Suraj Malla Thakuri

After a few no-gooders from Salley village beat up a boy from a neighbouring village, a long-running feud over a contested forest flares up. With the insurgency at its peak, the rebel commander suggests this dispute be settled through a game of football. In the midst of all this tension a new teacher is appointed to the village school. Will this versatile stranger provide a solution or cause even more trouble?

Lachhamaniya, according to the communal practice, was married at the age of five. She is now twenty years old and has never met her husband after the wedding. She lives at her natal home hoping her husband to come and take her with him. ‘LACHHAMANIYA’ is a story about the psychological conflict arising from the disagreement between the protagonist’s parents and in-laws and the consequences that follow.