Sakas: Pain of Soul

Sakas is a geneological histroy of nepali politics from the reign of Prithive Narayan Shah to Baburam Bhattrai written in a crafty literary language. In particular, this is the story of a women named Kumari and her husband Sharad and their small daughter Shanti. Jiba is another character of the novel who tells the history of Royal Dynasty in microscopic details.
Sharad is a worker in NGO stationed in Ramechhap, Manthali. He becomes the victim of the  Maoist as well as the Royal Army. Due to the extreme torture of the royal army, he gets mentally and physically withered. He writes, "They made me naked. They chiseled and cut the skin of my arms, thighs. They shocked me in the naked organs, they pushed slender of stick through my nostrils and pressed iron pins into my nails." For many days the armies torture him physically as well as mentally. They make him walk with four feet like monkey to the toilet. They make him drink urine instead of water. he has been living under perpetual fear of death at any moment. After a long trail, he gets released and goes to home. Then the  Maoist suspect him in his mysterious release and start asking him unnecessary questions. He has already been traumatized by the brutal torture of the past.
When it the situation becomes worse, they make a plan to migrate Janakpur. For them to stay in Manthali any longer could have become dangerous. Kumari got a small job in a hospital with the help of her friend. They make a small house and also blessed with a baby girl.One day a group of masked gang kidnap Sharad. Later he gets released in ransom. Then Sharad come into contact with Aghori Baba and practised imposed yoga and became able to communicate with Jiba. Kumari thinks that he might have gone mad. She takes him to kathmandu for treatment. Finally, they make a plan to move kathamandu permanently. But leaving a diary and a letter Sharad disappears. With the hope of sharad's return Kumari stays in Janakpur. One day the person who helped to rescue Sharad from the kidnappers by paying ransom attempts rape at night. Kumari comes to know that he also attempted rape to her four years daughter a few days before. She gets enraged and kills him with a trick. Next morning she moves to kathamandu and hands over her daughter to Devi, a woman who has run an organization for women.
Besides, there are numerous events from Ranabahadur Shah's cruel and inhuman activities to Baburam Bhattrai's reign which caused severe problems (SAKAS) to the common citizens of Nepal.