(No) Parking in Kathmandu!

Kathmandu: Driving and Parking Nepal

Post published:November 5, 2015
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:8 mins read

Could it be because we, Kathmandu drivers, are so bad, hilarious and sad at driving and parking and honking that we are so bad at driving issues, and parking on sides of issues, that matter to us and we are as bad calling out those who should be called out? I think so.

It's time that we held our leaders, our government, driving our country backwards and parking our country where they personally benefit from, accountable to us. Kathmanduites, side with the the rest of the population and honk at the leaders prodding them to steer the country in the direction that benefits us all, not just them.

“The local people should improve the quality of their lives.” […] “But let them not wear ties”

Post published:November 3, 2015
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:8 mins read

Our political leaders and the Kathmandu elite have always been arrogant, self-righteous and patronizing when it came to the way they treat marginalized Nepalese.

Here's an example of that going all the way back to the early nineties when they opened and served up Mustang district as consumer products to trekkers and travellers.

Is it any wonder they are treating the people in the southern plains as they are now?!

All for National Unity… Well Maybe Not… All!

Post published:October 26, 2015
Post category:Leisure & Musings
Reading time:5 mins read

Preserve our caste system, the foundation for our incredible cultural and ethnic diversity, and help maintain the unity in people of our one and only country Nepal to fight against both the people who oppose it and all ills afflicting the country. As they say, "United we stand; divided we fall!"

The Silenced…Go Silently

Post published:October 14, 2015
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:18 mins read

The biggest killer of Nepalese girls and women is suicide. Part of the reason has to do with Nepalese society not valuing female lives anywhere near as much as those of males in general and other social issues arising from cultural practices and mentality. There are things we, the Nepalese men, can do to change things around.

Nepal: No Country for Women

Post published:September 3, 2015
Post category:My Personal Stories Social Justice
Reading time:12 mins read

Nepal is a country by men, for men. But it's time to recognize why that is so and to move forward.

“Putting Someone In Their Place”…Nepalese Style

Post published:July 12, 2015
Post category:My Personal Stories Social Justice
Reading time:10 mins read

If only a human being were reducible to a stereotype...if only a human being could be completely defined by the mere social construct of social status...if only.

Social Justice: Want Compassion? Show Compassion!

Post published:June 2, 2015
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:3 mins read

If you don't or cannot display compassion and humanity to those around you at this time of desperate need for just that, then you cannot expect compassion and humanity from others living in far off lands!

The Best I Have Heard…So Far

Post published:April 19, 2015
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:1 min read

Coined by a good friend of mine, Hornmandu as another label for the city of Kathmandu is quite apt. Here's why!

Caste Out

Post published:February 4, 2015
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:12 mins read

One Dalit's story of life-long discrimination and humiliation, and struggle for personal recognition for who he is and what he has become through his own efforts lays bare some of the worst aspects of our Caste System.

No Can Do In Kath Man Du

Post published:January 20, 2015
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:3 mins read

In Nepal, it seems, some rights -- even when it infringes on the rights of others -- can be asserted especially when you can back it up with violence! In other words, some rights -- granted by the law and constitution of the country -- which you should be able to assert peacefully, you might not assert, or be able to assert, because of the threat of violence against you!