Devkota in Russia

Abstract

Devkota headed a Nepalese delegation in 1958 to participate in the Afro-Asian Writers’ Conference held in the capital city of Uzbekistan, USSR. It was one of the rare moments of glorious representation from Nepal to an international conference. Russian scholar, Ludmila Aganina, a Doctor of Nepali litarautre, has correctly written, “ an expert of English language, world civilization and Nepalese culture, Devkota was among the few personalities whom Nepal had nominated for an international conference” (1999, p. 23)