Bhupi Sherchan

[2] He was awarded the Sajha Puraskar for his 1969 poetry collection Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manche, which remains his most popular work.

At the age of around ten or twelve, he moved to Banaras with his elder brother, Yogendra Man and niece, Urmila.

Sherchan's family traditionally worked as traders and merchants, but he did not pursue either profession.

The poetry collection was published under his pseudonym Sarbahara (Proletariat) and was influenced by communist ideology.

In 1969, Sajha Prakashan published an anthology of his poems in a book Ghumne Mechmathi Andho Manche.

Bhupi Sherchan Ka Kavita, a poetry collection edited by Shiva Regmi was published in 2008.

The collection contains poems published in various literary magazines but not included in Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manchhe.

Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manche (Blind Man on a Revolving Chair) is his most popular poetry collection.

Since his college days, he had developed the habit of smoking that led to lung-related complications later.

[13] The title of the 2022 Nepali movie Chiso Ashtray is based on Sherchan's poem from the collection Ghumne Mechmathi Andho Manche, of the same name.

Bhupi Sherchan
Bhupi Sherchan (Source: Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya )