Navin Shakya

Opinions

Illusion of untouchability

Each country brings its own legal framework, sensitivities, and thresholds for what constitutes a crime in the digital space.
Graduating to a different kind of wisdom

Early in my career, my appetite for formal training was bottomless. I remember that version of myself fondly but I don’t quite recognise him anymore.
A sense of optimism

For the first time, the legislature is likely to include more professionals than career politicians who have known little outside politics.
Disagreement is natural; disrespect is not

Thousands of years of progress, education, civilization, and technology yet when it comes to disagreement, we sometimes behave no differently.
We were almost there

We almost gunned down the mighty England team in this World Cup and that word almost carries a lot of weight.
United by cricket

Lately, cricket feels like the one force still capable of bringing the country together. The passion of Nepali fans is impossible to miss.
Our phones are not just phones

Are our phones really that easy to spy on? Not exactly easy. But possible. And sometimes uncomfortably so.
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Modern tools, outdated thinking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.