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I am called Ganesh, known by Hindus as the God of Luck. Just 180 years ago, an image of my likeness was commissioned by Dhan Raj Shrestha, a rich merchant of Kathmandu. For this purpose, he chose the best stone […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]