Hemang Dixit

Ayer’s Rock & Everest

The foreign invaders had the unlawful practices of claiming rare sights and locations as their own discoveries and changing their names according to their wishes

By Hemang Dixit Jul 03, 2021

Epochs Of History

The existing United Kingdom came into being after various conquests by Romans, Danes, Vikings, Angles and what not

By Hemang Dixit Jun 26, 2021

Vegetarians Arise!

Vegetarianism is there all over the world. Some fish and sea-food eaters (Pescatarians) consider themselves as vegetarians. A trend now is for such products are farmed in pools inland.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 18, 2021

Sticks & Stones

I remember that in the aftermath of the Kodari Highway, that as one travelled by the riverbank one saw plenty of boulde

By Hemang Dixit Jun 07, 2021

Bhagwan Bharosa II

Many religious-minded may at one time have thought that this was the end of Kaliyug and that Kalki would emerge riding on a white horse to see the impending event all the way through to its end.

By Hemang Dixit May 20, 2021

PEACE CORPS, VSO & NDS

The idea was that volunteers (PCVs), usually with a college degree, applied and after a training period of three months, they were sent to different parts of the developing world to work for a term of usually two years.

By Hemang Dixit Apr 29, 2021

Time To Turn Over The Page

Three treaties between India and Nepal i.e. that of 1816, 1923 and that of 1950 are now seen by many of us Nepalis as detrimental to our interests.

By Hemang Dixit Apr 21, 2021

Roads & Bridges

Another national problem for Nepal is the widespread one time use of plastic bottles. Many countries provide facilities for refilling at many sites in a community

By Hemang Dixit Apr 13, 2021

Water, Water Everywhere

We the citizens of Kathmandu have had a long wait for adequate water. Initial thought was during King Mahindra’s reign and later King Birendra’s, to supply with the waters of the Melamchi.

By Hemang Dixit Apr 06, 2021

Finger & Thumb

On this same day there was a Tweet in Twitter showing three girls crossing a river on a twine displaying perhaps the reality of what exists in many parts of Nepal

By Hemang Dixit Mar 30, 2021

Why On The Thirteenth Day?

As birds of the same feather flock together, and as there are neither permanent friends nor foes in politics, it is likely that the politicians will come to a political deal that suits them rather than what is best for the country.

By Hemang Dixit Mar 21, 2021

Rule Of Law & Abuse

The reality of day to day matters is that irrespective of who is in power, it is usually with the connivance of some administration staff that abuses of power occur. Political bosses who are in the mood for such activities soon find individuals prepared to co-operate.

By Hemang Dixit Mar 14, 2021

Never The Twain Shall Meet

By Hemang Dixit Mar 05, 2021

Hindurastra ?

The roots of Hinduism can be traced back to the Indus Valley Civilisation of 3300 BCE to 1700 BCE. The people of Aryan origin, living in ancient times south of the River Sindhu or present Indus in Pakistan, were referred to as Sindus.

By Hemang Dixit Feb 19, 2021

Theek Chha? & AI

With frequent elections or changes in government – left, neutral or right oriented; accompanied with the transfer of both gazetted and non-gazetted personnel from place to place, perhaps even erratically, the system was bound to develop flaws.

By Hemang Dixit Feb 09, 2021

2020 – The Year That Was

Individuals, from far off lands will hesitate to travel to distant places but it is not just the effect of this pandemic that caused this setback to tourism in Nepal. Since the time that legendary Boris of Royal Hotel, by courtesy of Thomas Cook brought tourists here, things have changed enormously

By Hemang Dixit Jan 31, 2021

With Sighs Of Relief

My first sigh of relief, after Biden was sworn in as President of USA, was of assurance that truth and democracy has finally prevailed. After all we in Nepal are also awaiting an election in the next 4/5 months and subsequent events!

By Hemang Dixit Jan 21, 2021

Aping The West

My last write up in New Spotlight noted that it was from the books of the East, concentrated in the Library at Alexandria, that knowledge of numerals and algebra was taken to Europe.

By Hemang Dixit Jan 05, 2021

Pity The Nation

Reading this set me thinking about the existing situation in Nepal and comparing with what has been happening down the ages in other countries.

By Hemang Dixit Dec 29, 2020

The US And Us

Henderson, US Ambassador in India was concurrently credited to Nepal. Kaiser SJB Rana, the Representative to the Court of St. James in UK became also Nepal’s representative to the USA.

By Hemang Dixit Dec 12, 2020

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