User:Haris Adhikari

Haris Adhikari is a Nepali poet, literary translator, editor, and a qualitative/ arts-based researcher. He teaches English and communication at Kathmandu University and edits Misty Mountain Review, an online journal of short poetry. Born in Manipur, India, and raised in Nepal, Adhikari maintains strong interest in place-based creative writing. He has two books of poetry to his credit: Flowing with a River (2012) and The Size of the Buddha (2018), apart from Sangam: Contemporary Nepali Poetry in Translation (2018). Besides, many of his poetry and works of literary translation have appeared in reputed journals at home and abroad.

Currently, he is working on a book of essays and a book of stories tentatively titled Ghosts of Manipur, the second of which partly vignettes his parents' and siblings' diasporic saga in Manipur during the 60s, 70s, and 80s--the times that were rife with horrific events and persecutions of people of foreign origins, picturing the Nepali communities not as colonizers among the Nagas and the Kukis, the ethnic people in the majestic valleys of Manipur, but as harmless, innocent seekers of destiny trapped in Manipur's internal politics.