Kantipur FM Commentary: What’s in a Name?
My commentary on my Kantipur FM radio show about names -- names of peoples, names of schools etc. -- in the late nineties. A name, it turns out, is associated with image and status!
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Qatar…From Afar: Communiqué
Here's how details of my incarceration in a Qatari jail on May 1, 2013 and the Free Dorje Gurung campaign unfolded on my Facebook Timeline.
Kantipur FM Commentary: The Price Unskilled Laborers Pay…
The plight of Nepalese migrant workers as discovered in 1998 and commented on in my radio show I used to host on Kantipur FM.
Grade 5 Science at Jana Uddhar: A Field Trip
Teachers in Nepal can vastly improve Science teaching just by changing the way they teach. And for that, they don't need fancy buildings and the latest resources and gadgets. Just using what's available at the school and what is accessible locally, science can be brought alive and made relevant to the students, thereby improving the learning outcomes of the students.
One Small Step for a Science Teacher, One Giant Leap for Science Teaching in Nepal?
We are making gains, we are making progress...albeit small and slowly, but some day will amount to something substantial...that's what I am hoping anyway!
Grade 5 Science at Jana Uddhar: Life Processes
Teaching science to fifth graders at Jana Uddhar School without using a textbook.