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Nepal, hopefully, is headed in a better direction. The new leaders who are about to take charge of the government have been vocal about past administrations—their inability to function effectively and their failure to serve the welfare of the people. They have criticized both private and public institutions for being careless with the power they wield. What I expect now is simple, but not easy: the coming government must demonstrate a steady iron will to redirect the country from its current trajectory. The nation seems to be inching toward a serious crisis—brain drain intensifying, and with it, an inevitable shortage of skilled manpower. Beyond our borders, the ongoing tensions between Iran, the United States, and Israel are beginning to ripple across Asia, threatening energy stability. Even here, a quiet anxiety is taking shape. This morning, I came across posts warning of upcoming shortages—small signals of a larger unease. And yet, today, a new government is set to form. Balen Shah...

Nepal is looking blue right now. Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is certain to become the largest party in the National Assembly of Nepal. The protesters who took to the streets six months ago definitely didn’t see this coming back then. The protests were against corrupt politicians and the exposure of their corruption. In a sense, the revolution happened in public—it was televised. Balen Shah, who is now being pegged as a potential next Prime Minister of Nepal, showed his support for the protests, but at the time there were no indications that he would join the RSP in the upcoming elections. Yet here we are. They are currently sweeping a majority of votes and look set to emerge as the victors. The direction the Gen-Z revolution took was not widely anticipated, but it has arrived at this moment. Two days ago, the people I saw heading toward the voting booths seemed hopeful about the future of Nepal. So am I. It wasn’t a protest that took place so that the RSP could lead the nation. B...

I've always been a firm believer that social changes start from the individual and go on up from there to make large impacts. With that in mind, I have decided to do at least one good thing a week that will help make a positive social impact in our nation. I do not have the resources to make it at the national level, so I am choosing to begin from my hometown, Kathmandu. My current office is located at Pepsicola, and there is a sight that I don't like while going there. A private land has been turned into a garbage dump. It is easy to think how it came to that: after the first piece of garbage was left there without being picked up, others began piling up, and one after another, the site became what it is today. There are thousands of places like that around the Kathmandu Valley, and I doubt that I alone will be able to clean them all, but I can still show the people what it is like and what impacts such a thing makes on our health, both physically and mentally. I cannot take i...