Rewati Rajbhandari is a prolific 78 years old author and poet. She has written 20 books with stories for children and adults, and poems in Nepal Bhasa and Nepali languages. She started writing poetry as a young child and would share them with her sisters and mother. Later in her life when she lost her son to a fire accident, she started writing poetry again to cope with her grief. She has won many national awards for literature. She currently resides in Chaunni in Kathmandu and is working on her autobiography.

This episode with Rewati Rajbhandari was recorded on 2nd January 2021 at her home in Chaunni, Kathmandu by Aji’s Co-founder Lorina Sthapit. The interview was conducted maintaining physical distance.

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