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  • Topi Diwas—My Turn
    I am against Topi Diwas on which the Topi is worn to instill pride in our culture for one day. Let me explain why. It’s not that I am against Nepali Topi. In fact, I love the Nepali Topi: I hav […]

  • FIGHT OF FURY

    By Deepak Shimkhada

    Fight of Fury begins in a big work-out room where young women are throwing punches on men who are pinned to the floor. Shuny Bee, who plays the role of a martial arts instructor […]

    • Hello,
      Good day and how are you my dear!
      It’s my humble pleasure to meet you today,My Name is Mrs.Moureen Maxwell,am 47 years old woman.Please I have something very important that i will like to share with you,If you don’t mind my email address is [] contact me with my email so that we can talk. Thanks and I wait to hear…[Read more]

  • by Deepak Shimkhada, Ph.D.

    Gur, gur, gur, gur…… 
    Yashoda churns butter while she sings a song.  There is no one around.  It seems Yashoda is enjoying what she is doing.  Nirmala, her neighbor comes in looking […]

  • Nepal’s Stolen Image Found at Dallas Museum of Art
    by Deepak Shimkhada, Ph.D.

    This article (please check the link to read full text) by Erin L. Thompson, Professor of Art Crime in New York, published in H […]

  • by Deepak Shimkhada, Ph.D.

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

    • Hello,
      Good day and how are you my dear!
      It’s my humble pleasure to meet you today,My Name is Mrs.Moureen Maxwell,am 47 years old woman.Please I have something very important that i will like to share with you,If you don’t mind my email address is [] contact me with my email so that we can talk. Thanks and I wait to hear…[Read more]

  • 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 […]

  • Chaffey College wrote a new post 7 years 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 […]

  • 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 […]