Kathmandu, Feb. 15 -- Upendra Subba is a man of few words and a whole lot of simplicity. One would imagine him to be jovial and witty like the character he played of the Jhakri Baje in Kabaddi, of which he wrote the script. But who you meet is a quiet, humble man who is still questioning the recognition he has received over the years. "I don't think I am that good of a writer. I still don't think I deserved the national award I received for Kabaddi," he says, chuckling to himself.

Subba-who is best known for his poetry collections Kholako gita ra purana kavitaharu and Dada mathi ko gham jun ra gadtirka raake bhut haru, and his Padmashree-award-winning short story collection Lato Pahad-believes he is still a poet at heart, before any of t...