Poet Ishwar Thokar's Ninth Work 'Ama' Released

Poet Ishwar Thokar's Ninth Work 'Ama' Released

Poet Ishwar Thokar’s ninth work, titled Ama, has been released among friends. The poetry collection contains fourteen poems presented under the single title Ama.

Collection Overview

Title: Ama

Form: Sequence poetry collection

Total Poems: 14

Dedication: To a mother’s pure and selfless love

Launch Context: Released in a gathering of friends

Some poems are short. However, the sensitivity they evoke, the messages they communicate, and the feelings they convey are of a high order.

About the Poet

Name: Ishwar Thokar

Birth: 2044 BS, Temal Rural Municipality–9, Mukpa, Kavrepalanchok

Writing Languages: Tamang and Nepali

Genres: Poetry, memoirs, translation

Thokar has been active in writing poems and memoirs and in translation work.

Selected Publications

• Pinggai (Ghazal Collection, 2068 BS)

• Plixi (Poetry Collection, 2069 BS)

• Nori (Poetry Collection, 2074 BS)

• Siria (Poetry Collection, 2075 BS)

• Wala Suiter (Memoir Collection, 2075 BS)

• Lhuila Godma (Memoir Collection, 2076 BS)

• Leela (Sequence Poetry Collection, 2021 AD)

• Premko Adim Geet (Joint Poetry Collection, 2025 AD)

• Yaji Thokar’s Children’s Stories (Translation)

• More than a dozen children’s books (Translation), published by The Asia Foundation (Let’s Read) and Sirjanalaya

Edited Works

• National Language Ghazals (published by Anam Mandali, Kathmandu, 2067 BS) — editing

• Chandrama, Part 2 (published by Regent Residential School, Lalitpur-23, Dhapakhel, 2081 BS) — editing

Recognition

Award: Tamang Literature Award, 2071 BS