Hemang Dixit

Health Patch-Up

I was a member of the NMC for many years and maintained all along that the number of doctors that it says are practising in the country has never been correct.

By Hemang Dixit Oct 12, 2022

Health Birthright

The Institute of Medicine (IoM) has just celebrated the 50th Anniversary of its establishment.

By Hemang Dixit Sep 22, 2022

Political Thoughts

Another story narrated by Abraham Lincoln during an election rally is classical.

By Hemang Dixit Sep 13, 2022

Cheers Gambe

In 19th Century England of Charles Dickens we read of terrible conditions in which the poor and the working class lived.

By Hemang Dixit Sep 04, 2022

Hindu Rastra?

In India, the Babri Masjid demolition had been a point of dispute for ages and now a Ram Mandir is being built on the site.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 25, 2022

Ganja Chicken

My book ‘Reflections down the Ages’ has an item titled ‘Jai Bholenath for Cannabis’. The heyday of cannabis usage in Nepal started with the Hippie Era in Kathmandu. An Eden Hashish Centre existed in late 1960 at Jochem / Freak Street.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 16, 2022

About-Turn?

Shri Dilendra Prasad Badu, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supply in the current government was reported by The Rising Nepal of 28th July 2022 to have stated that the Janakpur Cigarette Factory, Biratnagar Jute Mill, Hetauda Textile Factory, Butwal Thread Industry and the Gorakhkali Rubber Industry would be restarted.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 07, 2022

Howdy Modi

The old saying as far as India / Nepal relationship was that it was a question of ‘Beti and Roti’ from ancient times. The Mogul invasion of India is thought to have accelerated that process when many princely states sent their Ranis and Betis for shelter to the Hindu Kingdom of Nepal.

By Hemang Dixit Jul 28, 2022

Women First

A similar situation now exists in Nepal in that as many male Nepalis are in countries abroad, the women have to do work done by them.

By Hemang Dixit Jul 19, 2022

Crazy English

Because of the fact that English was imposed on all lands that the British ruled over, it is no surprise that local words were absorbed into the language. As far as Nepal is concerned the words that come immediately to mind are – khukuri and dal-bhat.

By Hemang Dixit Jul 10, 2022

Waves Underway

A number of individuals have already announced in Facebook their intention to stand for Parliamentary elections from the capital or from other cities.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 29, 2022

Naked Truth

The Nepali individual is already paying exorbitant taxes on two, three or four wheelers. Besides this there is the additional tax on the petrol or diesel.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 20, 2022

Federalism- Pros & Cons

Some local, both former and current politicians, have promised that they would make Nepal into either Singapore or Switzerland in one’s lifetime. Well seventy plus years have relapsed since the dawn of Democracy in this land of ours.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 10, 2022

Down The Drain

The results of the local election have been an eye-opener in the sense that a number of ‘Baggi’ candidates have won in a number of places to show that there is dissatisfaction in the electorate.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 03, 2022

Motherland Vs Fatherland

We in Nepal talk in reverence of our Matribhoomi as many in the English speaking world talk of Motherland.

By Hemang Dixit Sep 20, 2021

Nepal First, Now

All very good for one has to keep in mind that one of our legislators has been attempting in the house to make it legal to grow ganja or hemp in Nepal and popularise the use of its various products for the country’s benefit.

By Hemang Dixit Sep 06, 2021

MCC, Its Encores & Nepal

It must be remembered that SAARC had been established in 1985 in the wake of the 1979 intervention by the USSR in Afghanistan, by the efforts of President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh and King Birendra of Nepal.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 24, 2021

Masino, Ushineko, Marsi & Etc

Our new government must see to it that the people who are producing the grains, fruits vegetables, milk, poultry and its products are given preference for sales within the country.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 12, 2021

Bending with The Wind

We in Nepal have eaten and grown up with tusa shoots from various Pareba / other bhirs or from cultivated bamboo groves.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 04, 2021

Make In Nepal

The creating and making of slogans ‘Make in Nepal’ is very impressive and beguiles the ordinary Nepali citizen that something is being done for the Nepali producer.

By Hemang Dixit Jul 20, 2021

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