Khem Aryal's Kathmandu Saga And Other Poems

Kathmandu Saga And Other Poems, an anthology of thirty-five poems, is the debut book of Khem Aryal, an emerging poet of Nepal. Aryal started his writing career in 1990, when the whole country was fighting for democracy. After the millennium, poet Khem started writing in English and brought out the anthology in 2004. His poems deal with the theme of love and politics. Frustrations of present political failure have been presented very powerfully and artistically in his poems.

Mr. Aryal, who was born in Palpa, earned his Masters in English Literature from Tribhuvan University in 1997 and started teaching the following year. HE has been teaching creative writing at present and is also the president of Society of Nepali Writers in English.