History and personas at a book launch

The strength of Lok Raj Baral’s political writing is that it is imbued with human sensibility.

It has become common for me to attend book launches in the Capital. Every book launch brings a package of ritual expressions, some eulogies and a few reminiscences of the speakers. As my interest is diverse, the scale of my exposure to such events is becoming too broad to manage. The most frequent book launches happen in the realms of literature, biography and memoir. Nowadays, a package of literature and history is becoming a trend. Books introducing reminiscences and some analyses, however, have begun to draw readers' attention.