Beed Travel Diaries

Beed Travel Diaries

“Where are we travelling” is the first line that comes to my mind when signing up for an assignment.  The nature of assignments undertaken at beed and the passion to work out of the box have resulted in travels to diverse destinations and meeting diverse people across Nepal and across continents. Every assignment undertaken at […]

Nepali Movies: Competing Against the Big Leagues

Nepali Movies: Competing Against the Big Leagues

Disclaimer Before I begin my thoughts, I would like to admit that I am neither a movie critic nor anyone associated with the Nepali movie industry, but someone with a soft corner for homemade Nepali movies. All the views expressed in this article are solely for the purpose of introducing and promoting the Nepali movie […]

Spillover Effects Along the ABC

Spillover Effects Along the ABC

It was in 1996, after Jimmy Roberts first introduced a map of the trail, that trekking to Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) gained popularity. The trekking route has opened up new opportunities and experiences for locals and had dynamic social and economic spillovers. SANITATION A traditional doko being used as a dustbin in a guesthouse along […]

English Premier League (EPL): Outlook and Global Presence

2017/18 marks the 26th season of the English Premier League after its formation in 1992. After numerous discussions with football authorities, players and television broadcasters, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League in May 1992 and the Premier League was formed with the inaugural campaign starting on Saturday 15 August of that year. […]

The Business of Consulting

The Business of Consulting

As our economies and industries evolve to take on expansion, challenges and market demands, there is a growing need for services that will facilitate operation in such a sophisticated and evolving environment. These services are generally provided by consultants or consulting firms—businesses where one or more experts (consultants) provide advice to an individual or organization […]

Cultivating a Growth Mindset in a Fatalistic Society

Cultivating a Growth Mindset in a Fatalistic Society

Individuals who believe that talents and abilities can be developed through effort, practice, and instruction are more successful than those who believe that talents and abilities are fixed. Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has spent several decades studying the dichotomy between individuals with a growth mindset—who see talents and abilities as malleable—and individuals with a fixed […]

Digital Detox: Exploring Mindfulness and Awareness

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: 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

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

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, […]