With few exceptions, Nepalese business and political leaders often dismiss young people when they come up with ambitious ideas. Over the summer of 2009, I was in Nepal with a mission to run a summer camp for war-affected children and to establish a library at a public school at my...

This week, Business Week reports unemployment of 16 - 24 year-olds has hit 18%, its highest levels since 1948. They say we may be a "lost generation."

From my perspective, this isn't a lost generation. Instead, the rules, or maybe the entire game, have changed. Look at...

At 34 years old, many women would be trying to get an engagement ring, not give one away. But when Christina Ammon inherited a 3.21 ct diamond ring from her grandmother, she was inspired. The ring was appraised at $22,000.

She punched a few equations into a calculator: $22,000 could...

At a time when Nepal, a tiny Himalayan Republic, is engulfed by political hiccups and economic ruins, Santosh Shah, a 28-year old youth activist and the editor of Today's Youth Asia magazine, is debuting in the Powertalks -- the only English talk show in the country. Shah also works as...

A month long Maoists-army standoff came to an end on Monday when the Nepalese government fired army general Rookmangud Katuwal. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) resigned as two major coalition parties, United Marxists and Leninists (UML), and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) withdrew from the government and the ceremonial...

An Anecdote

Sitting around the fire place and listening to my grandfather's thrilling stories used to be the daily routine of our childhood. He told many stories. His supply of tales was endless, but the stories relating to the Himalayan wonder, "Yetis," always kept me spellbound. "They are as...

Nepal Government's recent decision to allow the exporting of Rhesus monkeys for less than 400 USD for biomedical research in the United States has fueled controversy in the Himalayan country. The Wildlife Preservation Act 2003 forbids exporting wild animals from Nepal. Moreover, monkeys are considered an incarnation of Hanuman, the...

Nepal's Maoist led coalition government has not been able to deliver its promises made in the campaign trail. The former rebels won 220 of the 601 seats in the April Constituent Assembly (CA) election and formed a coalition government in August of last year. The interim constitution mandates CA to...