Seto Bagh

सेतो बाघ डायमन शम्शेरद्वारा लिखित ऐतिहासिक पृष्ठभूमिमा रचिएको एक सामाजिक उपन्यास हो ।

‘Seto Bagh’, meaning ‘White Tiger’, 1973, revolves around the life of the Jagat Jung Rana, the eldest son of Jung Bahadur Rana. The plot is set around the time when Jung Bahadur Rana was in power and after his demise. It has been translated into French, English and Japanese.

The novel describes Jung Bahadur Rana losing his grip over the control of the palace and also the fall of his sons and the rise of his nephews to power. However, the novel is like a sequel to Diamond’s previous novel ‘Basanti’ where he wrote about the rise of Jung Bahadur along with his love life. Seto Bagh is more like a biography of Jagat Jung.

'बडामहारानी ! आज मैले सेतो बाघ देखेँ ।'
'कस्तो रहेछ? सरकार !'
'निक्खुर सेतो ।'
'त्यो सेतो बाघलाई सरकारबाट हानिबक्सिइन ?'
'हानेँ, तर लागेन ।'