Pagal (poem)

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Pagal
by Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Original titleपागल
Written1953
CountryNepal
LanguageNepali

Pagal (

poem by Nepalese writer Laxmi Prasad Devkota.[1]

In 1939, Devkota's brothers admitted him to a mental hospital in Ranchi, British India where he stayed at the hospital for five months.[2][3]

Pagal was published in 1953 and it was translated to English as The Lunatic by Laxmi Prasad Devkota in 1956.[4]

Pagal is one of the popular poems in Nepal and it is sometimes regarded as a classic poem of Nepali literature.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Adhikary, Dr Ramesh Prasad (17 April 2020). "Devkota's Voice Of Rebellion And Social Critique in the Lunatic". International Journal of All Research Writings. 1 (10): 98–106.
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  4. ^ Contributions to Nepalese studies. Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University. 1990. p. 209.
  5. ^ Devkota, Laxmi Prasad (1996). Devakota's Muna-Madana: Translation and Analysis. Sajha Co-operative Publication. p. 2.
  6. ^ Vasudha. 1977. p. 34.