Kingdomost: Nepal’s Tryst With Democracy (1951–2008)

Kingdomost is a sequel to Singha Durbar released in 2017. The urge and rationale for a book on
the Rana regime arose on the belief that such a work, coming from one with ancestralinks with
the Rana family and politicalinks with the democratic forces and Nepali Congress, will reflect an
objective and balanced view of those times. As the work, starting sometime in 2006, progressed, the
author was drawn into exploring the entire range of Nepali history, with a stress on the modern era.
Singha Durbar covers the period till the fall of the Rana regime in 1951, and this sequel starts off
then and ends in 2008. Kingdomost in particular relies heavily on one-on-one interviews with
key political and militaryeaders of the country. The author’s uninterrupted involvement in the
churning of political activities and extensive travels allows graphic depiction of the tumultuous
sequence of history.