11 Ways to Become a Better Management Consultant
When asked what it is that I do, it is often with a sense of irony that I explain about my job as a management consultant, as the term “consultant”; in Nepal is often synonymous with the growing number of consultancies in the education and foreign employment sector. Subsequently, I am often asked questions like […]
Making of “The Pavillions Himalaya”
Having survived the death road with 22 other passengers on a TATA Sumo (which has a max capacity of 11 passengers) from Ghale Gaun, we finally arrived at Besisahar, Lamjung. The bulldozer -terrorism-built road from Ghale-Gaun to Besisahar had shaken all of us, and we all complained of back aches. After wrapping up our work […]
Leveraging Technology for Tourism
The implications of technology and online information on a country’s tourism industry are immense with countries spending large portions of their marketing budget on creating online content and technology. I came to realize this while working on a project on the Rwanda tourism industry. The task was simple: we had put together a thick volume […]
The Beed Experience
It was during my penultimate semester of undergraduate studies that I first got to know about beed. I was exploring opportunities to pursue after my graduation, and after a brief research on beed, I was determined to be one of the beeds. A few days after joining, I realized beed was a lot more than […]
After Modi
One of the best things about the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s visit was how Nepal trended on Twitter and other social media sites for positive reasons. It is very rare to remember an occasion where Nepal has been discussed positively, and Nepalis themselves have taken things positively. If one thing that PM Modi did […]
Jugaad – The Nepali Way of Life!
The way Nepal’s law and order operates is usually surprising to people, given that the political system is riddled with chaos and mayhem. Even though it possesses all the indicators of a failing economy, it is commendable that Nepal is still growing at a nominal rate. We are used to optimistically leaving our fate, including […]
Cleaning Up Our Act
My interest in geography began when I was three, when my mother showedme a red dot on a map of an airline inflight magazine, and said “this is where your grandmother is.” We had just moved from Switzerland, where my mother is from, to Nepal, where my father is from, and I was missing my […]
The Untold Story of Far West
Understanding the past is always important to derive lessons for the future, and gain a holistic perspective. To understand a country, you need to place it within the coordinates of space and time, of geography and history. Nepal’s strategic position between two global economic powers has always been a huge advantage, but as a nation […]
The New Innings – Rise of Cricket in Nepal
Amidst the daily dose of never ending and frustrating news of Nepal’s political and economic woes, once in a while Nepal’s young bring positive news and show that all is not lost. Indeed, the hope of Nepal’s cricket team is in strong contradiction to the general mood of despondency in the country. Recently, Nepal’s senior […]
The Beed Journey
Five years ago in September 2008, beed management had just been registered and Mahendra Mainali our lawyer friend had handed over the registration documents. To start out, we planned a retreat at Park Village with the first eight members of beed to develop a strategic plan for the company, wherein we adapted brand visioning tools […]
Technology – The New Evolution
The Industrial Revolution saw a dramatic advancement of technology, but that development has been left way behind by the speed and spread of the Information Revolution. Especially since the second World War, the advancement of information and communication technologies has transformed human society like nothing before. The converge of computers, telephony and television have combined […]
Nepal and Liberia: Diverse Contexts, Shared Lessons
In June 2007, I took a trip to Nepalgunj to meet representatives of the Madhesi community. I wanted to try and understand more about political dynamics in the Terai. While sipping chia, the groups I chatted with explained vociferously, often for hours at a time, the difficulties they faced on a daily basis, which ranged […]
