Tesro Aayam

{{Short description|Literary movement in Nepalese literature}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox historical event|title=Tesro Aayam|image=Tesro Aayam Team.jpg|partof=Nepali literature|caption=Tesro Aayam Team: Ishwar Ballav, Indra Bahadur Rai and Bairagi Kainla (From left to right)|native_name=तेस्रो आयाम|native_name_lang=ne|date={{start year|1960}}|theme=Postmodernism}}

Tesro Aayam ({{Langx|ne|तेस्रो आयाम|lit=Third Dimension}}) is a literary movement founded by Ishwor Ballav, Bairagi Kainla and Indra Bahadur Rai in 1960 which triggered a new stir in Nepalese and Indian literature.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&dq=tesro+ayam&pg=PA292|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|isbn=9788172013240|accessdate=2015-06-19|last1=George|first1=K. M.|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi }}{{cite web|url=http://nembang.net/index.php/personality/85-til-bikaram-nembang.html|title=Nembang - Til Bikaram Nembang|author=Baneshwar Nembang|work=Nembang.net |accessdate=2015-06-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2011/07/05/oped/long-time-no-see/223659.html|title=Long time no see - Oped - :: The Kathmandu Post |work=Ekantipur.com |accessdate=2015-06-19}} This movement is considered a significant milestone in the history of Nepalese and Indian literature which signalled the beginning of Postmodernism.{{cite web |url=http://old.himalmag.com/component/content/article/227-nepali-dimension.html |title=Nepali dimension |author=Administrator |work=Old.himalmag.com |accessdate=2015-06-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spinybabbler.org/literature/personalities/bairagi_kainla.htm|title=Bairagi Kainla: Personalities of Literature from Nepal|work=Spinybabbler.org |accessdate=2015-06-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nbu.ac.in/neplsyll.pdf |title=University of North Bengal : Department of Nepali : Post Graduate Syllabus |publisher=Nbu.ac.in |accessdate=2015-06-19}}