Yet Another Battle

Sometimes in life you do thing without knowing why you do it, only to find a meaning to it later in life. Such is the story of this picture that you see above. This picture was taken by myself some 5000m+ above sea level just a little while away from the Larkya-La pass. A strenuous […]

Shaking , But not SHAKEN.

I was sitting for a meeting when ground started to shake. I was 7 when the last time Kathmandu was hit with a big one. My grandmother running to our backyard carrying me is the only memory I have of that incident. This was something out of a Hollywood movie. The ground stared to shake […]

The world is full of Mass Murderers …and we love them all.

I was sitting selling iWrapz: a crappy product made to rip off rich and poor Americans with a lot of plastic money, at a famous mall in Arlington, Texas. This is what I did for a living to support myself financially. A middle-aged lady walked up to me and started browsing the products. She took […]

Modi-fication

When people call my country ‘poor’ it really does rub me the wrong way. I realized how materialistically poor we really were after having lived 8 long years in a country that consumed like barbarians on a fresh kill. With abundance of wealth comes, abundance of everything else. Including confidence. People in America had something […]

Getting the basics right

I took a creative thinking class today. With everybody probably under the age of twenty seven. Did I really need it? I asked myself. Nope. But what the heck, I will do anything within my realm to challenge myself and break the mundane. The first question in the class was, “What is Creativity?” To which […]

यसो गरे कसो होला ?

I consistently see posts on social media and articles in the newspapers about the poor SLC results. Everybody is complaining about the current education system we have been practicing in Nepal for decades. I also feel that it is outdated and should be replaced with a new idea. As a youngster I distinctly recall my […]

From darkness to Light

At times a man needs a prayer. To evolve, “From darkness to Light”. To embrace Shiva. Epitome of the righteous man. But he is not a saint , Unless he has stained, His material existence . A man is not a man, Unless he has been humiliated. Stripped off his pride, Feeling next to nothing, […]

My shadow

“Ghamanda garnu parcha tara kun chij ko garne bujnu parcha” . I feel that way about this one particular guy. My old science teacher , Pradhan Mam’ , used to say “ Nakal karne k liye akkal chaiye”. I have a shadow, ladies and gentleman. At least the one that I am aware of. This […]

Educatindustry?

Education I studied in Loyola School Kathmandu. And I credit a lot of what I am capable of today to my teachers then. But I distinctly remember how they taught in the same old punish, push and enforce strategy. Though they laid a strong foundation to a lot of the basics you need in life […]

If you don’t read “Patrika” – you’re DOOMED!

Why does shit only happen to me? I really do feel this way. The most unnecessary and idiotic mishaps tend to find me on a regular basis. In this baking heat I am trying to run a kitchen and a coffee shop at the same time trying to send my customers off with a smile. […]