A conversation from the archive! In this episode, our Associate Head of Programmes Kate Griffin is in conversation with Rabi Thapato, the writer, translator and editor who stayed in our Dragon Hall cottage as part of our Visible Communities programme.

Rabi is a British-born Nepali writer and translator. He is also the Editor of La.Lit, the literary magazine from Nepal, and the author of Nothing to Declare and Thamel, Dark Star of Kathmandu. From 2010 to 2011, he was the Editor of the weekly paper, Nepali Times.

In this episode, Rabi discusses his relationship to the UK and Nepal, the Katmaundu literary scene, bridge languages and the 123 languages used in Nepal.

Rabi Thapa is a writer and editor based in Kathmandu and London. He is the author of Thamel, Dark Star of Kathmandu (Speaking Tiger, 2016) and the short story collection Nothing to Declare (Penguin India, 2011), and the Editor of the literary magazine La.Lit. His work has appeared in the anthologies House of Snow (Head of Zeus, 2016), Himalaya (Speaking Tiger, 2016), Alchemy (Westland Books, 2011), as well as Outside Online, Indian Quarterly, The National, Himal Southasia, The Sunday Guardian, Mumbai Mirror, Profil, Live Mint and La.Lit. He is working on a book on the environment.