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ONE Reason Nepali Media is So Atrocious Could be This: The Federation of Nepalese Journalists is Of, For, and By Khas-arya Men

Post published:October 13, 2021
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal Social Justice
Reading time:12 mins read

Nepali media is atrocious. Far from it being the fourth pillar of democracy, it panders to the those who are responsible for making the country a failed State. And that's only ONE of the many issues with them.

There's a very good reason for that. No different from those that make up the other three pillars of democracy and pretty much every other structure of any import, Nepali media is of, for, and by Khas-arya men. And that conclusion is based on data.

“Better off struggling Abroad” than “Working my ass off…in Kathmandu”

Post published:September 8, 2021
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:7 mins read

Four years into living and working in Kathmandu, a young female adult -- a conclusion based on her Twitter profile -- has decided that working her ass off in the city is not worth it, and that she was better off struggling abroad. The tweet appears to speak to many others -- they tweeted affirmatively in response.

After living and working in Nepal for most of the last 8 years, I also concur.

Physical Abuse and Violence: Harrowing Childhood Story of a Friend

Post published:July 12, 2021
Post category:Nepal Education & Parenting
Reading time:21 mins read

TW: Graphic and sustained description of physical violence and abuse against a child, and brief reference to sexual abuse.

Reproduction of a harrowing Facebook account of a Nepali classmate's childhood experiences of abuse suffered in his father's hands.

Casual Sexism, Rape Culture, Sexual Predators, Producers, Energy Pyramid, and Apex Predators

Post published:April 7, 2021
Post category:Social Justice Spirituality & Science
Reading time:3 mins read

What in numbers are producers in an ecosystem to the number of apex predators, casual sexism is to sexual predators in rape culture. How? Read on.

In The Topsy-turvy World of Nepal…

Post published:April 6, 2021
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:8 mins read

When left is right and right is left; when might is right and right is wrong; and when the wrong get their way and are held is high esteem, what is left?!

I'll tell you what is left...Nepal. You are left with the country of Nepal...where pride is the new shame!

As Much as We are Products of Our Culture, Education, Society etc. We are Also Their Shapers

Post published:March 28, 2021
Post category:Nepal Education & Parenting
Reading time:7 mins read

As much as we are products of our culture, education, society, and people, and as much as a closed and inward-looking society and people might fail us, as individuals we are also influencers and shapers of our culture and society!

When it comes to verbal, emotional, and physical violence against children is concerned, for example, we Nepalis have a choice. We don't have to follow the dictates of our culture and society. We can instead teach about empathy and compassion and even display them towards our children to end the vicious cycle of childhood violence, a hallmark of child-rearing and educational practices.

Accents, Science, Nepalis, American Idol, and Arthur Gunn

Post published:December 22, 2020
Post category:Kathmandu, Mustang & Nepal
Reading time:8 mins read

Combination of lack of good quality and level of education and a social system based on a highly discriminatory caste system means that, in Nepal, there are many instance of people displaying their ignorance and/or bigotry and prejudices without even them being aware that that's what they are doing.

This blog post is about one such example: Nepalis mocking the American twang in a Nepal-born American as well as fellow Nepalis for their non-mainstream Nepali accents.

When Looks Can…Deceive

Post published:December 20, 2020
Post category:My Personal Stories
Reading time:9 mins read

Nepalis generally make a lot of assumptions about and are judgmental of fellow Nepalis based on their appearance and/or their name and/or surname, a consequence of our social system, the monstrous caste system.

In this blog post I relay a typical incident of a fellow Nepali making assumptions about who I am and what I do based entirely on my facial features -- my ethnicity.

Arranged…Agony for an Adult Daughter

Post published:December 19, 2020
Post category:Social Justice
Reading time:6 mins read

A reproduction of an Instagram post about a family in Nepal pressuring their young professional adult medical doctor daughter based in Australia to accept an arranged marriage proposal from a complete stranger. In spite of her "No" the day the post was published, it had been three weeks of constant pressure from the family to accept the proposal, completely ignoring her wishes and thus putting her through a lot of mental and emotional agony!

Life at Home vs. Travelling or Living Abroad

Post published:December 6, 2020
Post category:Travel
Reading time:4 mins read

Life at home among the familiar and predictable—people, culture, social and physical surroundings, routines etc. — surprises and challenges generally are few and far in between, unless you go in search of them or are on the lookout for. When traveling however, unexpected and unfamiliar struggles and challenges are routine, and that's one reason to travel!