Nepal Earthquake: Mounting Loss

Post published:May 13, 2015
Post category:Travel

As pleasant as my visit to the US this time has been, re-connecting with old friends and making new friends, the tragedy unfolding back home in Nepal has been a constant preoccupation. While my uncharacteristic absent-mindedness from the start of the journey has made me part with a number of things of little value at different times, the earthquake has taken many that are irreplaceable.

No Spring?! Never Mind, I Got Them in My Steps

Post published:April 17, 2015
Post category:Travel

You don't need Spring when you got them in your steps!

NYC: Education for Freedom

Post published:April 16, 2015
Post category:Presentations & Speeches

Education is for freedom: freedom from the constraints of having to think, having to subscribe to attitudes and having to behave in ways dictated by the culture and society one is born into (whether in Nepal or elsewhere); freedom from the socioeconomic shackles one is born into if born into a low socioeconomic context in countries like Nepal and others.