Digital Detox: Exploring Mindfulness and Awareness
Gadgets have taken over our lives. E-habits have become so entrenched into our day to day lives, that people are known to face withdrawal and distress on being cut off from gadgets and internet. Personally I was keen to figure out a way to get Digitally Detoxed and spend time without gadgets. Challenging myself, I […]
Development Research in Nepal: How Do We Get it Right?
Development research in Nepal has gained tremendous popularity in the last decade; especially given the sudden increase of not-for-profit organizations working for various social causes like women empowerment or income generation for the poor. By development research here, I mean research that is undertaken for social development and betterment. While some of them have been […]
Cambodia, Nepal, Rwanda – Lost Opportunities Amidst Shared Commonalities
I have been visiting Rwanda for work on an annual basis, and we recently ventured into Cambodia as well. Having visited and worked in both these countries, I started noticing various commonalities of these countries with Nepal. While Nepal went through the Maoist insurgency; which revolutionized political ideology of masses, Rwanda suffered through mass genocide […]
A Beginners Guide for Investors in the Nepali Capital Market
My professor for Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management class in the US, once asked me in a humorous way, “Will you be managing penny stocks in your home country someday?” A few years after this, I joined Nepal’s first operational Portfolio Management Company, beed invest. I was not managing portfolios on the first day itself, […]
