With permission from the author, I am reproducing interesting parts from the book Unleashing Nepal by Sujeev Shakya. This is the first one and it's about how and who started the very peculiar and regressive chakari (ass-kissing) system in the country.
Since 1990, little by little, my people from the little village of Tangbe in Mustang District have been reclaiming their identity. Here's one of the ways they are doing that.
What's a pile of cables on the road in Kathmandu?!
They say you should look at the streets and traffic to get a sense for how a country is doing and what it is all about!
What does a video of the challenges I faced crossing a road in Kathmandu say about Nepal, our country?