Rise Above or Be Left Behind: A Letter to Nepalis

Having grown up in Nepal, I know why Nepalis take pride in all the things they do and celebrate all the different things they do. But, returning to Nepal after almost twenty-five years abroad, most of my adult life, I discovered how much all of those things were holding the society and country back and how urgently Nepalis need to rise above them all.

This is a letter to my fellow Nepalis about all the many things we as a people must rise above now and why.

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How to Fight Legacies of Monarchy-Entrenched Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism For a More Just And Equitable Nepal

Autocratic Shah monarchy and feudal Rana oligarchy entrenched structural discrimination and systemic casteism in Nepal for more than two centuries, structurally privileging the ruling caste, the hill so-called high caste Hindus. Shackled by their legacies in the twenty-first century, Nepal still struggles to make progress. But, even as challenging and daunting as fighting against and correcting them in order to create a just and equitable Nepali society for all may appear, there are ways forward. Education has a major role to play.

In a three-post blog series, I am reproducing the answers Grok 3 provided on the subject. This one--the third and final one in the series--details the way forward.

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Legacies of Shah Monarchy’s Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism in Nepal

Autocratic Shah monarchy and feudal Rana oligarchy entrenched structural discrimination and systemic casteism in Nepal for more than two centuries, structurally privileging the ruling caste, the hill so-called high caste Hindus. Shackled by their legacies in the twenty-first century, Nepal still struggles to make progress. But, even as challenging and daunting as fighting against and correcting them in order to create a just and equitable Nepali society for all may appear, there are ways forward. Education has a major role to play.

In a three-post blog series, I am reproducing the answers Grok 3 provided on the subject. This one--the second one in the series--details the legacies of the deliberately instituted structural discrimination and systemic casteism.

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Nepal’s Shah Monarchy DELIBERATELY Entrenched Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism

Autocratic Shah monarchy and feudal Rana oligarchy entrenched structural discrimination and systemic casteism in Nepal for more than two centuries, structurally privileging the ruling caste, the hill so-called high caste Hindus. Shackled by their legacies in the twenty-first century, Nepal still struggles to make progress. But, even as challenging and daunting as fighting against and correcting them in order to create a just and equitable Nepali society for all may appear, there are ways forward. Education has a major role to play.

In this first of a three-post blog series, I am reproducing the answers Grok 3 provided on the subject. This one details how all that happened and/or how they were all deliberately instituted.

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