When Ali "Monty" Bandial joined SEALA 4 in 2017, he was a deputy director at the Pakistani Ministry of Commerce. What Ali dreamed of doing, however, was rather different. As he describes to SEALA Network Manager Ayesha Shaukatullah in this podcast, his journey as a writer started at SEALA. The 5-year goal he announced as a SEALA member was to become a published author. Ali's debut novel, "I Dream of Rain," arrived in bookstores in March 2022.