Poetry today lacks honesty and finesse

Mahesh Paudyal, a fiction writer, poet, translator and critic, discusses his love for poems and all things literature.

Mahesh Paudyal is a critic, poet, fiction writer, and translator. He has authored several short story collections like ‘Anamik Yatree’, ‘Tyaspachhi Phulena Godavari’, ‘Aparichit Anuhar’, and ‘Of Walls and Pigeons’. He’s also written a novel ‘Tadi Kinarko Geet’, and the poetry collection Sunya Praharko Sakshi. Currently, Paudyal teaches English literature at Tribhuvan University.