Besides the usual requirements of a successful theatre production, the solo performance presents the actor with a specific set of challenges. How does he convey the nuances of an interaction when half of the dialogue...

Swedish illustrator and writer Sara Lundberg was in Kathmandu last week to hold an interaction programme with Kathalaya, the only organization working with children’s literature in Nepal. Lundberg debuted as a writer-illustrator with Vita Streck (see illustration...

As part of Silk Routes: Heritage, Trade, and Practice a project managed by the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, La.Lit is happy to announce a call for applications for writers and translators...

1.   I knew a man who was made from echoes of all the men I knew before him.   He thought it was fate, and as I lay for the first time with my...

Shrestha’s novellas contain a thoughtful architecture beneath their chaotic surface. There is humor there, and also a deeply felt, indelible sadness.

It was Sunday, the ninth day of November, a little past 3 pm, the kind of afternoon that reminded me of a drop of honey – shiny and sweet. As I made my way from...

Rekha - Malāi thāha chha timi malāi sānchchai māyā garchhau. Tyesaile ma aru ko hāt bāta hoina, timrai hāt bāta marna chāhanchhu! Writer-director Rekha Thapa's Himmatwali is a tribute to Rekha Thapa, the actress. Sudarshan Gautam, starring opposite...

In the beginning was an itch to move, to change you and your location. The Lonely Planet told you that the hardest decision is to decide whether to go or not. You are young and...

Lu Xun, the writer from the Chinese revolutionary era, was quite the fighter. He fought on behalf of a new ideology and the people’s culture with all his strength. And he demolished the claims of...