Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- Writer Narayan Dhakal's sixth novel, 'Jagajjanani Uski Aamako Naam Hoina' was unveiled on Saturday at Publication Nepalaya's premises in Kalikasthan.

At the event, Dhakal spoke about his five-decade literary journey. He recalled writing a detective novel as a teenager and submitting it to a publisher, only to have it rejected. He added, "After that, I started reading popular writers obsessively-a habit I still have today."

Dhakal said that his habit of secretly reading books on buses, in toilets, at college, and at home gradually awakened the writer within him. Remembering how his life had been scattered across different genres and movements, he said, "At times, I searched for life's dreams in the smoke-filled alle...