Sujeev Shakya

Jan 21, 2025 | nepaleconomicforum.org | Sujeev Shakya

We have heard in the past of Nepali leaders talking about aspirations regarding making Nepal the next Switzerland. I am yet to come across some definitive literature on what they meant when they said Nepal will become Switzerland.

Dec 10, 2024 | nepaleconomicforum.org | Sujeev Shakya

The visit of Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli to China has found a lot of coverage in Nepali and Indian press, but it is rare to read some good analysis. With most of the private media towing towards becoming the voice of the establishment, we read words like ‘historical’, and ‘unprecedented success’, but it is rare to read a deep analysis of why they say so.

Nov 26, 2024 | nepaleconomicforum.org | Sujeev Shakya

Last week, Nainital – a city in the Western Himalayas, was bustling with activities as the Himalayan Echoes was being hosted. Every part of the Himalayas is an open museum where you interact with lovely views, everchanging shades of the sky and hills with thriving oral history, art, craft and literature. I was there to participate in this wonderful festival hosted in a wonderful venue, Abbotsford Estate, where the skies, hills, ideas and chirping of birds meet.

Nov 13, 2024 | nepaleconomicforum.org | Sujeev Shakya

On Monday November 11, the Nepal Economic Forum hosted the third annual meet – NEFmeet and brought together three stellar woman panelists to provide different perspectives on the connected economy. In a country where all male panels, panels with generally older men from certain ethnic group rules, it was refreshing to have three women panelists, representing women’s leadership in ensuring connectivity in different spheres.

Apr 9, 2024 | asiatoday.co | Sujeev Shakya

Rwanda has made phenomenal progress. To grasp its progress, one must look deeper behind the numbers of its constructive financial indicators. On April 7, Rwanda commemorated 30 years of genocide towards the Tutsi. The hundred-day killing spree in 1994 took away 800,000 lives. The continuing carnage in Gaza that started from October 2023 may also give folks a perspective on how worse this could have been thirty years in the past.