Hemang Dixit

Old Goodies In New Wraps

The costs of the confiscated goods have been estimated to be Rs. 10 million. Of the two distributing concerns involved, the head of only one and seven of the workers caught in the act were being held by the police.

By Hemang Dixit Oct 05, 2020

In Favour Of Federalism

We in Nepal have now reached a state when a relatively large number of the population, with perhaps no vested interests feel that this new attempt at Federalism is too costly for the country.

By Hemang Dixit Sep 28, 2020

Axing An Educational Hub

Dev Shumsher followed Bir as PM for a brief period of 114 days. A notable action was the relocating the Thapathali Durbar School to the present site on the western side of the Ranipokhari but now allowing also the sons of commoners to be educated there.

By Hemang Dixit Sep 19, 2020

Bridges To Nowhere

Of course, there were minor bridges in the capital with such names as Rato, Kalo or Seto Pul! This new trend is being maintained with additions as Simrik and Hariyo Pul. It was the construction of the East-West Highway started by late King Mahendra that resulted in many bridges

By Hemang Dixit Sep 12, 2020

Swadeshi Char Lakshya

. Megalomania, incompetence and corruption are what is seen everywhere at a time when all Nepalis, irrespective of their station in life are in difficulties, having to cope with the effects of the Corona virus.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 21, 2020

My Name Is CORONA

“There is no denying the fact that I have created a rumpus all over the world. Some of the countries of East Asia did not suffer too much initially because of wearing masks, washing hands frequently and greeting each other by bowing or doing Namaste rather than shaking hands.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 11, 2020

Book Availability – Necessity Or Anachronism?

What happens in countries such as USA, UK or even India where books in English are published is that a hard cover book will be selling rapidly for a couple of weeks and perhaps after a couple of months the sales will taper off.

By Hemang Dixit Aug 05, 2020

In The Throes Of Lockdown

We Nepalis have a great tendency to dance and make merry. It is a good trait and definitely better than being glum and immobile.

By Hemang Dixit Jul 25, 2020

When & Where Was Ram Born?

The feeling in Nepal is that it PM Modi in his travels around the world can periodically state that ‘Buddha was born in India’ then that there was not much wrong in our PM saying that ‘Ram was born in Nepal’

By Hemang Dixit Jul 18, 2020

Corridors And Passageways

A resolution of the current spat between India and Nepal would be to designate the road built by India going across the Nepali territory stretching to Limpiadhura be utilised by pilgrims from India to traverse via Nepali territory to reach Kailash-Mansarovar in Tibet as the Lipulekh Corridor

By Hemang Dixit Jun 28, 2020

How Much Land……….

It was in the Russian setting that Leo Tolstoy wrote his story ‘How much land does a man require?’ This story is of a Russian farmer named Pakhom who boasted that any land that he had, even the Devil would not be able to take away from him.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 21, 2020

Pardafas In the Age Of Corona

The Corona statistics of mid-June 2020 is that USA, Brazil, Russia, India and UK are those countries which seem to be massively affected.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 15, 2020

Energy Usage – An About Turn

Following the downfall of the Rana oligarchy, Nepal wished to open its doors by land and air to the outside world as the rights of landlocked countries was not in vogue then!

By Hemang Dixit Jun 07, 2020

It’s A Topsy-turvy World

The natives of Africa, Asia and Oceania were to be ruled over and exploited for the benefit of the different colonial powers across the seas.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 01, 2020

Country Roads, Take Me Home

A recent breaking news is that Dibesh Pokharel (stage name Arthur Gunn), born on 24th Oct. 1997 (UN Day) in Nepal, has achieved fame by becoming the first Nepali to secure the position of ‘Runners Up’ for the eighteenth season of the American Idol competition.

By Hemang Dixit May 25, 2020

Lockdown To Locked In

Of course, there is no copyright in names and I remember reading many years ago that there were seventeen Berlins in the US. In fact, there is Kathmandu in Maine too! It seems that people arriving in new lands hanker or long for their previous habitats. Some referred to these new places with the prefix of new.

By Hemang Dixit May 19, 2020

Tit For Tat

Much discussion has taken place on the map of Greater Nepal which showed its existence from Teesta to the Kangra, prior to the Treaty of Sugauli of 1816 CE.

By Hemang Dixit May 12, 2020

Bhagwan Bharosa

One has only to think of the destruction of the ancient city of Pompeii in 79 CE by the eruption Mount Vesuvius and of the fatalities caused by the Black Death / Plague of the Fourteenth century.

By Hemang Dixit Apr 17, 2020

A Drastic Game Changer On The Scene

We Nepalis have over the years become ‘copy cats’ of our Southern neighbour in that we adopt too easily the vogues of that land that we see on the film screens or read about in the papers.

By Hemang Dixit Apr 01, 2020

ODF Country - Is It For Real?

The pronouncement of whether Nepal and India are ODF countries should be taken as the first step in the process of making our environment cleans. It is a process of making our populations aware.

By Hemang Dixit Oct 25, 2019

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