Pratik Mainali

Pratik is a high school graduate from Trinity International College, Dilli Bazaar, Kathmandu.
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War against ugly people and how to stop it

Published On: October 17, 2017 08:08 AM NPT By: Pratik Mainali

Through centuries now, a group of people has been consistently marginalized by the rest of the population. These people have been demeaned, ridiculed, humiliated just for being who they are. I am talking of course about ugly people. My kind of people.

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The Great Slacker: Part II

Published On: October 9, 2017 09:54 AM NPT By: Pratik Mainali

When the alarm rang, Mahavir woke up instantly. It was as if he hadn’t slept at all. His throat felt dry and his ears and nose were burning. He pressed the alarm, lifted his blanket gently, and put his feet on the floor, and went to the bathroom.

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The Great Slacker: Part One

Published On: September 27, 2017 08:02 AM NPT By: Pratik Mainali

The room where Mahavir spends his days are quiet, but in his head it has its own tune, a tune that has allowed him to find a vague meaning in life, a tune that unlike everything else in his life has remained unchanged a bit over the years, a tune that has helped him persevere through all the hardships the world had hurled in front of him, a tune, his tune.

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Persecution of the Monster

Published On: September 18, 2017 08:50 AM NPT By: Pratik Mainali

Since I was a child I’ve been alone Until aloneness I made my own And now I can’t mix, perhaps I don’t

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Broken Down

Published On: September 10, 2017 10:04 AM NPT By: Pratik Mainali

Today I contemplated suicide, again. Loneliness is taking control of me for I find myself shouting loudly at strangers without even meaning to. I find people around me giving me a strange look.

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