| Pranaya SJB Rana | |
| Native Name: | प्रणय श०ज०ब० राणा |
| Native Name Lang: | ne |
| Other Names: | Pranaya Rana |
| Nationality: | Nepalese |
| Occupation: | Writer, journalist |
| Notable Works: | 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]
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. 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 The Record.
Rana is the author of a collection of short stories, City of Dreams: Stories, published in 2015 by Rupa Publications. 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]