Kathmandu, June 1: A book encapsulating the history of Nepal’s football sector has been released in the federal capital on Sunday.
Former Captain of the Nepali national football team, Raju Shakya, launched the book ‘Swarnakatha Nepali Footballko’ (Golden Stories of Nepali Football) penned by sports journalist Himesh Ratna Bajracharya amidst a programme.
The book, published by the Bookhill Publication, chronicles a century-old history of Nepali football fraternity. It also includes success stories relating to Nepal’s twin victories in football matches in the South Asian Games (SAG) Competitions in 1984 and 1993.
Reviewing on the book, General Secretary of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), Kiran Rai, commended that the writer had brilliantly chronicled the football events and narrated them excellently. According to him, this is the first book written on the history of Nepali football.
Likewise, Bookhill Publication’s Bhupendra Khadka believed that this book could be useful for any football-loving readers besides the school students.
Similarly, runner Santoshi Shrestha recognized the importance of literature in every sector and thus called for more sports literature on Nepali sports.
She figuratively praised that the newly unveiled book was akin to ‘Ratna’ ( gem) as in the middle name of the writer Himesh Ratna Bajracharya.
On the occasion, sports journalist turned author Bajracharya extended his gratitude to all those who supported him in writing this book.
Divulging his fascination towards football as an enthusiast and writing about the sport later as a sports journalist, he exclaimed that his long-held dream of writing a book has been finally realized. #nepal #’Swarnakatha Nepali Footballko #rss
