I’m looking forward to reading Kul Chandra Gautam’s Global Citizen from Gulmi. Launched in Kathmandu, Nepal in early August 2018, the book chronicles the life of Kul Chandra Gautam’s from the hills of Gulmi to the halls of the United Nations. It has received a lot of coverage and praise over social media, online and print mediums….
Month: August 2018
Helping others to succeed
“I’ve always had this theory that, if you help enough people get what they want, you’ll always get what you want.” — George Raveling Coach George Raveling’s theory is more of a fact in my opinion. When you help others to become successful, you are creating value. When you create enough value for others, you increase your…
Perhaps, sir, you will someday come back with books…
That’s what the headmaster of a local school told John Wood, a Microsoft executive in 1998 after he had just completed the eighteen day, two-hundred mile trek of Nepal’s Annapurna mountain range. John did return to Nepal with books and started Room to Read. Today over 20,000 communities in 15 countries have Room to Read…
The market
Binod Chaudhary shared a famous story of the two salesmen going to the same market to Kitty Pong Sri (owner of Thai Preserved Foods) who was visiting Nepal. He said when the two salesmen went to the market; one came back with the report that since nobody eats there is no market, and the other…
the process
“For me, the beauty is all in the process. It’s all in the journey. It’s all in building something. That’s the most fun for me” – Kobe Bryant. Kobe’s been known to talk about the importance of “the process” in countless interviews. He loves the grind, the hustle and the discipline it takes to become…
E-commerce in Nepal heats up
Sasto Deal. Daraz Nepal. UG Bazaar. Muncha. Now eSewaPasal. There’s more ecommerce companies in Nepal and I’ve only mentioned the ones that I regularly hear of. It’s exciting to witness the growth of ecommerce in Nepal in the last 5-7 years. Alibaba Group acquired the entire share capital of Daraz, the Pakistan-based e-commerce company that…
Comedy Circle’s Samay
The lights are on. Cameras are pointed to the stage. The audience is eagerly waiting to hear the jokes. At the end of this Thursday night at Samay Restaurant and Bar, the audience would have laughed hysterically to the 10+ stand up comedians that take the stage. I can say that this is Comedy Circle’s…
Internal leadership
Each company has a culture. Some cultures are lead by senior management, others lead by the employees and some lead equally by the management and employees. In any company, I believe there are a few people who aspire to lead, want to do new things and make a bigger impact in the company/society. Some company…
The gift of words
Words are powerful. When used at the right moment with the right person, the right words can move mountains. Words come so easy to us that perhaps we use it so casually that sometimes we don’t realize its full impact on the person we’re speaking to. As machines become better than us in doing most…