Navin Shakya
lifestyle
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Value of human life
I experienced a trip that quietly reshaped how I think about the value of human life and what we are missing.
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Illusion of untouchability
Each country brings its own legal framework, sensitivities, and thresholds for what constitutes a crime in the digital space.
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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.
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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.
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Our phones are not just phones
Are our phones really that easy to spy on? Not exactly easy. But possible. And sometimes uncomfortably so.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.…
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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.…