Miss Nepal: “Be Beautiful…Be The Change”

Post published:April 11, 2018
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal Social Justice
Reading time:19 mins read

Why do most of the contestants and winners of Miss Nepal beauty pageant belong to BCN (Bahun Chhetri Newar) trio of ethnicities?
My tentative answer is that they are the most privileged groups in the country, and the pageant is of the BCN, by the BCN, for the BCN!

“Believing is Seeing!”

Post published:April 7, 2018
Post category:General
Reading time:4 mins read

A twitter user sees in charts showing the breakdown of beauty pageant contestants, winners and judges, what he believes about the kind of person I am.

Kantipur FM Commentary: Height of Mount Everest and That of Rudeness

Post published:May 21, 2017
Post category:Leisure & Musings
Reading time:5 mins read

Reproduction of a commentary on Nepalese beauty pageant contestants that I made in 1998 on the radio show I used to host on Kantipur FM.