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Dear Ishan and My Few Concerns ‪#‎iamwithishan‬ #LetsPaintTheTownRed

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                          I thought about this a lot but then, I could not stop myself from writing this. Dear Ishan, no-doubt what you have tried and how you have been trying to excel your ‘Satyagraha’ protests are exemplary. Your abilities to inflict pain upon yourself without harming others for the united and 'harmonious' Nepal will always be appreciated. Yet I would therefore always motivate you and your strong will to challenge the state, even if I could only show my indirect involvement by sharing your status and by conveying my wishes via this blog. As one of your well-wishers, I felt that I should also share my few concerns. I must let you know that these concerns might further cement your political willingness to built our Nepal by accommodating diversity. I would like to apologize for my naivety if you find any.   First , why do you think that the present head of the state should apologize when the NC headed the state with a different Home Minister (than the c

‘A-lay med-ne dhan-da ka-lay kha-reyd’: A Monk, School and Dolpo #education

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He was attending his usual morning prayers when I reached there. He was not surprised to see me over there as we planned for this before few days. It all started just with a conversation I had with Phurwa Tashi. Phurwa Tashi and I have known each other now for more than 4 years and we in the past have shared both personal and non-personal conversations besides our common name, ‘Tashi’. Whenever I get time, I do visit his shop, Dolpa Art Gallery (https://www.facebook.com/dolpogallery/) at Boudha. If nobody knows who is Phurwa? then he is one of the sons of the renowned Dolpo Artist, Tenzin Norbu. Futado as we (friends of Students of Dolpo) call him is also the student of Fine Arts and about to complete his Bachelor in Fine Arts from Srijana College of Fine Arts, Kathmandu. So, the conversation with Futado all started while explaining my intention to continue writing about the locals of Dolpo and their ‘successful’ and enlightening experiences. Though there are many locals, some ar