Jiyara is a collection of 13 stories. The stories are mostly set in the Madhesh, also the setting of Pandey’s two critically-acclaimed novels, Loo, and Ular, an English translation of which is reportedly in the works. In Jiyara, Pandey combines reality and myth to tell his stories which document political corruption, patriarchy and offer a critique of capitalism, according to publisher Ajit Baral.