Amma Raj Joshi

Kathmandu

Amma Raj JOSHI (poet, fiction/nonfiction writer, essayist; Nepal) has published books including a collection of short stories, A Night’s Drama, a collection of poetry, Man and River, two volumes of critical essays on art and literature, Reflections on Nature, Culture and Literature, and Deuda Songs: Poetry and Performance, a book on writing, Writing Skills for All, and many research articles. Around 20 of his poems have appeared in the journal Of Nepalese Clay. He is currently the Head of the Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

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The Story of King Madhukar In a far off land, there was a king named Madhukar. He had seven brothers. All of them used to go on hunting always. As they set off for hunting, they used to come to a resting place (chautari) near... media_text	Normal Life! Life is normal only a bus carrying infants, youth, and old had to be gathered in scraps only the skull of a fifteen year old had to be collected and identified by his mother... media_text	Writing in & of the World: Silk Routes Grant Narrative, Nepal I was born in a remote village in the mountainous region of western Nepal. Until I grew up as a school boy in that remoteness and learnt that a bigger world existed beyond what I could see around, my entire... media_text
Intermittent Melody On a stage musicians were engrossed under the gaze of village and town folk to set the chords guitars, sitars, veenas and drums myriads of sounds in the making. Audience... media_text	Lango and His Adventures Lango was born in the low land plains, an extremely hot locality. After his birth, his mother left him. He was, therefore, brought up by his grandmother. He was a very difficulty baby to be... media_text	Folk Knowledge, Intimate Perception of Place and Creativity I was born in a remote village in the mountainous region of western Nepal. Until I grew up as a school boy in that remoteness and learnt that a bigger world existed beyond what I could see around, my entire... media_text
Recording Oral Folk Narratives The northern Himalayan districts of Bajhang and Darchula in far western Nepal bordering Tibet still have rich oral traditions that tell fascinating tales about human life and death, happiness and sadness, love and... media_text	The Bond of Blood It was close to the midday and tears were flowing persistently from Manorama’s cavernous eyes like spring water gushing out of tiny holes in the land. The village women were trying to pacify her, to silence her and... media_text	Hands My hands are two little antennas which receive remote waves distill and disseminate messages generated and circulated by the brain. My heart pounds and heaves releases blood to brain and... media_text
On Becoming a Writer in Nepal I was born in a remote village in the mountainous region of western Nepal. Until I grew up as a school boy in that remoteness and learnt that a bigger world existed beyond what I could see around, my entire... media_text	A Word in Itself Anamol finally makes it. After six months of relentless search for a suitable job, he gets the position of chief administrative officer at Banepa IT Park—a state owned software production organization. He is... media_text	The Dog on the Terrace It was almost midday. The sky was clear. The timorous rays of the sun unable to give desired warmth flooded over the landscape. However, the sun was gradually showing its signs. The winter wind was getting... media_text

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