You have to persevere through difficult times to be successful.

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“If you want to be in business, you must be business minded”
Hari Bhakta Sharma, Founder, Deurali Janta Pharmaceuticals

This is a summary of the Last Thursdays gatherings at Dwarika’s Hotel jointly organized by Entrepreneurs for Nepal and Samriddhi, the prosperity foundation.
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“My father wanted me to become a doctor, and had very high expectations from me. I used to score very good in the school so he wanted me to pursue the most honored profession at that time.  I joined undergraduate program in medical science at Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj. In those days it was called Institute of Medicine and it was the only institute where you could get very good medical service. I completed the undergraduate program and was among the good student, securing 5th position in the class. At that time, I had only two choices, either to go for clinical science or to go for enterprise management. My inner heart said clinical science is not my cup of tea. On the other hand, I was keen on

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How to get 5000 people to join your cause?

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Here’s how we brought nearly 5000 Nepalis from more than 20 countries around the world  in 1 week to our cause under 500 Rupees.

What was the purpose? To encourage the Supreme Court to continue on its recent bold actions against the corruption culture in Nepal and to unite common Nepali citizens to feel responsible on this issue.

Follow the Bright spots: One effective way to change things in Nepal is to investigate what is working and build upon it. Corruption is an evil that is plaguing Nepal, The Current Supreme Court team is one institution that is actively fighting that and has seen some successes lately. We wanted this team to continue building upon this momentum by going after corrupt public officials and politicians.

Script the critical moves. Don’t think big picture, think in terms of specifics. To increase this momentum against the corruption in Nepal, we started by asking a simple question, “What can I do today, right away to help combat corruption? ” One answer was simply saying, “Thank You”. We could immediately thank the Supreme Court for taking bold actions against corruption by writing a simple thank you letter to them. And we started right

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Nepal doesn’t need to change. We do

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Nepal doesn’t need to change. We do.

Here is why. Recently I hiked as part of a “Green Hiker, Green planet” group of change-makers, along the Langtang region in Rasuwa, north of Kathmandu for four days. As we hiked, I couldn’t help but realize that Nepal is simply beautiful and it is just fine the way it is. Sadly it is us who are abusing it. Here are some of the experiences that convinced me, we need to change ourselves, not Nepal.

Where else would you be garlanded with assorted vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes raddish (mula), maize, onions, beans and garlic! For you non-believers, here is a photo of Miss Nepal Sadichha Shrestha wearing just that on the trip 🙂

Where else can you play “Chipleti” i.e desperately crawling and slipping downhill on a slippery red mud path with rain pouring over you for hours. Here we were swinging crazily between fun and danger like little children.

Where else can you sip hot, therapeutic, Seabuckthorn juice (made from wild berries found in high himalayas) and watch the panaromic mountains as clouds disappear below us.

Where else can you feast

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