Read more about the article AI DeepSeek “From Revolutionary to Kleptocrat: The Paradox of Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda'”

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

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.

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Read more about the article AI DeepSeek “The Enduring Enigma: Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Legacy of Power and Perennial Scandal”

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

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.

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

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

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.

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Read more about the article What is Caste Privilege?

What is Caste Privilege?

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Because of the LONG social, political and economic casteist history of Nepal, the hill co-called High Caste Hindus benefit from many (structural) privileges, while others are disadvantaged. But what percent in Nepal are aware of that, forget doing something actively in their everyday lives to counter their devastating impacts? What percent are even knowledgeable about what caste privilege is? This blog post summarizes some of that which constitutes caste privilege.

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Read more about the article When Structural Privilege Blinds and Subtle Internalized Casteism Guides II

When Structural Privilege Blinds and Subtle Internalized Casteism Guides II

The caste system has corrupted the minds of a vast majority of Nepalis, if not all. This is yet another example of how it has corrupted the minds of the Hill so-called High Caste Hindus.

Blinded as they are by structural privilege and their sense of entitlement their social group has enjoyed for generations, they demonstrate subtle internalized casteism stemming from their unconscious belief in superiority and greater knowledgeability.

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Read more about the article Caste in Nepal (and India) Can be Triggering. What And How? Depends

Caste in Nepal (and India) Can be Triggering. What And How? Depends

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Nepali society suffers greatly from the legacies of our long casteist history. One of the legacies is that caste can be triggering. What it triggers and how depends on the individual and more importantly on their caste. However, the abysmally poor quality of education system and poor level of education of the population of Nepal means that most don't know much about that, and worse react inappropriately when those who are triggered speak up.

BUT those who don't know, can learn about all that from those small numbers who are speaking up. All that is required of them is to listen! That's it.

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Read more about the article NOT Surprised Nepal’s Judiciary is Corrupt; Would Have Been if NOT — Here’s Why

NOT Surprised Nepal’s Judiciary is Corrupt; Would Have Been if NOT — Here’s Why

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I am NOT surprised by the fact that so many of the systems in Nepal are so thoroughly corrupt. Reason? Select ethnic/caste groups(s) monopolizing State structures continuously for centuries, as had been the case in this country, is itself one of the root causes -- if not THE root cause -- as well as evidence of corruption.

The judiciary is no exception.

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Read more about the article A Primary School Poetry Textbook: Another Evidence of the Failure of Nepali Education System?

A Primary School Poetry Textbook: Another Evidence of the Failure of Nepali Education System?

A primary school poetry textbook contains 108 poems by 66 poets representing only 44 surnames. All but three were male poets. A vast majority (88%) of the poets were Bahun/Brahmin, hill so-called high Hindu, men who make up 6% of the population. And that's not even the worst.

Regardless, that makes one wonder, among other things, what the accomplishment of seventy or so years of education for the public has been. Who has the State been educating?

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Read more about the article Studies Show Race of Teacher Affects Education of Students in the US. What About Caste of Teacher in Nepal? Probably

Studies Show Race of Teacher Affects Education of Students in the US. What About Caste of Teacher in Nepal? Probably

Studies in the US have demonstrated differential treatment of black students by white teachers affecting their learning outcomes as well as, in the long-term, their lives. 80% of public school teachers in the US are white.

In Nepal, disproportionately high percent of school teachers are Khas-aryas, the hill so-called high caste Hindu. How do they treat students belonging to other castes? Likely not the same way they do their caste and that likely has affected the educational achievements of students of other castes, as well as their lives later on.

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Read more about the article About Dassain…”Methinks thou dost protest too much”

About Dassain…”Methinks thou dost protest too much”

Closed and inward-looking people are "offended" or "hurt" by anything they perceive as an attack on anything even remotely connected to or part of their identity. Many even go on the offensive in reaction instead of introspecting.

Closed and inward-looking Nepalis are no different. This is an example of their reaction to protests by indigenous population against Dassain, the biggest national festival of the country, which, to many of them, is a symbol of oppression and suppression.

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