AI DeepSeek “From Revolutionary to Kleptocrat: The Paradox of Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda'”

Post published:September 19, 2025
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:12 mins read

Generation Zers of Nepal poured out into the streets on Sept. 8, 2025 demanding an end to the corruption that has crippled the country. Within 48 hours, the Government, of Nepal, helmed by KP Oli, one of the three so-called senior leaders of the biggest political parties, toppled. Sher Bahadur Deuba and Puspa Kamal Dahal make up the three that have had a strangehold on the country for the past several years.

How corrupt is the country of Nepal? How corrupt are the political leaders of Nepal? Here's what the AI Deep Seek produced for me about Puspa Kamal Dahal, 'Prachanda', and his corruption scandals.

AI DeepSeek “The Enduring Enigma: Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Legacy of Power and Perennial Scandal”

Post published:September 19, 2025
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:12 mins read

Generation Zers of Nepal poured out into the streets on Sept. 8, 2025 demanding an end to the corruption that has crippled the country. Within 48 hours, the Government of Nepal, a coalition between CPN (UML) and Nepali Congress political parties, toppled. Sher Bahadur Deuba has led Nepali Congress since 2016.

How corrupt is the country of Nepal? How corrupt are the political leaders of Nepal? Here's what the AI Deep Seek produced for me about Sher Bahadur Deuba and his corruption scandals.

AI DeepSeek “The Dual Legacy of K.P. Sharma Oli: Strongman Rhetoric and a Tidal Wave of Scandal”

Post published:September 19, 2025
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:11 mins read

Generation Zers of Nepal poured out into the streets on Sept. 8, 2025 demanding an end to the corruption that has crippled the country. Within 48 hours, the government of Nepal helmed by KP Oli toppled.

How corrupt is the country of Nepal? How corrupt are the political leaders of Nepal? Here's what the AI Deep Seek produced for me about KP Oli and his corruption scandals.

The Nepal Crisis: An AI Generated Report on the Gen Z Uprising and its Political Aftermath

Post published:September 18, 2025
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:20 mins read

On Sept. 8 2025, Generation Zers of Nepal poured out into the streets protesting against corruption among other things. The protests resulted in toppling the Government of Nepal in less than forty-eight hours. Here's a very detailed and comprehensive AI-generated report on the subject.

Rise Above or Be Left Behind: A Letter to Nepalis

Post published:May 16, 2025
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:7 mins read

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.

News from Kathmandu: July 12, 1993 Letter to an American Friend

Post published:January 2, 2022
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:4 mins read

I visited Nepal for the first time in three years the Summer of 1993. During my stay in the country, I wrote to a number of my friends abroad. This is a reproduction of the first snail mail I sent my good and dear friend E in the US. It provides a glimpse into what Kathmandu was like then.

UNDP Nepal & WHO Nepal Supported MoHP Online Vaccine Registration Amounts to…NOTHING

Post published:July 30, 2021
Post category:COVID-19 Nepal Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:7 mins read

If there is ONE hope in the fight against the unprecendented coronavirus pandemic in Nepal it's vaccines. The Government of Nepal has failed utterly and miserably at fighting the pandemic. Sadly though, even that ray of hope for many are turning out to be just that: just a ray of hope. When they couldn't implement an online registration for vaccines, initiated with help from UNDP Nepal and WHO Nepal, what hope is there of them doing anything about vaccination campaign right by the people?! What?! Really?!

Durbar High School Comes Down; What Will Go Up?

Post published:July 12, 2018
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:3 mins read

After a little over a three years since the earthquake struck and caused major damages to the oldest school in the country, Durbar High School, the oldest high school in the country, has been demolished. It's being reconstructed with help from the Chinese government.

“To Err is Human” But to Err So is Inhumane!

Post published:March 16, 2018
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:9 mins read

One of the crucial ways our aviation industry in Nepal is failing us and why.

Kantipur FM Commentary: Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Power Plant

Post published:November 15, 2017
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:9 mins read

When I did this episode of Kantipur FM radio program The Music Jam in 1998, only a year had passed since construction of Kali Gandaki "A" hydroelectric power plant had begun. (It would ultimately be completed in 2002). And yet, a number of irregularities had already surfaced and the project was already mired in controversy.