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  • I think we’re rational

    Give them a system that rewards effort instead of connections, and you’ll see how fast that changes.

  • Modern tools, outdated thinking

    We upgraded our tools, but not our thinking. A dangerous gap is emerging between high-tech gear and the skills to use it.

  • Kathmandu and The Twilight Zone

    Watching The Twilight Zone hits differently from Kathmandu. The 1960s America it shows felt futuristic, while Nepal was a valley of quiet towns.

  • Let’s take a deep breath

    It is time to pause. To take a deep breath. And to think seriously about the future, not through anger-filled comment threads, but through informed dialogue

  • This one felt different

    As a United fan, I’ve learned to treat hope carefully. We’ve had too many false dawns since Fergie. But let’s be honest, this one felt different. Carrick got it right. Properly right. Players in their actual positions, simple tactics, and suddenly United looked like… United. Mainoo with Casemiro was excellent and completely justified the frustration of fans who’ve been asking why he was benched for weeks. It’s only one game but it was against City,…

  • Don’t lose your mental peace

    The place where I live and the place where I work are two of the most populated parts of the city. Naturally, one would assume they are well connected by public transport. I used to believe that too until I decided to test it myself. It had been a long time since I last traveled by public bus. One day, out of curiosity (and maybe optimism), I left my vehicle at home and decided to…

  • When the mountain keeps its dead

    High on Mount Everest, where oxygen thins and survival becomes a calculation measured in minutes, the mountain carries visible reminders of those who never returned. Over the years, some of these bodies, frozen in place by cold and altitude, have become informal route markers. It is a deeply uncomfortable reality, but one that reveals much about the limits of human ambition, ethics, and responsibility in extreme environments. Above 8,000 meters, the human body begins to…

  • The animal diplomacy

    Moving them from the lush, humid greenery of Nepal to the extreme, arid heat of the Middle East is a massive biological gamble. Relocation is never just physical. Elephants are deeply communal. Moving them to a new country often means breaking social bonds.

  • About first digital World Cup

    FIFA World Cup has always been a big thing in football-crazy Nepal, but the 2010 edition in South Africa hit different. It wasn’t just about the games, it was the first World Cup where many of us got to use Facebook and Twitter on our phones with that slow, stubborn GPRS. Suddenly, social media wasn’t something you checked only in cyber cafés, It was right there in our pockets. For the first time, we could…