Palace massacre survivor finds new love

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathnmandu Aug. 7: The man who witnessed the gunning down of his loved ones at the horrific massacre in Nepal’s royal palace and survived despite injuries will start a new life seven years after the tragedy. Gorakh Shumsher Rana, the son-in-law of assassinated Nepal King Birendra, is set to get married. this year. Like Devyani Rana, the girlfriend of Nepal’s late crown prince Dipendra, who decided to bury the past and exchange wedding vows with Indian HRD minister Arjun Singh’s grandson Aishwarya, the Nepali aristocrat will take the plunge in December. Mr Rana had his life turned upside down by the 2001 carnage. Besides witnessing the slaying of the king, Queen Aishwarya and other royal relatives, he also saw his wife, Princess Shruti, die in the hail of bullets that was blamed on a drinks and drugs-crazed... [read full story]