000			01086nam a22001697a 4500
020			_a9788186939932
082			_a823 RAN
100			_aRana, Greta
245			_aHidden Women: The Ruling Women of the Rana Dynasty
260			_aNew Delhi _bRoli Books _c2012
300			_a390
520			_aMere shadows in the life of Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana, the founder of the Rana dynasty that ruled Nepal for 104 years, Hidden Women are women about whom we know nothing, or very little. Not much is written about these women in Jung Bahadur’s life except that against his wishes they committed sati when he was cremated. Strong and independent, they enjoyed a prominent place in his life, and ironically the one he admired most, tried to kill him. Narrated through the eyes of Jung Bahadur’s wet-nurse, the story is a sensitive depiction of women. Thoroughly researched, Greta Rana builds together a feasible picture of how women lived and thought, hoped and died in a restrictive feudal society of Nepal.
650			_aWomen
650			_aNepal
650			_aNepali fiction
942			_cBK
999			_c46210 _d46210