Chandra K. Panjiyar
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American Bride
American Bride
She had never felt so special, so loved by so many people at once and only now, watching the sleeping girl in her arms, she could get real sense, with a lump in her throat, of how it might feel to grow as a child in a family.
1 minute ago
SOCIETY
Hope, chaos and sorrow at Maha Kumbh
Hope, chaos and sorrow at Maha Kumbh
However, the scars it has cut in the hearts of those who were able to escape, either due to lucky timing or due to some angelic alignments of their stars, are also irredeemably deep.
13 hours ago
SOCIETY
Madan Rai, perverts and their perverted paradise
Madan Rai, perverts and their perverted paradise
Several news outlets have obtained videos that show him undressing before a group of female students at a program and a video where a girl is seen massaging his naked body.
3 days ago
Literature
The Death Bird
The Death Bird
As he walked towards the door, the silence of the night, followed by regular thudding on the wood, felt to him like a palpable presence, like something physical, something he could lift in his arms and embrace tight.
6 days ago
Trivia
Van Gogh’s death: Suicide or murder?
Van Gogh’s death: Suicide or murder?
Two days later, the creator of the legendary Starry Night died but not the myth that had followed him to the inn with the bullet.
Jan 24, 2025
Art & Culture
Like a fallen leaf
Like a fallen leaf
“Kathmandu, Kathmandu,” he mumbled to himself as if savoring the sound of it, as if this sound reminded him of something beautiful from the distant past. “Myself Butwal,” his voice was filled with the buoyancy that comes naturally when one has convinced himself that he can no...
Jan 18, 2025
Lifestyle, Gen-Next, Slammed
Poem: She said...
Poem: She said...
We die, then nothing
Nothing, she said, holding my hands
falling like a sparrow
cold and already rock-like
we die, the way rhododendrons wilt
in late spring dusk
Dec 08, 2024
OPINION
Mathematical Enigma: The Riemann Hypothesis
Mathematical Enigma: The Riemann Hypothesis
After Euclid showed that there are infinitely many prime numbers, the most obvious question that came to the fore was – ‘Is it possible to find a formula that would generate the total number of primes less than a given integer?’ Gauss tried, but only partially succeeded. Partial su...
Dec 05, 2024