Getting that PhD Application... right!
There will be few people around who might not think PhD study as something a huge deal and some might think it is a huge deal. Atleast for me, it has been a big deal and as per my experience, it has taken many years preparing for me to start it. I thought of first writing about it once I got my application in Washington University accepted. “Who gets a chance to study PhD abroad, generally from Nepal? Obviously Brahmin and Chhetris who easily have a good access in Kathmandu.” I will never disagree with such statement considering not only because it comes out from one of the senior scholar who has worked in Nepal for the last two decades. It also justifies how I have experienced the academic and research culture also in Kathmandu even for a short duration. I might write about this in detail later but here I will attempt to share what I feel might help especially Indigenous and Dalits students to know the tedious process of PhD application. That interaction from the scholar fur...