Nathiya (novel)

[1] The book portrays the suffering of the Badi women of Sudurpashchim region of Nepal.

The book highlights the sufferings of Badi women living in northwestern part of Dang valley.

Pratikshya decided to write the book after seeing the Badi people protesting before Singha Durbar in the news.

The defendant, Saraswati Pratikshya pleaded that those terms were used in the book in order to highlight the misery of Badi people rather than to insult the community.

The court ruled in the favor of the writer stating the terms were used to highlight the misery of the people.