Chapter III
Of the Craft
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What the work is made of, and what the work is made for.
Plate III · The DeskNepal · early morning
“Writing is the statue, cannot be destroyed, but try to protect and preserve it from acid rain.”
From “White Words” · Biology Love
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The Article
Ninety-three short works — each a lens held up to a single corner of life, from love to micro-organism.
Forms
Personal essay·Scientific note·Social observation·Philosophical fragment
Tools of the Trade
Notebook·Pen·Curiosity·The morning hour
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The Lyric
Where prose meets poetry — a sentence stretched until it hums, a thought compressed until it burns.
Forms
Prose poem·Love letter·Nature sketch·Dream sequence
Tools of the Trade
Cadence·Metaphor·Silence·Memory
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The Scientific Meditation
A microscope aimed at the soul — photons, cells, zygotes, and the biology of love examined on the same page.
Forms
Microbiological metaphor·Astronomical romance·Anatomical reflection·Ecological observation
Tools of the Trade
Microscope·Textbook·Imagination·Awe
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The Moral Counsel
Instruction dressed in urgency — a voice that has seen too much and will not stay silent about what it knows.
Forms
Social reform·Behavioural code·Spiritual warning·Cultural critique
Tools of the Trade
Conviction·Experience·Compassion·The nerve to speak
The Tongues I Work In
Languages, read & written
NepaliMother Tongue
EnglishWorking
HindiA Little
0Tongues at my command
Reading & Company
Standing on the shoulders of
The Bhagavad GitaLord ShivaThe BuddhaJesus ChristProphet MuhammadMicrobiologySociologyThe Nepali HimalayaPublic Aawaj WeeklyThe morning newspaper
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“The potential energy from imagination and thoughts to cure and prevention the chronic that the whole world is facing out.”