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	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	Literary Arts in Nepal The history of Nepali literature is roughly two hundred years old. With the unification of Nepal (1769), Nepali language developed as a lingua franca. At the time of unification, Nepal spread from Darjeeling in the... 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	Insatiable Hunger Achilles, the mightiest of the Achaeans brought precious prizes for Agamemnon—the Achaean Lord or the hunger’s epitome who allocated defamation to his chieftain’s share and ignited... 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
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	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	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
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	The Iowa River Lying flat face up with hands and legs tied parallel with banks corresponding and like a terrorized creature unable to gather the body together for a hope of living Iowa River continues... media_text	The Tale of Pumpkin Boy The Pumpkin Prince In a village lived a couple. They had a son who died after a month of his birth. The disheartened couple buried... media_text

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