"Pathshala is a story of a teenager told in his own voice. The book tells the story of an urban teenager and encapsulates the elements of his social life—friends, family, school. It is a straightforward story that puts light on what it is like to be an adolescent growing up in the city, and the ups and downs that accompany the age. Even though adolescence is one of the most important phases in a human’s life, there have only been a few works that explore it. There are only a handful of good Nepali books that are targeted at the readers who are coming of age, and even less that tell the story from their perspective. I have tried my best to incorporate the lingo a modern-day teenager would use in this book, which hopefully makes Pathshala a unique young adult book in Nepal." - Tirtha Gurung, from The KTM Post interview, 23 Sept 2017