Rajesh Budhathoki

“With kings and queens inside his bag. Hulaki was a man of power.”
― Mahesh Poudyal, Hulaki

“Hutte, for instance, used to quote the case of a fellow he called "the beach man." This man had spent forty years of his life on beaches or by the sides of swimming pools, chatting pleasantly with summer visitors and rich idlers. He is to be seen, in his bathing costume, in the corners and backgrounds of thousands of holiday snaps, among groups of happy people, but no one knew his name and why he was there. And no one noticed when one day he vanished from the photographs. I did not dare tell Hutte, but I felt that "the beach man" was myself. Though it would not have surprised him if I had confessed it. Hutte was always saying that, in the end, we were all "beach men" and that "the sand" - I am quoting his own words - "keeps the traces of our footsteps only a few moments.”
― Patrick Modiano, Rue des Boutiques Obscures

“Once again, mules and their attendants would give him company. Often he thought he and the mules had no difference. Both carried other's loads.”
― Mahesh Poudyal, Hulaki

“He was sorry for himself as well, for he was doomed to find life and identity in death letters.”
― Mahesh Poudyal, Hulaki