Muna-Madan narrates the story of every Nepali house from which a male character leaves for a foreign country with the dream of making enough money to satisfy the needs and aspirations of the family. Madan, the protagonist of this narrative written in jhyaure folk meter, decides to try his luck in Lhasa from where he does not make it back home on time to avoid a family tragedy.

LAXMI PRASAD DEVKOTA, born 1909 in Kathmandu, is one of the most eminent poets of modern Nepal. He has composed epics and long narrative poems, personal essays, several lyrical and one-act plays, and collections of short stories. His vision, imagination and mastery over language lift him to unsurpassed literary eminence.