About the Book In a land where time had stood still for centuries, decades now go fast and unnoticed. Ghosts have fled and even the yeti has been discredited. Certain traditions however are persistently carried on.

The stories in this collection were published in Vasudha, The Week End and Nepal Today between 1959 and 1968. These early vehicles of English writing in Nepal have long since gone. Sometimes, with the passage of time, a story gains an added interest.

About the Author Kesar Lall (1927-2012) wrote many books and numerous articles on folklore, culture, travel, trekking, etc., the first of which appeared in 1945 in a magazine published from Bombay, India. His publications include Lore and Legend of Nepal, Nepalese Customs and Manners, Nepalese Book of Proverbs, This Beautiful Nepal, Lore and Legend of the Yeti and about a dozen collection of folktales in Ratna Folklore Series. Some of his stories have been translated into German, Japanese, Hebrew and Swedish and published in Germany, Japan, Israel and Sweden. One story has been made into a telefilm in French in Switzerland.

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