“I’m very happy to interact with readers based outside the Kathmandu Valley,” said Subba, adding that the feeling was exhilarating, to say the least. [break]
“My family always criticized my passion for poetry. They felt I was just wasting my time,” he says.
Subba comes from a lower economic Limbu family and got married to a daughter of an ex-Gurkha soldier and went on to live in Dharan. He didn’t have any source of income, and thus his morale was at an all-time low.
“Once I tried to go to Qatar to work but failed at the interview. After that, I never attempted to even search for work,” added Subba, mentioning that he wrote a few scripts for money.
“I write poems when I’m under a lot of stress or I’m tense. It can stem from personal problems with family members or because of economic crisis,” said Subba, adding that perhaps if he had no troubles in life, he would be unable to compose poems.
Subba, originally from Panchthar, the heartland of the Limbus, is now a popular name among young Nepali poets. He has been writing poems for the last 20 years. His poems reflect the Limbu culture and mirror the lifestyle of the eastern hills of Nepal.
“The sources of my poems are mostly derived from the Limbu culture, society and Mundhum [the holy book of Limbus],” informed Subba.
His anthologies are “Dandamathiko Gham, Joon ra Gadatiraka Ranke Bhootharu” which was published 12 years ago while “Hongrayo,” and “Bhok ra Pangra,” both of which were published nine years ago, and his recent “Kholako Geet” was published this year.
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