Phanishwar Nath Renu

Phanishwar Nath Renu Phanishwar Nath Renu was a Hindi journalist and novelist best remembered for his 'Maila Anchal' (1954), which introduced Anchalik, or regional, writing to Hindi fiction.

In 1976, nearing death, Phanishwar Nath Renu wrote to B P Koirala, “My sickness does not allow me to help you with the democratic revolution in Nepal for now.” But the great Hindi writer had done his part, with the pen and with the gun, in the Nepali Congress's 1950 insurrection against autocratic Rana rule.

When the bagghi-cart driver felt that a naughty boy was swinging on the back door footboard, he swirled his whip, yelling: “Get down, you bastard!” Haribol—Harbolwa—jumped down, giggling, and before entering the nearby alley, hurled an expletive: “Ssaaley! You husband of a whore!” Harbolwa had learned this new expletive from a squabble between Bhujangi the trolley man and Halmaan the vegetable vendor. Harbolwa was visiting this alley where there was a school for girls.