How to make new generation of Nepalis growing up in Australia love ‘Sahitya’

(L-R) Bhabana Parajuli Bastakoti, Maheshwor Sharma and Prakash Paudel spoke to SBS Nepali about the community's engagement in Nepali literature.

(L-R) Bhabana Parajuli Bastakoti, Maheshwor Sharma and Prakash Paudel spoke to SBS Nepali about the community's engagement in Nepali literature. Credit: SBS/ Sunita Pokharel

The newer generation of Nepalis in Australia have a big language barrier to deal with before the interest in Nepali literary work can be instilled in them say Prakash Poudel, Maheshwor Sharma, and Bhabana Parajuli Bastakoti from the International Nepali Literary Society (INLS)'s New South Wales chapter. The trio spoke to SBS Nepali about the challenges and opportunities.


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