The Bookish Universe

"Reading is not underrated"- Yasmin

Yasmin, a marketing officer at F1 soft international, talks about her affiliation to 'The Bookish Universe', when and how she got its citizenship, what is the current scenario with kids and parenting, how we can produce more bibliophiles, and what are her weird (but totally adorable) habits, which many of us also might have. COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on us and it's still not gone. In the times like this, we need to develop our own coping mechanisms to remain sane. I hope this conversation provides an aspect of that. Happy listening! Keep reading!!  For any queries or feedback, please email us at thebookishuniverse@gmail.com .

New year with family and books

First of all, happy new year 2077!! In this episode, I have come up with an idea as to how you can make the beginning of the new year count with two precious things in your life, family and books. Enjoy listening!! Read reading!!  For suggestions, ideas, criticisms, feedback, or just to stay connected, email us on thebookishuniverse@gmail.com

MAKE BOOKS TAX FREE

TAXATION ON BOOKS : EXPLAINED  In this episode, I and my friend have talked all the necessary aspects about the tax imposed on books by the Nepal government. You will also get a glimpse of what exactly is the current situation with respect to the past, and what kind of impacts this will bring out in the society. I have also covered the opinions of famous personalities such as Ex-primeminister Dr Baburam Bhattarai to the most loved writers such as Nayanraj Pandey and Aanbika Giri, who have stood in solidarity and participated actively in the #MakeBooksTaxFree campaign.  I have used these clips from the social media page called https://twitter.com/makebooktaxfree. In Pokhara, this campaign is actively and consistently supported by https://twitter.com/whatthebookclub. The articles which helped me in the research of this topic are : https://kathmandupost.com/opinion/2019/06/23/needed-a-free-flow-of-books?fbclid=IwAR0mpMy0suBtfz_jSlLmeQH4L61UM4kkmK1pUrsiRu8PTyV05wTfuOrl9mQ , https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/books-to-cost-more/ , https://kathmandupost.com/books/2020/01/30/bookstore-s-decision-to-halt-imports-places-attention-once-again-on-taxes-on-books , https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/amp/customs-duty-on-books-causes-scarcity-increases-piracy/#click=https://t.co/Q0JIjvzN96 , and https://www.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/37305/2020-02-27 Poem at the end by Darshana Chand - https://www.instagram.com/dizzana_chand/ and Smriti Shrestha - https://www.instagram.com/konegin_/  I sincerely hope and wish that our Finance Minister along with the government takes notice of the oversight ASAP. For the next episode,I have an interesting story of a bibliophile. Until then, KEEP READING!! 💚💚 Feedbacks at thebookishuniverse@gmail.com.

All about favourites

Nothing extraordinary but very special!! Because in this episode, a bunch of passionate readers talk about their favourite books and why they chose that particular books to be their favourites when there are like millions of books out there. Keep listening and Keep reading!! 🧡🧡

My journey of becoming a bookaholic

The very first episode of The Bookish Universe is all about me. 😬 In this episode, I talk about where, when and how I started reading books.. what motifs did I have, what mischiefs I committed, and what kinds of knowledge I gained from reading books, coming from a very remote rural village with no electricity and libraries whatsoever. Moreover, you will also get a glimpse of what to expect in upcoming episodes. KEEP READING!! 🧡🧡