<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The S Word]]></title><description><![CDATA[Along with using my own experiences and lots of research, most of my writing is raw, not sugar-coated. I write about anything and everything necessary]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:20:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Where the Wind Keeps Your Name]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by the new Wuthering Heights movie released Feb 2026. The wind tears heather from the bone of the hill like it wants to strip the earth naked and start over. We ran here once, barefoot, laughing at the thunder that answered our shouts— two creatures made of the same storm, no fence between us, no polite distance. You were the pulse under my skin before I knew what a pulse was for. I said your name into the gale once and the gale kept it, swallowed it whole, so now every gust that...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/where-the-wind-keeps-your-name</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698c0f3141590511a34845cb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:35:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_c10628c847bc47179616ed687424ef59~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_466,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[T.O.P.U.(t).(b).L - A Manifestation For You.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overwhelmingly possessive urge to be loved. There is a kind of love that arrives like fireworks —a sudden bloom in the chest, bright and deafening, leaving smoke where certainty used to be. There is a kind of love that feels written in the stars long before two people ever meet. As if the universe had been aligning constellations in secret. As if longing existed before language did. It feels ancient. Fated. Inevitable. It studies every facet of a person —the gentleness, the flaws, the...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/t-o-p-u-t-b-l-a-manifestation-for-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698c0ad83faa9e439bf048d3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:28:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_d89c944c5ad74f88af4cbc92bb8edc49~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emotional Liability &#38; Self Awareness]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Love Meets Our Storms There are days when everything feels calm, almost deceptively so. The laughter flows easily, the touch feels...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/emotional-liability-self-awareness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d3e69b0a0add29d57c5bcc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:31:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_2b985999918547769d3de11068823580~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_683,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal at a Crossroads: Power Vacuums in Times of Uncertainty]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the past 48 hours, Nepal has entered one of the most volatile moments in its recent history. Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli  resigned...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/nepal-at-a-crossroads-power-vacuums-in-times-of-uncertainty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c0760515b47336ba871018</guid><category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:54:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_bb2d3ec00a514174a25f13a3e885aa99~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_730,h_410,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[September 8, 2025. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I woke up today to the most heartbreaking news from Nepal, my motherland. As of now, 19 people have been killed in the protests, and over...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/september-8-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68bf27d0993eb369ebc4f3f3</guid><category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:56:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_d5bad9d2d6f543b99eab839835f73c26~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_804,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TRANSCRIPT: The importance of language and protecting your linguistic heritage -- after reading BABEL by RF KUANG]]></title><description><![CDATA[Transcript for the podcast episode Today, we are diving into the topic of translated texts and the importance of maintaining your mother...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/transcript-the-importance-of-language-and-protecting-your-linguistic-heritage-after-reading-babe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65fcd33d7b912180a40b1b68</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 02:58:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m more like my father than I will ever admit. Father, affection can’t be seen with a harsh tone; and yet that’s all I seem to know. No...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/father</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66cd1725d133dcb6491869be</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:13:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_f8add47236a54f2a932be2cfbf0b3537~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_393,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Babel by Rebecca F. Kuang]]></title><description><![CDATA[Babel: or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution [HarperCollins Publishers, 2022, paperback...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/book-review-babel-by-rebecca-f-kuang</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b842e9fd73eb04dd8eda37</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 22:58:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_f53192fbb46743b0a90b934d0b3f1637~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_393,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: Kathmandu Dilemma - Ranjit Rae]]></title><description><![CDATA[VINTAGE edition - Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd Copyright Ranjit Rae 2021 Genre : Political and "Historical" Non-Fiction Background...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/book-review-kathmandu-dilemma-ranjit-rae</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64e7c35e29b354acde2f8a95</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:10:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_17dd05168c6949c798ea2ed7cc4bf4f4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_393,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dream of angels.]]></title><description><![CDATA[My dreams feel like another timeline. Like something that has yet to happen but probably won't because it doesn't exist here. My dreams...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/i-never-dream-of-angels</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64e41046c5be395be3b6af60</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 01:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_c3b0467929c14f12821948b175aca428~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_526,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: The Henna Artist - Alka Joshi]]></title><description><![CDATA[*NO Spoilers* Genre: historical fiction Background: set around the 1950's, follows the story of main character Lakshmi as she leaves her...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/book-review-the-henna-artist-alka-joshi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62b340b551f6a09ced3255ca</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 02:45:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_6fe197c6ed5c4a42865d56cb7bf0765e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOOK REVIEW: A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara]]></title><description><![CDATA[*Lots of details, NO extensive spoilers* [First Anchor Books Edition, 2015, Anchor Trade Paperback, Total number of pages: 816] Genre:...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/book-review-a-little-life-hanya-yanagihara</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62b276822825c3582cd183b7</guid><category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 03:53:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_75797f523fa44a06b94ecaf2d861ae5a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_488,h_488,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guilt of How You Feel, and Why You Shouldn't Feel That Way.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Often when we live our lives, we are so focused on ourselves and how we feel and how we process information, that when we are exposed to...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/the-guilt-of-how-you-feel-and-why-you-shouldn-t-feel-that-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626ae5fc4f5834aeeb4be046</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:00:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A deliberate attack on patriarchal traditions that are held within my community and religion. (1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Periods: the taboos behind the natural phenomenon of menstruation and where they came from, as well as why this superstition is so deeply...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/a-deliberate-attack-on-patriarchal-traditions-that-are-held-within-my-community-and-religion-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">620b4efc5604eb63a4efff9e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 01:28:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2021.]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 3 months into the year of 2022, I am back with another annual "what did this year teach me?" post for 2021; long overdue, I know,...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/_2021</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61ccf7be25f5b2001639d4b0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 21:29:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_9d467883df8745f5ab8f60d3f16a1981~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_640,h_427,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory: The Feeble Human Mind.]]></title><description><![CDATA[For being the most intelligent creatures on the planet, or possibly in our galaxy, human memory is pretty shit. No really. We often...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/memory-the-feeble-human-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f80a6d33c701b327f7980d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:23:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_b17062e355814e339f6ff6c606660b37~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_933,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[i hope you say my name in your sleep]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hope you say my name in your sleep. I hope you are consumed by my thoughts. The mere existence of me? I hope it tortures you. Every...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/i-hope-you-say-my-name-in-your-sleep</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f08ba9e366620016c76190</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 23:48:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art we find in others]]></title><description><![CDATA[We strive to be performers, to unleash ourselves, to express our emotions with extensive passion, to be noticed, to speculate, to consume...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/the-art-we-find-in-others</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6028be3cd0b9df0034f5e103</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:46:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_9b3ca2352362445ea489fb8de182a725~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_705,h_705,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe we should continue to love.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe we should continue to love, even if we are disappointed in the response. Even if we feel drained, hollow, left-out. Because love...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/maybe-we-should-continue-to-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">618da958a561980017a61a43</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:49:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Between. #19.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think 19 is the most awkward age to live through. Too old to hang on to old high school habits. Too young to be part of that "adult"...]]></description><link>https://supritiparajuli.wixsite.com/thesword/post/in-between-19</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6113ff666de486001597e3a7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:55:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8d711d_02e849a521b64c3682cfc53752121256~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Supriti Parajuli</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>