11th March 2022.

Besides being the official language of Nepal, Nepali is amongst the 22 scheduled languages of India, with a comparatively more prominent diaspora of Nepali speakers in India than in Nepal. In a fascinating session that takes us into the vibrant realm of contemporary Nepali literature, Buddhi Sagar's bestselling novel Karnali Blues presents us with an achingly tender narrative about the relationship between a father and son through different phases in their lives. Chuden Kabimo is an award-winning novelist and author whose latest book, Song of the Soil, translated from Nepali to English, is an intense and evocative story that gives new emotional depth to the 1980s Gorkhaland movement. In conversation with Prabhat Ranjan, they discuss the inspiration behind their poignant stories and the translation process from the vernacular to English at the Jaipur Literature Festival.