Navin Shakya
Opinions
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Many international news stories quietly slip past us, but every now and then one makes you pause. Recently, it came out that the British prime minister used a burner phone during an official visit to Beijing. His team reportedly avoided personal phones altogether, relying instead on temporary email accounts, notepads, and pens. What’s more surprising More on this
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People say our weather is too comfortable, so we don’t innovate. Fine, maybe gentle climate means we don’t have to fight blizzards or deserts just to survive. But if weather made people lazy, then Singapore, Italy, Japan, and Australia should be sleeping all day too. And they clearly aren’t. Same people, same DNA, same upbringing More on this
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We upgraded our tools, but not our thinking. As Nepal pushes into the remote Himalayas to build more hydropower, a dangerous gap is emerging between high-tech gear and the skills to use it. More on this
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Watching The Twilight Zone hits differently from Kathmandu. The 1960s America it shows felt futuristic, while Nepal was a valley of quiet towns. Now, decades later, we’re living in that glossy future—and asking the same uneasy question: did progress cost us something essential? More on this
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The comments section of social media has quietly become one of the most toxic public spaces of our time. As the country prepares for a snap election in March, this toxicity has only intensified. Everyone seems to have found their own political saviour, someone who will miraculously fix everything overnight. Genuine debates based on policies More on this
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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 More on this
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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 More on this
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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 More on this
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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. More on this