Archive - Manjushree’s Substack

Letter from Kathmandu

May 2 • Manjushree Thapa

February 2026

Why we should encourage (push, goad) our elders into writing their memoirs

It’s true that because I’m a writer, I encouraged (pushed, goaded) my father Bhekh Bahadur Thapa into writing his memoirs, though in my defense, I…

Feb 7 • Manjushree Thapa

December 2025

A Note to my Younger-writer Self

(On having an essay published in Granta)

Dec 11, 2025 • Manjushree Thapa

November 2025

Two Months in Nepal

Some observations on 'the current situation,' with apologies to those who are here to read about writing and creativity.

Nov 19, 2025 • Manjushree Thapa

September 2025

We Want Democracy

As the kids used to say in 1990

Sep 16, 2025 • Manjushree Thapa

Recommended Reading!

From the American Literary Translators Association's National Translation Prize

Sep 4, 2025 • Manjushree Thapa

July 2025

Ways of Reading

Because we're readers before we're writers.

Jul 30, 2025 • Manjushree Thapa

May 2025

(Eight of Nine)

May 29, 2025 • Manjushree Thapa

December 2024

The Year-End Letter

Dec 21, 2024 • Manjushree Thapa

September 2024

I Journal, Therefore I Think

I’m one of the majority of writers who journals—not every day, but every few days, regularly enough for me to always keep a notebook within easy reach.

Sep 25, 2024 • Manjushree Thapa

July 2024

Trekking While Nepali

And finding my voice again

Jul 7, 2024 • Manjushree Thapa

May 2024

I made a thing.

And that thing surprised me.

May 16, 2024 • Manjushree Thapa