Nepali literature has always had a warm relationship with the hills of Darjeeling. The open border and the fact that Nepali is lingua franca in Darjeeling has meant that many artists from the region have been instrumental in expanding the horizon of Nepali literature. One such contribution that came out of Darjeeling was in the 1960s, with a literary movement…

During recent years, Nepalese diasporic literature based on immigrant’s life has flourished a lot. The struggle the Nepalese immigrants face, their psychology, loneliness, self-dignity and memories of their own homeland in a new world are the major subjects of such diasporic writings.  “Pathik Pravasan“, a novel by Pancham Adhikari, is a similar diasporic work where the story revolves around a…