BOOK REVIEW: Where water marches in line

In ‘Pani Ko Parade’, poetry becomes both protest and reflection, challenging readers to confront uncomfortable truths.

There is something bizarre and almost violent about the title ‘Pani Ko Parade’. Water is supposed to flow. It slips through fingers, softens stone, floods fields, carries memory, and disappears before anyone can command it. But a parade is about order. It is about discipline, display, obedience, and control. So when Dinesh Adhikari brings these two words together, the discomfort begins before the first poem.