Mero 2 Paisa

It is the seventy sixth day of the nation wide lockdown imposed by the government of Nepal as one of its strategies to prevent covid outbreak in the country. But as the lockdown prevails in full order, no genuine effort from the government to fight the pandemic and normalize the national situation back to order is observed. It seems as though the ones who need to be working to find ways to tackle the national level problem are enjoying the lockdown and treating it as a holiday. The government had plenty of time to come up with strategies to tackle the in the first month of the lockdown. But as the duration of the lockdown kept increasing, the hopes of people that the leaders will come up with something kept diminishing and at this point, people are frustrated, they're having mental breakdowns, people are starving, businesses are falling towards bankruptcy, while the focus of the leaders and the nation keeps shifting from the India-Nepal border dispute to a murder case in the rural part of Nepal, which definitely should not be the top priority of focus of the nation wide discussion. But, are they important? Yes, they are. But the covid and the lockdown situation is much more important and them.  The facts actually show that Covid is not as lethal as it is perceived to be. It is only fatal to newly borns, old aged, and people already suffering from other hazardous health complications. But what makes it so fearful is the statistics that we are being presented. In reality, WHO has asked the officials to register every death occurred to anyone who has tested covid positive to have been caused by covid regardless of other health complications or diseases the person has been suffering from. Due to this, the stats show a high death toll caused by the virus which is ultimately creating a state of panic and fear.  Talking about the situation in Nepal, every case of death that is supposed to caused by the virus has shown some already prevailing health complications and most importantly hundreds of people have been recovered although they are not treated for the disease. There is no known remedy for the disease so far. So, what we can conclude is our immune system can fight the virus. So, taking this into consideration, lockdown is useless. Rather, the government should be bringing modules and plans to get the nation active. Yes, we must be careful about the infection and health implications but that should come from each individual's conscience.  With the lockdown prevailing for such a long period of time, the corrupts have found opportunity to fill up their bellies with curroption even more. While the leaders seem to be asleep in this dire situation, several cunning players are taking advantages of the helpless to fill up their pockets. Are our leaders really blind? Do they not see this? or are they playing blind enjoying the comfort of their places and position? Its time to dig deep and claim our freedom from those trying to benefit from keeping us in a constant loop of fear and misinformation.

Unlike other episodes of Mero2Paisa, this episode is a monologue of Aashish Adhikari, where his words come out of his emotions, love for the country and all the fellow Nepalese, and his frustration as a common Nepali where he talks about the issue of Nepal India border dispute and the larger picture behind the politics of the two nations.  The episode starts off by Aashish addressing the current hot issue of the Nepal-India border dispute. He shares his opinion about how we got into this place of all out dependence with our neighbouring country. He shares it dates back to generations and slowly with time we have been getting more and more dependent with India. Sharing his first hand experience of how his family business of manufacturing collapsed in the early 2000s along with other several industries nation wide due to the political turmoil and international influences in the market, he brings out the statement that our behaviour as consumer has shifted through the past few decades in such a way that it has not allowed the local industries to thrive while creating a massive market for foreign businesses and ultimately them taking overall control of our economy.   He shares that Nepalese are not practicing democracy properly. The people's conscience is always controlled by some controversial issue that rises in the media which is actually created to shift the citizens' attention from issues that are actually important for the well-being of the nation. He asks people be aware of the power of democracy and utilize their rights to speak out and question the debatable decisions of the government. He asks Nepalese to aspire to bring out the change in the system if they feel that they are being mistreated. He shares that he likes to see young Nepalese aspiring to become leaders of the nation and actually working to lead the nation on a prosperous path.  He focuses much on Nepal's dependence on India for trade, Nepal's currency, arms and ammunition for the national army and much more and says that disputes like the on going border issue cannot be solved until Nepal can practice true sovereignty and place border security and reduce its dependence from India for trade and business.   He also addresses that Nepal has a lot of foreign influences from different international bodies and even from intelligence agencies of foreign countries, who are here to fulfill their agendas and Nepal has nothing to gain from them but rather these personnel, and agencies, out of which a lot claim to be INGOs create hindrance in Nepal government's proper functioning and threat Nepal's sovereignty.  In the end, he requests Nepalese all around the world to create opportunities for themselves here in Nepal rather than complaining for lack of opportunities and the financial minds of the country must focus on flourishing entrepreneurship in the country in order for Nepal to have a prosperous future so that Nepal is less dependent on foreign aids and nations and our sovereignty is secure.

Aashish Adhikari: Facebook, Instagram, Website

After completing his bachelors in Electronics engineering, Mr. Anil Regmi like many tech graduates of his era thought about developing an app. This desire of him led to brainstorming about many possible field. Agriculture being the field with very high potential, he decided to develop an app related to it and that is how Smart Krishi got developed. We have been hearing Nepal is an agricultural country for countless times from our school days. But do we really know how much it is contributing to Nation’s economy and its current condition. Despite being an agricultural country, Nepal has been importing tons of agricultural products. Mr. Anil shows the potential in Agricultural in Nepal and his positive outlook inspires everyone looking to work in this field go out there and make a dent in the market. Smart Krishi has been empowering farmers towards smart farming. Mr. Anil takes us into the past and tells us how this masterpiece of his was developed and how we can all benefit from this. This is a masterpiece for anyone looking to work in an agricultural sector in Nepal. Enjoy peeps!!

