Growing up As a Generalist
On the occasion of the launching of Six Strings some five years ago, one of my professors satirically but with some hint of admiration remarked : “Hem seems at ease…
Prices and costs…
What is the price of favoring truth? What is the cost of disfavoring chicanery? I am perpetually trying to answer these two questions. Even when people look like creating chasms…
अधिकार होस्, अन्धकार नहोस्
मेरो परिवार पुस्तौंदेखि वहुजातीय समाजमा बसोबास गर्दै आएको हो। हजुरबा, हजुरामा, बुबा, काका र फुपूहरू नेवार, तामाङ, राई, गुरूङ्ग र दलितहरूसँग हुर्कनु भएको हो। हजुरबाका जजमानहरू तिनै जातका मानिसहरू थिए।…
Nexus between Law, Morality and Public Policy
This article discusses the nexus between law, morality and public policy. It shows that the three are complementary and interdependent factors, human society being the ground for each to emerge…
Symbolic Convergence Theory: Revisiting Its Relevance…
Survival of a team underlies effective communication among its members. Communication that involves sharing of stories and dreams towards building collective visions determines the team’s survival. Ernest Bormann’s Symbolic Convergence…
Euthanasia, a Product of Modernity
The claim for an individual’s right to have painless death emphasized by euthanasia activists clearly defies the norms of the sanctity of life. Euthanasia seems to continue to elicit a…
Rhetoric for Tertiary Level Presenters…
Classical rhetoric has a timeless value in the construction of public discourse. Its application is of primary importance in technical communication, especially oral presentations. In this paper we redefine classical…
Einstein beyond Science
Almost every educated human being around the world knows Albert Einstein as a great scientist, with allusion to his path-breaking formula e=mc2. But what about his philosophical orientations outside physics…
सन्तोष
भक्तपुरको सूर्यविनायक मैले कहिलेकाहीँमात्र टेक्ने गरेको ठाउँ हो। यहाँ मसँग परिचित मानिस भेटिने सम्भावना निकै कम हुन्छ। एकदिन दिउँसो सञ्जोगले यहाँबाट धुलिखेलको लागि गाडी पक्रिनु पर्यो। मैले गाडी पर्खिरहेको बेला…
फिलिम हेरेर फर्केपछि
दशवर्षपछि मैले श्रीमतीसँग हलमा फिलिम हेर्ने मौका पाएँ । हेर्ने कुनै पूर्वयोजना थिएन । केयुको तालाबन्दीको फुर्सदमा जोइपोइ बनेपा बजार घुम्ने शिलशिलामा मयुर हल नजिकै पुगियो । सञ्जोगले फिलिम शुरू…
Journey into the Classroom
There is a simple condition for becoming a teacher: that you must be able to teach. It is not the question of having high intelligence, but of being able to…