Kathmandu, Sept. 7 -- For as long as he can remember, Kishore Pahadi has been writing. He was writing when he was a child in school, even when he was completing his college degree in civil engineering from Pulchowk Engineering Campus. Despite the conflict of interest in two opposite fields-Pahadi continued to write and went on to publish his first short story collection Ghar Khandahar in 1980 while working simultaneously in Nepal Water Supply Corporation. Over the years, he has published numerous books and poem collections-Bishudai, Adhyaya, Lamlamti Dum to name a few. His last book Roja Kathaharu was published in 2018.

In this interview with the Post's Alisha Sijapati, Pahadi talks about the importance of reading and writing and recomme...