Hemang Dixit

How Much Land……….

It was in the Russian setting that Leo Tolstoy wrote his story ‘How much land does a man require?’ This story is of a Russian farmer named Pakhom who boasted that any land that he had, even the Devil would not be able to take away from him.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 21, 2020

Pardafas In the Age Of Corona

The Corona statistics of mid-June 2020 is that USA, Brazil, Russia, India and UK are those countries which seem to be massively affected.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 15, 2020

Energy Usage – An About Turn

Following the downfall of the Rana oligarchy, Nepal wished to open its doors by land and air to the outside world as the rights of landlocked countries was not in vogue then!

By Hemang Dixit Jun 07, 2020

It’s A Topsy-turvy World

The natives of Africa, Asia and Oceania were to be ruled over and exploited for the benefit of the different colonial powers across the seas.

By Hemang Dixit Jun 01, 2020

Country Roads, Take Me Home

A recent breaking news is that Dibesh Pokharel (stage name Arthur Gunn), born on 24th Oct. 1997 (UN Day) in Nepal, has achieved fame by becoming the first Nepali to secure the position of ‘Runners Up’ for the eighteenth season of the American Idol competition.

By Hemang Dixit May 25, 2020

Lockdown To Locked In

Of course, there is no copyright in names and I remember reading many years ago that there were seventeen Berlins in the US. In fact, there is Kathmandu in Maine too! It seems that people arriving in new lands hanker or long for their previous habitats. Some referred to these new places with the prefix of new.

By Hemang Dixit May 19, 2020

Tit For Tat

Much discussion has taken place on the map of Greater Nepal which showed its existence from Teesta to the Kangra, prior to the Treaty of Sugauli of 1816 CE.

By Hemang Dixit May 12, 2020

Bhagwan Bharosa

One has only to think of the destruction of the ancient city of Pompeii in 79 CE by the eruption Mount Vesuvius and of the fatalities caused by the Black Death / Plague of the Fourteenth century.

By Hemang Dixit Apr 17, 2020

A Drastic Game Changer On The Scene

We Nepalis have over the years become ‘copy cats’ of our Southern neighbour in that we adopt too easily the vogues of that land that we see on the film screens or read about in the papers.

By Hemang Dixit Apr 01, 2020

ODF Country - Is It For Real?

The pronouncement of whether Nepal and India are ODF countries should be taken as the first step in the process of making our environment cleans. It is a process of making our populations aware.

By Hemang Dixit Oct 25, 2019

Tired Cows, Oxen & Tender Calves

This has brought to my mind George Orwell's classical work 'Animal Farm'. What if the animals in our farms form Unions? Will the cows withhold the supply of milk from their udders? Will the production of butter and cheese come to a standstill?

By Hemang Dixit Sep 30, 2019

Bolts From The Blue

By Hemang Dixit May 05, 2019

Fear Of The Hornet’s Nest

As far as secularism is concerned it was put in the preamble of the Constitution with the forethought that such placements cannot be changed

By Hemang Dixit Apr 18, 2019

MeToo And All That

Another happening in Nepal is that young girls and even mothers undergoing menstruation are made to spend four days in chaupaddi huts, where some have even died is inhuman

By Hemang Dixit Mar 29, 2019

Education At Large

The idea is for a whole reorganisation of the educational sector. Currently it is neither ‘Hanseko chal na Kukhurako chal’ as far as educational institutions in this country are concerned. One pertinent issue that needs to be addressed and sorted out is whether institutions should be on regional, read provincial basis or on faculty basis depending on what they teach / instruct on.

By Hemang Dixit Mar 15, 2019

Jai Bholenath For Cannabis

Shivaji who is also known as Bholenath is supposed to be easily pleased but at the same time has been depicted as a God who gets angry easily too. He is supposed to be childlike and soon pleased.

By Hemang Dixit Mar 04, 2019

Are We Failing Or Failed?

Over the last sixty-eight years it has been seen that democratisation of society is a difficult process in the history of any nation. Untouchability, chauppadi and witch incidents are fairly common reports in our papers. Is it because we are a closed society that has never been conquered by external forces? What is the quality within us which has made it possible to exist as a Society or as a Nation?

By Hemang Dixit Feb 09, 2019

A Nap On Maghi Day

Communication in the country has improved. True, those persons able to make liberal down payments and use hire purchase facilities in Nepal are able to utilise modern day facilities enjoyed elsewhere in the world. Whilst the number of traffic accidents and the number of deaths on the roads have increased tremendously, there is no denying the fact that the mobility of the people has increased by leaps and bounds.

By Hemang Dixit Jan 26, 2019

Racket Men Of Ours

The commercial banks in Nepal had announced that they would be willing to pay up to 13% on fixed deposits. The spread i.e. the difference they charge for loans and the interest that they give for deposits should not large. The reality is that all banks are run by humans and have also failed in different parts of the world.

By Hemang Dixit Jan 12, 2019

This Nation Of Ours

A nation is a stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity, or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. ... It is a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity, and particular interests.

By Hemang Dixit Dec 22, 2018

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