Nepal, Aug. 3 -- Browsing through the books queued up on my cluttered desk, the book 72 ko Vismaya caught my attention. The title, if translated into English, would read Dismay of 2015. Right below the title, there are three hashtags: #Constitution #Madhesh #Blockade. Written by Basanta Basnet-a well-known journalist-the book was published by Fine Print in 2018.

The semantics of the cluster of titles speak volumes. The first is that the year 2072 or 2015 carries an albatross around its neck. The cause of the dismay is indicated by the words paraded in the subtitle. One lexicon conspicuously missing in the cluster of words in the title but treated with importance in the book is the devastating earthquake of April 2015. This book is archit...