Parijat

Short Biography

Parijat (Nepali: पारिजात) was a Nepalese writer. Her real name was Bishnu Kumari Waiba(Waiba is a subgroup of Tamang) but she wrote under the pen name Parijat (Parijat is a night-flowering fragrant jasmine flower). Her most acclaimed publication is Shiris Ko Phool (The Blue Mimosa), which has also been adapted in the literature curriculum of some colleges in some English-speaking countries like USA, England etc. Some of the notable universities where Parijat's Shirish Ko Phool was adopted as curriculum is the University of Maryland, USA.