About the Book

Every poem is so tremendous and so touching and piercing, like a sharp arrow. These are among the best poems composed by a Nepali scholar in English. 
- Govinda Raj Bhattarai, PhD, retired professor of English, novelist, essayist, literary critic, linguist, translation consultant, author of multiple books

The collection of hundred poems…..is a window into Dr. Joshi’s life as a matured and awakened man.
- Deepak Shimkhada, PhD, professor of Asian Art and Religion, artist, art historian, author

The poems celebrate diversity and fluidity encountered at different moments of life. I appreciate Joshi's sense of rhythm and his use of the English language in this collection of poems.
- Abhi Subedi, PhD, professor of English, poet, essayist, playwright, linguist, columnist, translator, critic, author of multiple books

Full of poetic insights and epiphanic illuminations…..the aesthetic beauty and humanistic sagacity of the “hundred flowers” will receive appreciation and love of many readers over a long period of time.
- Sanjeev Uprety, PhD, writer, theatre actor, and professor of English

It is a silent joy to read these poems and feel a sense of calmness and serenity.
- Shreedhar Lohani, PhD, former professor of English, writer, critic, poet

Pure songs of the soul as whispered effortlessly during day-to-day living.
- Prof. Tulasi Diwasa, folklore expert, poet, author of multiple books

Mohan Joshi's One Hundred Flowers to Awareness and Death is like William Wordsworth's The Prelude.
- Mohan P Lohani, PhD, former professor English, former Nepalese ambassador to Bangladesh

I enjoy reading Dr. Joshi’s profound expressions. A man of science with aesthetic zeal is the poet to read.
- Arun Gupto, PhD, professor of English, author

A profound literary creation that delves deep into the human psyche.
- Basant Pant, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon