BOOKS:

1. Devkota, Laxmi Prasad. Bapu and Other Sonnets. May 2006. With an introduction by Padma Devkota. Price: Rs. 80.00. Contains a total of fifty-nine sonnets written originally in English.

2. Devkota, Laxmi Prasad. The Lunatic and Other Poems. June 2009. (208pp). Price Rs. 150.00. A bilingual edition containing the poet's own translation into English of thirty of his representative poems first published in Indreni, Pragati and Sharada.

3. Devkota, Laxmi Prasad. Mahakavi Laxmiprasad Devkotaka Khandakavyaharu. (260 pp.) Price Rs. 200 (soft cover) and Rs. 350 (hard cover). Contains, Muna-Madan, Raj Kumar Prabhakar, Luni, Tiplingi, Dushyanta Shakuntala Bhet, Ravan Jatayu Yuddha, Sita-Haran, Mhendu, Vasanti, Vasanti (Fragment).

JOURNAL:

Devkota Studies, a half-yearly publication, accepts scholarly papers written in Nepali or in English. Eight issues have come out. We are working on the ninth issue. Please submit ariticles.

We invite scholarly articles on Mahakavi Devkota's works for Devkota studies. Such articles may be written in English or in Nepali, but the MLA style is required.

NEWSLETTER:

Gatibidhi. A total of three issues of our newsletter have appeared thus far.

COMPACT DISC:

Devkota Centre has recorded Mahakavi Devkota's "Nepali Rastriyagaan" ("Nepalese National Anthem") in a compact disc. A selected section of this lyric has been put to music by Bhupendra Rayamajhi. The vocalists are Bibhu Koirala, Pradeep Niraula, Shiva Pariyar, Sheela Bista, Manisha Pokharel, Sumitra Niraula, and Srijana Gajurel. Devkota Centre thanks all these artists for their labour of love. Special thanks goes to Neerbhim for managing this task.

For the time being, Devkota Centre will seek to broadcast this national anthem through the various national radio frequencies. A marketable product will follow sometime during the poet's centenary.

The CD is copyright protected.

Starting May 18, 2008, Devkota Centre has authorized and requested the following FMs to play Mahakavi Devkota's "Rastriya Gaan" from their studios:

Kathmandu based: Sagarmatha F.M., Kantipur F.M., Radio Nepal, Communications Corner, Capital F.M., Classic F.M., Mirmire F.M., Image F.M., Star F.M., Radio City F.M., Gorkha F.M., Metro F.M., and Radio Audio F.M.
Pokhara based: Annapurna F.M.

Last Update:June 23, 2010

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