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The Paths we Choose – Monica Rana
My daughter Monica’s debut novel published by Penguin is set in rural Nepal during the Maoist insurgency, now available on Amazon and in bookstores.
Nepal, 2001. Up in the hills, hills that cascade and run as far as the eye can see, the village of Rato Mato waits for rain. Rita and Sumnima wait too, for a life different than the one they have known. But the monsoon clouds start to gather, there are forces unknown gathering about the hills. When the country plunges into civil strife, the two cousins are pulled in opposite directions and swept up in the chaos that ensues. While they struggle to define themselves in a new and unrecognizable reality, there are bigger questions at bay. Will they find thier way to each other? Will they find their way to the life they once dreamed of? And will they ever find their way back home?
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Subodh Rana
Subodh Rana is a long-time veteran of the tourism industry in Nepal, having run his own travel agency since 1990 and currently holding the position of CEO at Malla Travel an international joint venture company. His years of professional and societal engagement with the people and land of his birth, as well as his unique and historical perspective as member of the Rana family, a dynasty that ruled Nepal from 1846 to 1951, has endowed Rana with a love for storytelling. Having grown up listening to the experiences of his father, once Commander-in-Chief of the then Royal Nepal Army and tales of his ancestors including his grandfather, the seventh Rana Prime Minister of Nepal, Rana indeed possesses a treasure trove of historical anecdotes and accounts. Through his various published writings and blog, Rana endeavours to bestow these gifts to future generations.
