Sanjay Bista

Sanjay Bista is a writer of fiction in Nepali in the postmodernist tradition. His published works include the short-story collections Jun Jastai Ghaam (The Sun, Like the Moon) and Astachaltira (Towards Sunset). This Place of Mud and Bone (Matako Ghar), his first novel, was shortlisted for the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's premier literary prize, in 2023. Bista teaches at Kalimpong College in north Bengal. Anurag Basnet is an editor and translator based in Gangtok, Sikkim. He has been associated with the publishing industry for fifteen years with stints at Penguin Books India (now Penguin Random House India), Rupa Publications and Speaking Tiger. His published works include translations of a travelogue by Anil Yadav, Is That Even a Country, Sir!, and a book of essays by Ravish Kumar, The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation.