Kathmandu Post

Every crisis presents an opportunity to recalibrate social patterns. Last year, around this time, we were already six weeks into the lockdown. Usually, we spend so much time talking about…

The focus on the individual must be replaced by a culture of organisation-building. A couple of years ago, an international agency awarded our institution a contract, but they insisted that…

Can Nepal compete in attracting this new segment of visitors? In these times, it is not difficult to spot people working out of cafes in Kathmandu or Kigali who have…

Borders should become points of facilitation, not control. A week ago, the Nepal Economic Forum organised a talk on ‘bordernomics’ that I moderated, where different perspectives of borders and the opportunities around them were…

Stifling investment laws will now push the next wave of out-migration. In India, when the economy had all the potential but did not allow Indians to invest abroad legally (or…

The impact of the pandemic on the Nepali economy is waning. It is very difficult for people who have recently arrived in Nepal to comprehend how the economy functions and…

How can we complain about ugly buildings when Nepalis individually do not care about the rules? The skies cleared up over Pokhara after the Friday rains, and we were treated…

The new US administration has already shown signs of departing from the policies of the old one The inauguration of the US President Joe Biden on January 20 was, for…

Nepal’s social security schemes do not work for the intended beneficiaries and are a burden for honest businesspersons. One of the vivid images that keep popping up in my mind,…