Pranaya SJB Rana

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Pranaya SJB Rana
प्रणय श०ज०ब० राणा
NationalityNepalese
Other namesPranaya Rana
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
Notable work City of Dreams

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. [1] Rana was previously features editor and op-ed editor of The Kathmandu Post [2] and a reporter for Nepali Times. Rana is also the author of a collection of short stories, City of Dreams: Stories , published by Rupa Publications, India. [3] [4]

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Career

Rana started his journalism career as a reporter for Nepali Times and Wave Magazine, both published by Himalmedia. [5] [6] He went on to become op-ed editor for The Kathmandu Post from 2012 to 2015 and then Features Editor from 2018 to 2020. [2] 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. [7] The interviews were modelled after the Financial Times' Lunch with the FT.

Rana is currently editor-in-chief of TheRecord. [1]

Notable publications

Rana is the author of a collection of short stories, City of Dreams: Stories , published in 2015 by Rupa Publications. [4] The collection was favorably reviewed [8] [9] [10] [11] 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". [12]

Rana co-authored a series of investigative reports for the Post exposing the various shady dealings of German watchmaker Michael Kobold. [13] [14] [15] He also led an investigation into the decades-long abuse of students by a mathematics teacher at the Lalitpur Madhyamik Vidyalaya school. [16]

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  7. ↑ "Brunch with the Post - The Kathmandu Post". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  8. ↑ "Not like changing shirts". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  9. ↑ Bhattarai, Sewa. "City of Dreams Book Review" (PDF). Studies in Nepali History and Society. 20 (2): 427–431.
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  13. ↑ "Watchmaker promising fire trucks for Nepal has a series of dodgy financial dealings—and a chequered past". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  14. ↑ "Former Kobold employees say they were harassed, not paid for their work". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  15. ↑ "Tourism Board says it will scrap agreement with Michael Kobold if fire trucks don't arrive by March". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  16. ↑ "Maths teacher at Lalitpur Madhyamik Vidyalaya sexually abused young girls for decades". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
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