Deepak Khadka

Nepal's post-Gen Z protest elections: 5 things to know Himalayan nation may face limit in traditional balancing act between China, India and US

This week's election in Nepal is drawing close attention from China, India, and the United States. Why does this matter?
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‘We have to live in the space between “Everything is going to be okay” and “Everything is fucked,” between denial and despair.’ But this still suggests that history isn’t ours to make so much as something that happens to us.

Geoff Mann · Good Failures: With a Whimper Does anything matter if we’re done for? We are not the first to wonder. Contemporary fictions are preoccupied with...

Does a life like that matter? If it does, does the mattering continue in a future that is totally unaware of it? Do we have to be remembered later for life to matter now?

Forgive yourself for not knowing earlier what only time could teach.

They say that anger only hurts the person holding onto it. But I disagree. Anger gets me up in the morning. Yes, you can let it destroy you, or you can let it sustain you. It all comes down to how you use your anger and who you aim it at. #hisandhers

We humans are capable of inflicting such misery. Such cruelty. Such pain. And yet, the most dangerous thing we do is lie…to others. And to ourselves.

किसकी आवाज है, ये कौन है रोने वाला,
करवटें लेने लगा, चैन से सोने वाला।

Just peace, presence and power. Happy New Year 2026! 🎊

Plans are hard. Chaos is easy.

There’s some things worth rushing, and others should move caterpillar slow. Marriage is the latter, son.

आज फिर दिल ने इक तमन्ना की,
आज फिर दिल को हम ने समझाया।

Do you have eight minutes?

I have more desires than regrets.

Every man must do two things alone. Got to do his own believing, even if that leads to hell, and he’s got to do his own dying.

YouTube video by ART GHAR KOTHA - कोठा - A Musical Film | Prashant Siwakoti | Praveen K. Pandey। Sabi Thapa | Saroj Khadka

कोठा रित्तो,
अध्यारो भित्तो,
चिसो छ भुइँ।

#KOTHA

The hardest ones to lose are the real ones.

"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder"

Rumi

One idiot is one idiot. Two idiots are two idiots. Ten thousand idiots are a political party.

#FranzKafka

“It can have meaning if it changes you for the better.” —Viktor Frankl

Nepal chooses a 2-year-old girl as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists A 2-year-old girl has been chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess, known as the Kumari. Aryatara Shakya replaces the previous Kumari, who has followed the tradition of stepping down upon reaching pubert...

#Nepal is blessed with a new #living goddess, #Kumari, who represents Taleju Bhawani and is said to be the living incarnation of the #goddess herself. 🇳🇵

Is anyone else feeling overwhelmed by the analysis-to-action ratio in Nepal? So much language around what has happened, and what will/will not. It really brings to mind the Lacanian framing of language as the main means through which we understand and address psychic wounds.

"To find yourself, think for yourself" — Socrates

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." — Aristotle

A social media timeline of Nepal’s Gen Z uprising The charred remains of police stations, super markets, minister’s homes, the federal parliament, the Supreme Court and much else stand as stark reminders of fiv

After two weeks of national upheaval, Himal engagement editor Sushim Thapaliya has compiled a full social media timeline of the #GenZprotests in #Nepal, showing how online common spaces can become “sources of information and tools of mobilisation”

How Gen Z-led protests put Nepal's 1st female prime minister in power Nepal became the third South Asia country to have its government toppled by protesters in recent years. Generation Z youth led the movement, which was triggered and shaped by social media.

Nepal became the third South Asia country to have its government toppled by protesters in recent years. Generation Z youth led the movement, which was triggered and shaped by social media.

"The beginning is the most important part of the work." — Plato

When you're lacking motivation, remind yourself: discipline now, freedom later. The labor will pass, and the rewards will last.

Lives lost in a revolution: A nation remembers Many youths fell to police bullets on September 8, the first day of their protest. In ensuing arson and vandalism on September 9, more people died as the uprising grew in scope and intensity. As of th...

Their impact on our lives remains. 🤍

From Colombo to Kathmandu, the furious youth movements toppling entrenched elites Talk of revolution in the coffee shops of Nepal increased after protest movements across south Asia

In a historic 24-hours, Nepal's political system crumbled under a leaderless, organic movement led by Gen Zs. The old parliament was dissolved, the former PM and politicians were under army protection, and Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, became Nepal’s first female primer, marking a new era.

Despite decades of setbacks, Nepal still dreams of democracy A new generation of Nepalis is yet to figure out what no previous generation has: how to make democracy serve the people

What do you do with a democracy that refuses to serve the demos – the people?

For 75 years now, following Nepal’s short-lived experiment with democracy in 1950, each generation has had to answer this question anew.

My view on where Nepal stands now:
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