Read more about the article New Nepal: Break the Chain, Make Education Everything

New Nepal: Break the Chain, Make Education Everything

Excluding the brief direct rule by former King Gyanendra following a 2005 coup, in its 250+-year history, Nepal has had four regimes, all led by the Khas-aryas, the Tagadhaaris (the Hill so-called high caste Hindus). The result: the country remains one of the poorest in the world.

One of the main reasons for this poverty is the deliberately suppressed and low level of education among the population.

The New Nepal must have a representative government and prioritize education above all else if it hopes to make progress.

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Read more about the article Religion Does NOT Have a Monopoly Over Morality or Ethics

Religion Does NOT Have a Monopoly Over Morality or Ethics

Religion does not have a monopoly over morality or ethics. In other words, you don't have to be religious or even be associated with a religion to be a moral or ethical person.

Many societies exist in the world which are considerably less religious than Nepal but, as far as I am concerned, are considerably more moral and ethical.

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Read more about the article Like Gods, Like Humans? Or, Like Humans, Like Gods? Or, Like…F*cked up?

Like Gods, Like Humans? Or, Like Humans, Like Gods? Or, Like…F*cked up?

If the Gods discriminate, why can't -- or even shouldn't -- the humans as well?! If the Hindu Gods themselves discriminate against some humans (at least Dalits) the way at least some Hindus believe they do, what’s wrong with humans discriminating against the same humans?! After all, who better to follow than the Gods?! Right?

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Read more about the article Hold up a Mirror to a Closed and Inward-looking People, They’ll Shatter It

Hold up a Mirror to a Closed and Inward-looking People, They’ll Shatter It

Nepalis on average are a closed and inward looking people. And because of that, when the proverbial mirror is held in front of them, offended, disappointed, or not liking what is reflected back, they generally shatter the mirror. In this blog post, I document one such example from Twitter.

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Read more about the article When Nepalis Use the Caste System to Make Others Suffer…with an Exception

When Nepalis Use the Caste System to Make Others Suffer…with an Exception

  • Post category:Social Justice
  • Reading time:13 mins read

Outcastes, foreigners, according to the caste system, are supposed to be of lower status than Dalits, and therefore even more "impure." At one time, some category of them were treated as such. But no longer. Nepalis changed their views of, attitude towards, and behaviors with them within a little more than a generation. When will we do the same when it comes to fellow Nepalis and stop discriminating against them so so much more?

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Read more about the article The origin myths behind Nepalis’ “खुट्टा तान्ने प्रवृत्ति”

The origin myths behind Nepalis’ “खुट्टा तान्ने प्रवृत्ति”

"Khutta tanne prabidhi" is the Nepalis' tendency to and practice of not only pulling others more "successful" down, but also actively preventing others from accessing that which may make them successful. Here are two origin myths that apparently explain how it started and affirm that practice!

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Read more about the article Caste Hierarchy, False-equivalence Argument, and Mount Everest

Caste Hierarchy, False-equivalence Argument, and Mount Everest

  • Post category:Social Justice
  • Reading time:12 mins read

When a hill so-called high caste Hindu counters a member of another caste describing the challenges in their lives because of the caste they are born into by saying that they too struggle and have had to work hard to get as far as they have gotten in life, they are basically making a false-equivalence argument. What is a false-equivalence argument anyway? I go into the details by using an analogy -- that of climbing Mount Everest.

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Read more about the article Lost Friends, Lost Grandfather But Safe Cousin!!

Lost Friends, Lost Grandfather But Safe Cousin!!

An incident last October brought back memories of the untimely death of my dear maternal grandfather (the same year my classmates ostracized me at St. Xavier's Godavari School). But determined not to let the same tragedy befall the cousin who had suffered a fall that October night, with help from his older brother, I defied the rest of the cousins to do as I saw fit.

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