Nathiya (Nepali: नथिया, lit. 'Nose ring') is a 2018 Nepali novel by Saraswati Pratikshya. The book portrays the suffering of the Badi women of Sudurpashchim region of Nepal. It was released on 3 February 2018 by Book-Hill Publication and was shortlisted for the Madan Puraskar. It is the first novel of the writer who had previously published three anthologies of poems. The book was launched on February 3, 2018 jointly by Uma Devi Badi, a Badi activist, writer Narayan Wagle and journalist Yashoda Timsina on the premises of Nepal Academy. Source: Wikipedia (en)