The young ‘twelfth player’
Summary
Four-time prime minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, now 85, dedicates his time to writing and revising literary works after retiring from politics, including poetry, short stories, and an autobiography.
Key Points
- Lokendra Bahadur Chand, former four-time prime minister of Nepal, is dedicating his post-political life to literature.
- He is revising previous works including poetry collections and a short story collection being translated into English.
- Chand has contributed significantly to Nepali literature, winning the Madan Puraskar in 1998 for his work Bisarjan.
- Despite physical ailments, he spends daily hours writing and wishes for the promotion and relevance of Nepali literature in modern times.
