Thank you Pratyoush Onta. On Sunday Sept 7, I’ll be Martin Chautari to discuss the need for an IR ecosystem in Nepal—where academics, intellectuals & policymakers may disagree yet together foster credible debate to move public discourse beyond linear thinking & narrow nationalism

7 September 2025/२२ भदौ २०८२ (आइतबार, दिउँसो ३ बजे) Research Seminar Series Towards an IR Ecosystem in Nepal Prakash Kumar Suvedi Executive Director, Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) Nepal

मुगलिंग - नारायणगढ राजमार्गलाई चौडा बनाउने कार्य थालनीका बेला एक जना ईञ्‍जिनियर मित्रले भनेको सम्झन्छु "बल्ल छेउको भिर स्टेबल हुन खोज्दैछ, फेरी चिथोरे। अब पुन स्टेबल हुन कति वर्ष लाग्ने हो।"

Readable 👍 nytimes.com/2025/10/08/wor…

Painful closure, not just for family of Bipin but also for the entire nation praying for his safe return. As a nation of migrants, we continue to pay a costly social/humanitarian price. Unless politics gives way to economics, more Bipins will leave and some may never return.

In August 2025, I had the opportunity to engage with bright young participants of the Summer School on Geopolitics 2025. I spoke on “Foreign Policy and Diplomacy: The Actors Driving the Wheel.” The transcript of my remarks is attached.

Why Direct Election Failed in Israel journalofdemocracy.org/articles/why-d… via Journal of Democracy

Actual shot (not AI!) of a French detective working the case of the French Crown Jewels that were stolen from the Louvre in a brazen daylight robbery. Somehow he looks like he’s smoking even without a cigarette in his hand, but surely everything you know about life is screaming

Here comes another version.

यता पनि Gen-Z कै कुरा रहेछ। “What we are seeing with Gen Z voters is that they are not consuming news; they are absorbing narratives.” hks.harvard.edu/faculty-resear…

OPINION: Resist the political itch Becoming a politician isn’t the best way to contribute to nation-building. kathmandupost.com/columns/2025/1… —by Bishal Thapa

होटलमा खानमिल्ने कुरा थपिएछ! शपथ! रे!!

सेअर्ड काउन्टमा यो समाचार 10.5K पटक साझा गरिएको देखिन्छ। मतलब, यसभन्दा कयौं बढीले यो फेक न्यूज हेरे। क्लिकबेट र मोनिटाइजेसनको एंगलबाट हेर्दा यो 'सफल' शीर्षक हो। अर्थात्, संजाल र एल्गोरिद्मले यस्तै मित्थ्या सूचनालाई राजनीतिक, सामाजिक र आर्थिक रुपमा पुरस्कृत गर्छ। भाइरलबाट बचौं!

राजनीतिशास्त्री डा . सन्जिब हुमागाईंको घत लाग्दो लेख। थप बलियो बालुवाटार आजको राजनीतिक समस्या समाधानको अस्त्र हो र ? onlinekhabar.com/2025/11/180116…

That time in 2013 Bryan Cranston wore a realistic "Walter White" mask and walked around Comic Con unbeknownst to BREAKING BAD fans - later revealing at the panel that it was really him 👏 amazing

Great interaction today with officials from the Japan International Cooperation Center on training and continuous education for Nepali civil servants in Nepal and expanding opportunities in Japan. Also, a pleasant moment to recall my own student days Int'l University of Japan.

खोइ के सुर चलेर हो, आज भन्दा तीन वर्ष अघि यही ट्वीटरमा यस्तो पनि लेखिएको रहेछ।

From where I stand today, may I add that increased investment—of both money and time—in the continuous learning of our public servants is essential. "The Recognition — and Nurturing — Our Public Servants Need" governing.com/management-and…

आज Kantipur मा मेरो भनेर एउटा लेख छापिएको छ। १६४९ शब्दको लेखबाट ५९२ शब्द गायब गरिएछ। मेडियाको दुर्गतिको समेत चर्चा गरिएको लेख स्वयम् नै सम्पादकको दुर्नियतको शिकार भएछ। वास्तविक लेख यो लिङ्कमा : pksks2.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog-p… Anil Giri Umesh Chauhan माड्'साप

Excellent write-up by Rajib Neupane. The issue, as he highlights, is fundamentally about governance and the strength of our government and civic institutions—more than about politics or the political system itself.