Indian author Prajwal Parajuly is particularly well-known for his writings about Nepali speaking people and their culture. The Ghurkha's Daughter is a collection of short stories that dramatize the experiences of the Nepalese people both living in Nepal, and those who live in the countries surrounding it. There are eight stories in the book, the majority of which take place in Gorkhaland, which is the frontier of Nepal and India. It is an autonomous region that is governed by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. The best known of the stories is its title tale The Gurkha's Daughter. which chronicles a daughter's struggle to understand her father's complaints about life.
The collection received universally rave reviews, and Parajuly was applauded for his ability to reveal the difficulty of life in Nepal and the struggles that the Nepalese face daily; others praised the juxtaposition of the richness of the imagery of the landscape and the bleakness of the lives of his protagonists.
The Gurkha's Daughter was shortlisted with six other books for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2013, which came as a surprise to its author, who had received quite a hefty advance from his publisher for the collection of stories, and had worried that he would not be able to live up to it.
In December 2013, Parajuly published his first full-length novel, Land Where I Flee.
