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Kuhiro Class
कुहिरो भित्र स्कुल
Short Stories in gHANDRUK :
a cREATIVE WRITING ADVENTURE
About
Our finest ideas often come to us as stories. This creative writing excursion offers aspiring creative writers a quiet place to write again.
Learn how to write stronger plot, dialogue, narrative and characters in the scenic village of Ghandruk, a stop on the Annapurna circuit in Nepal. All in the pleasant company and guidance of award-winning author Janice Pariat
Mentor
Janice Pariat
Author of Everything the Light Touches and Boats on Land.
Dates
8 - 15 January,
2026
Janice Pariat, lead mentor
Janice Pariat is the author of Boats on Land: A Collection of Short Stories, the novels Seahorse and The Nine Chambered-Heart, bestselling in India, and translated into ten languages including Italian, Spanish, French, and German. She was awarded the Young Writer Award from the Sahitya Akademi and the Crossword Book Award for Fiction in 2013.
Her novel Everything the Light Touches was published by HarperCollins India, Borough Press UK, and HarperVia USA in October 2022. It was included in The New Yorker’s list of Best Books of 2022, and awarded the Auther Award for Best Fiction, the Sushila Devi Award, the Pen and Paper Fiction Award and the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize.
In 2014, she was the Charles Wallace Creative Writing Fellow at the University of Kent, UK, and a Writer in Residence at the TOJI Residency in South Korea in 2019. In Fall 2024, Janice was a resident at the Rockefeller Foundation Centre at Bellagio, Italy.
Currently, she teaches Creative Writing and Art History at Ashoka University and lives between Shillong and New Delhi with a cat of many names.
Samuel Sawian, supporting mentor
Samuel Sawian is an internationally acclaimed Game Designer and Producer with over 14 years of experience shaping some of the world’s most successful games, including Bingo Bash, FarmVille 2, Teen Patti Gold, and James Cameron’s Avatar. An alumni of the National Institute of Design and Vancouver Film School, Samuel has led creative and production teams at studios such as Zynga, GSN Games, Gameloft, and Tata Interactive.
He is currently developing ADADAK, the first AA video game from Northeast India — a project that weaves indigenous mythology, storytelling, and art into an immersive modern gaming experience. Through his work, Samuel advocates for diverse narratives in games and aims to bring the stories of underrepresented cultures to players around the world.
Taha Mughal, supporting mentor
Taha Mughal, an architect, historic preservationist, and writer, holds advanced degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Pennsylvania. A recipient of prestigious scholarships like the Charles Wallace India Trust and Fulbright-Nehru, he has also received offers from Harvard and other renowned institutions.
His work spans Heritage, Culture, Politics, and Literature. Over the past decade, he has mentored underprivileged communities in North India through art. Currently, he is co-translating Kashmiri classical literature in the Himalayas and has contributed to a Barakat Trust-UK-funded project on Early Modern Kashmir.
Our Hospitality Partners:
Kathmandu Guest House (KGH) will be our official hospitality partner throughout our journey into the Himalayas. As the parent company of all the hotels we’ll stay in during the trip, KGH will be accompanying us across every stop of the adventure.
Founded in 1968 by Karna Sakya, often hailed as the “Father of Tourism in Nepal”, KGH is a historic chain of iconic heritage hotels that has shaped Nepal’s tourism landscape. A landmark in Thamel and beyond, it has long served as a peaceful refuge and gathering place for travellers, including The Beatles and many renowned mountaineers and adventurers.
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