A Community Reclaiming Identity
Since 1990, little by little, my people from the little village of Tangbe in Mustang District have been reclaiming their identity. Here's one of the ways they are doing that.
Intersex, Women, Men and Nepal
In the highly patriarchal Nepali society with very low level -- as well as low quality -- of education of the population, maintaining the status quo benefits the hill so-called high caste Hindu men, the social, economic and political elite.
2015-16 US Visit, Earthquake, Fundraising and Reconstruction
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!
Everyday Science: Model Lessons III
Here are the details from the sixth of the seven-session US Embassy's Book Bus (Science) Teacher Empowerment Program, Everyday Science: Learn, to Teach; Teach, To Learn.