A future a Nepali teacher once read on her fingers. That or a king, he had said. Both were extremes. One gives up everything that is power and pleasure, the other hoards them in abundance. Both of ...

Kanchhi, Weena Pun’s debut novel, was delivered to me by a rider on a very rainy afternoon, as Kathmandu Valley and the nation was pummeled by violent rainfall. The book revealed itself in big bold ...