks Krishna's counsel, whose answers and discourse constitute the Bhagavad...
Ijoriya | Book by Subin Bhattarai | इजोरिया | There is a multifaceted story in the novel 'Ijoriya'. Writer Bhattarai has brought out the love, hate, and conflict between the family members in the story. Bhattarai, who has written stories focusing on Kathmandu in all his previous books, this time he has reached Madhes to capture the story.'Ijoriya' is a...
Karnali Blues, by Buddhisagar, is a widely read Nepali novel that has gained popularity over the past twenty years. It captures the developing relationship between a father and his son - the son's search for acceptance, the father's small acts of kindness and forgiveness, and the son's concerns for his father's dignity as his health and faculties begin to decline....
Swasthani Brata Katha is a Hindu tale recited every day for a month, which mostly falls in January and February. The book has 31 chapters that tell the story of the life of various gods and goddesses. The story of goddess Swasthani and Shiva is mainly focused, Swasthani is the Hindu deity known for miraculously granting wishes made in a...
