Abstract Chintan Pyaaj is a 2024 B.S. Nepali essay collection by Shankar Lamichhane. The essays in the book peel out the layers in life from the writers perspective in a very simple way. An onion is used as a metaphor in this essay to describe the sequential removal of the layers that conceal a greater something. The book won "Madan Puraskar" in 2024 B.S.