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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Elephant and Lord Ganesha: What’s the Connection? 4 weeks, 1 day ago
I have always wondered about Lord Ganesha story and why he got an elephant’s head when he lost his human head. Why?
Surely, there were other animals in the Himalayan landscape when he lost his head. His fa […]
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Why Nepalis smile? Do you know the reason? 1 month, 1 week ago
I have often wondered why Nepalis smile a lot. Foreigners see Nepalis as happy people even though Nepal is ranked as an economically poor country. So is economic prosperity really a sign of happiness?
Here a […]
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Romancing with Smartphone 5 months ago
Why can’t we put our smartphones down? We use them while driving, eating, sitting in a lecture hall, and in the company of friends and family members. What’s so important that we risk of getting into a serio […]
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Yoga: A Pathway to Cosmic Consciousness 5 months, 4 weeks ago
One night I found myself seated at a table with a group of eminent people, enjoying dinner after attending an invitational lecture at the college where I taught. There were a biologist and a physicist in our […]
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Seeking Happiness At Any Cost 7 months, 1 week ago
Today the topic of happiness is vitally important. What is happiness? What is it that makes people happy? Pleasure seems to be one answer. The use or abuse of opioids has swept the country on an epidemic sca […]
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Womb: The Creative Genesis of Sushma Shimkhada 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Nepali artist Sushma Shimkhada was a feminist, a radical, and a rebel, who was way ahead of her time. She began her career in the early 1970s, and her journey wasn’t an easy one. In Nepal, the profession of […]
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dshimkhada are now friends 1 year, 3 months ago
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Old Car: A Piece of History 2 years, 10 months ago
Old Car: A Piece of History
A well-ridden bike or a well-driven car has its own history. Each of them leaves its own mark behind. For example, my old SUV (Nissan—Pathfinder) just turned 19. It has over one h […]
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Himalayan Peaks Of Nepal: Glory of the Himalaya 3 years, 3 months ago
The Himalaya was nature’s gift to Nepal when, millions of years ago, the Indo-Australian Tectonic Plate collided with the Eurasian Tectonic Plate, forming what is now called the abode of snow (Himalaya). It is […]
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, Why Nepalese Can’t Get Along: A Diagnosis of the Problem 3 years, 8 months ago
Mr. Shiv Raj Bhatt, Technical Adviser of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Government of Solomon Islands, wrote[Nepal is] “Landlocked with Bad Neighbours” this is one of the reasons [that] keep poor […]
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dshimkhada wrote a new post, India China Relations of Nepal: An Analysis 3 years, 9 months ago
India China Relations of Nepal: an Analysis by Dr. Shimkhada. what commonality do Nepalis have with the Chinese? None. What makes me say this? Because we don’t speak the same language, we don’t use the same s […]
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