Bhumika Ghimire
Bhumika Ghimire is a freelance writer and blogger.
Website: http://bhumikasa.wordpress.com
Twitter: twitter.com/bhumikaghimire
Country: NPL
Bhumika Ghimire
Latest posts
Nepal: Democracy and the Environment
Managing forests and conserving biodiversity is challenging for a developing nation; and democracy does not guarantee success. Peter Burnell even questions the assumption that democracies are better for sustainability: “Conventional wisdom maintains [...]
Lake Parsippany, New Jersey
As part of our coverage on “The New City” we asked our bloggers for some pictures from their cities. Are there any places in their cities that are prime examples for [...]
Nepal: The Allure of Censorship
Last month, Maria Farooq discussed how the information revolution can be hijacked and used for unsavoury purposes. Yet it’s not only terrorists and criminals that take advantage of technology, some [...]
Health Care Jobs for Nepal’s Unemployed
According to the CIA World Factbook unemployment in Nepal stands at 46% (2008 est.), up from 42% (2004 est.). Some recent estimates put it at around 40% – a staggering statistic [...]
Nepal: Social Media for Social Change
The recently published Corruption Perceptions Index ranks Nepal at the 154th position- the second most corrupt country in South Asia while Afghanistan comes in first at the 180th ranking. This poor [...]
Nepal’s Water Woes
Water resources is the focus of this month’s discussions here at Future Challenges. Steven Watson says that the world has sufficient water for the entire population, but it needs to [...]
9/11 Attacks: Fear and Anger in Nepal
Earlier this month, America honored the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. A decade after the horrifying events, the wounds still seems fresh and open. You could see the pain [...]
Nepal: Opportunities and Challenges For Mobile Education
Compared to neighboring India and China, Nepal was a late entrant to the information revolution that swept the region in the 1990s. With limited infrastructure, an unstable political system and [...]
Migrant Workers’ Rights and Social Media
Even in midst of political and social upheaval, the Middle East and Gulf states still continue to attract thousands of migrant workers from South Asia, including workers from Nepal. Every year thousands of young people [...]
