Pranaya SJB Rana is a writer, editor and journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is currently editor of ''The Record'', a digital-native news publication focusing on long form reporting, essays, and explainers. Rana was previously features editor and

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editor of ''

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'' and a reporter for '' Nepali Times.'' Rana is also the author of a collection of short stories, '' City of Dreams: Stories'', published by

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, India.

Career

Rana started his journalism career as a reporter for ''Nepali Times'' and ''Wave Magazine'', both published by Himalmedia. He went on to become op-ed editor for ''The Kathmandu Post'' from 2012 to 2015 and then Features Editor from 2018 to 2020. At the ''Post'', Rana authored a series of popular interviews called Brunch with the Post with a wide range of Nepali personalities including politicians, businesspersons, artists, academics, and musicians. The interviews were modelled after the ''

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Lunch with the FT. Rana is currently editor-in-chief of ''The'' ''Record.''

Notable publications

Rana is the author of a collection of short stories, '' City of Dreams: Stories'', published in 2015 by

. The collection was favorably reviewed in Nepal with one review calling Rana "a bold writer, willing to push against the boundaries of what we might have come to expect of South Asian writers". Rana co-authored a series of investigative reports for the ''Post'' exposing the various shady dealings of German watchmaker Michael Kobold. He also led an investigation into the decades-long abuse of students by a mathematics teacher at the Lalitpur Madhyamik Vidyalaya school.

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21st-century Nepalese male writers English-language writers from Nepal Living people Nepalese journalists Writers from Kathmandu Nepalese short story writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rana, Pranaya SJB

Career

Notable publications

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