Rajendra Bhandari (born 1956) is an Indian

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-language poet and academic at the

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"Rajendra Bhandari"
at the Poetry International website, retrieved July 25, 2010

Biography

Born in

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, Bhandari has lived in Gangtok since the 1980s. He is the son of Bhagirat Bhandari a prominent writer and an astrologer. He received a doctorate in

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from the

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. Bhandari has won awards for his poetry, including the 1981 Diyalo Purashkar in Poetry from the Nepali Sahitya Sammelan in Darjeeling, the 1998 Shiva Kumar Rai Memorial Award from the South Sikkim Sahitya Sammelan and the 1999 Dr. Shova Kanti Thegim Memorial Award for poetry from the Shovakanti Memorial Trust in Gangtok.

Bibliography

Each year links to its corresponding " earin poetry" article: *

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

: ''Hiundey yee chisa raatka pardeharuma'' ("In the Veils of Cold Wintry Nights"), Gangtok, Sikkim: Padmakala Prakashan *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

: ''Yee shabdaharu: yee harafharu'' ("These Words: These Lines"), Gangtok, Sikkim: Jana Paksha Prakashan *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

: ''Kshar/Akshar'' ("Perishable/ Imperishable"), Gangtok, Sikkim: Jana Paksha Prakashan

References

External links

Poetry International
brief biography of Bhandari
Poetry International
2006 interview with Bhandari {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhandari, Rajendra 1956 births Living people Indian poets People from Kalimpong district Nepali-language poets Academic staff of Sikkim University University of North Bengal alumni Nepali-language poets from India Writers from West Bengal