Trekking in Nepal While Local: Second Class Citizen in One’s Own Country?!

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Starting in the mid-nineties, I had the opportunity to travel to Nepal as well as live and work in the country briefly. I also traveled and trekked a great deal during that period. Doing so, I learned a great deal about my country and people. As amazing as some of those experiences were, especially the treks, some of the discoveries I made and some of the experiences I had left a bad taste in my mouth, leaving me to wonder if Nepalis are second class citizens in their own country.

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2015-16 US Visit, Earthquake, Fundraising and Reconstruction

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From a month before the April 25 and May 12, 2015 earthquakes in Nepal, I was in the US for what was supposed to have been a short three-month long visit. But I ended up spending much longer than that initially to raise awareness about the calamity and funds for COMMITTED's effort to provide emergency relief and rebuild schools in Thangpalkot. Some efforts bore fruit, as it were, while others didn't, as was to be expected!

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