Mainali’s Tales Of Enduring Value

For its 48th edition, Aalekh literary journal recently celebrated the 122nd anniversary of the pioneer short story writer Guru Prasad Mainali in Kathmandu. (Press Council Nepal lists the publication in “A” category.) It was a well-deserved tribute to the literary luminary’s life and legacy. Mainali’s work, marked by simple diction and uncomplicated themes, is filled with spontaneity as the source of ideas, which explains his relatively limited number of, but enduringly appreciated, written output.