Table of Contents
The Ward
Guru Prasad Mainali 1
Entrapment
Pushkar Samsher 15
Maiya Saheb
Bhawani Bhikshu 28
The Enemy
Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala 47
Love and Death
Govinda Bahadur Malla 'Gothalé 51
Rosiness on the Cheeks
Daulat Bikram Bista 66
The Storm Raged All Night
Indra Bahadur Rai 79
Securing Future
Dev Kumari Thapa 92
The New Road Anthem
Ramesh Bikal 96
Lofty Hills
Poshan Pandey 109
Balsam and the Smell of Pyorrhea
Parijat 1 119
Your Wife and I
Manu Brajaki 132
The Disjoint
Parshu Pradhan 146
Cremation
Dhruva Chandra Gautam 151
The Yellow Rose
Prema Shah 160
The Witness
Maya Thakuri 172
Postmortem
Rajendra Bimal 183
The Dumb
Sanat Regmi 192
In Search of another Horizon
Bhagirathi Shrestha 206
The Old Woman Dozing at the Pub
Narayan Dhakal 215
Eventually to Nirupama
Avinash Shrestha 229
My Wife and the Soldier
Kishore Pahadi 256
Indra Leela
Govinda Giri Prerana 263
Mother
Krishna Dharabasi 299
Asarfi Sada Was Barred from Voting
Aahuti 311