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Short pieces on learning, society, reform, and faith.

Most of what becomes a book begins here — as an essay, a scribbled page, an argument with myself at 2am. Read, share, and respond.

Society · Reading · Youth · June 1, 2026

Is There No Reading Culture, or Have We Become Too Negative in Our View?

On reading, young people, and why we may be looking at it all wrong. A reflection on how reading culture is changing, not dying.

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Education · Reform · Urban Schools · June 1, 2026

When Education Is Measured with the Wrong Ruler

Urban schools, standards, and the question of results. On how Nepal measures education—and what it measures wrong.

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Reform · Diaspora · Citizenship · May 31, 2026

Stop the Drama of Taking Away Citizenship: Let Nepalis Remain Nepali

A call to Nepal to welcome its citizens abroad. On how we treat Nepalis in the diaspora, their relationship with their birthplace, and why Nepal should let Nepalis remain Nepali.

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Leadership · Work · May 29, 2026

जीवनको कला यही हो—काम सिक्नु, इमानदारीपूर्वक काम गर्नु, र सम्मानपूर्वक काम लिन सिक्नु

काम सिक्नु, इमानदारीपूर्वक काम गर्नु, र सम्मानपूर्वक काम लिन सिक्नु — यो तीनवटा कुरा सँगसँगै बढ्नु सफल जीवनको कला हो।

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Education · Socio-Political · March 29, 2026

एकद्वार होइन, बहु–मार्ग

रित्तो गाग्रीबाट मुलिबातर्फ — नेपालको शिक्षा प्रणालीलाई एकद्वारबाट बहु–मार्गतर्फ लैजाने आवश्यकता।

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Society · 4 min read

We are a nation of clappers.

We celebrate arrivals more than we finish the buildings. A short essay on the habit holding us back.

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Faith · 6 min read

Where the turtle got stuck.

A parable about getting high — then being unable to climb down. What faith actually asks of us.

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Reform · 7 min read

Loksewa and the gatekeepers of failure.

How exam-gated careers are quietly teaching Nepali youth to wait, to cheat, and to give up.

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Teaching · 3 min read

The day I stopped grading.

Notes from a small experiment in my own school — and what my students taught me in return.

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Personal · 4 min read

Why I still write in Nepali.

English travels further. Nepali goes deeper. A case for writing in the language of the wound.

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