Anil Regmi: Instagram, Linkedin, Facebook 

Smart Krishi

WHY SO OFFENDED?? There may be very few Nepalese youngsters who haven’t seen or heard this phrase. Binayak Kuikel’s signature face is the first thing that comes to our mind as soon as we hear that. Binayak completely opens up on this very light hearted podcast and let us get the full details of how he researches on his informative satirical content which never fails to put a smile on our face in addition to getting us a little bit more knowledgeable. Our host Aashish and guest Binayak dwell upon the topic of Cyber Security act’s threat, Family’s opinion on his contents, Freedom of expression, Need for change, Reason behind him doing the movies, Availability of data and information for research, Level of Journalism, Agenda based news portal, Meditation and its impacts, Growing a thick skin, Financial pressure and what not? Enjoy it peeps! We are sure you will!!

Binayak's Youtube Channel

Having being selected for Aeronautical engineering in the University of Texas, Arlington on 2013, Mr. Rohit couldn’t go due to his some personal as well as family problem. In this podcast, Mr. Rohit recalls it to be one of the best decision of his life and shares meaningful insights on Nepal’s trade condition as well  as his company Agriculture Nepal’s contribution on this. During 2013-14 Mr. Rohit started as a voluntary advisor for UN and later worked in two-three companies before starting his own company named Agriculture Nepal.  After India imposed trade embargo on Nepal after 2014 earthquake, Mr. Rohit dwelled upon trade data of Nepal and realized the huge trade deficit we were going through. Months of research made him realize export would be beneficial not only for himself but also for the entire nation. Our generation has the opportunity as well as responsibility to move Nepal on its way towards trade surplus. Nepal’s current trade ratio is 1:13 which points out the extreme trade deficit we are going through. Almost 9.2 billion dollars is going out of Nepal every year for import. If it wasn’t for remittance and tourism, our economy would have collapsed long time back. Before 1980’s Nepal was one of the trade surplus nation which shows the downhill we went through in the last few decades. Political turmoil made a serious impact on that matter and now finally after decades we have a stable government.  Here, Mr. Aashish and Mr. Rohit share the unfortunate incidents their fathers had to go through during those times of instability and now urges the new generation to exponentially grow and increase production as we need to cover up for not only us but our previous generation.

Connect with Rohit:

Instagram

Facebook

We are all witnessing a major pandemic in the history of mankind. During this time, Corona Virus isn’t the only thing that is making us suffer. Another serious pandemic that’s threatening all of us is data pandemic. We have surely come across complete bullshit news and ridiculous information that for sure is draining our energy down completely. In this pandemic podcast, we discussed on how to handle these huge amount of information that’s floating across our mobile screen making full use of आशिष अधिकारी’s obesrvations on his won behviours. Right information takes us to different avenue and makes us free but unnecessary and fake information drains us down and can also completely jeopardize our mental peace. So, gear up and learn from the experience of us on how to handle this eco chamber of fake news and how to catch yourself from beating oneself down. Enjoy peeps!!!

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Aashish Adhikari

Chhitiz Bahety

In this live session of Mero2paisa, Chhitiz Bahety (Co-founder, Dropout Media & Events ) and Aashish Adhikari (Founder, Redmud Coffee) suggested some ideas to transition from the current scenario to become economically active.  The podcast starts with the touch on social-emotional bonding and how important it is to be close to your loved ones during this lockdown situation. Aashish Adhikari also shares his recent personal experience and explains why a little mobility could be useful to assuage the situation.  Aashish Adhikari then directs the conversation towards some notes he had prepared being inspired from other intellectuals which include measures to ease the current chaos. The strategies contain the management of mobility at local levels by Local Government, Providing capital to the people coming back home for the rural economy, Rethinking about the 7 state decentralization, Rebuilding the infrastructures, and so on.  The conversation further proceeds towards the need for a border lockdown for Non-residential people and preparation of the Government to receive the willing residential people in Tribhuvan International Airport. Aashish Adhikari also adds that awareness to the people through the media and controlling the flow of mobility according to the need of certain industries is essential.  Moreover, they talk about ineffective Governance and how important it is for the whole nation to be self-aware. They also talk about creating a sustainable environment for the people in this pandemic. Aashish Adhikari also touched upon the concept of the rental ceiling. Further, they share their insights on riots, leadership, opportunity, and manpower. The episode is wrapped up with a Q&A session.

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Aashish Adhikari

Chhitiz Bahety

In this episode, Chhitiz Bahety (Dropout Media & Events) and Ashwin Neupane (Web Marketing Nepal) cover the topic of quarantine, books, spirituality, creativity, and mindset. The podcast starts with the talk of quarantine and its impact on their lifestyle which then leaps towards the discussion of books and its advantage over videos. Chhitiz Bahety mentions his dream journals and they discuss the fascinating science behind it. Ashwin Neupane touches upon a story of growth hacking from a book ‘Trust me I’m lying.’ Chhitiz Bahety and Ashwin Neupane also talk about the days they feel lethargic and how they cope up with it to be productive for the days to come. They also share about their Yoga practice experiences and how effective meditation is to be self-conscious. They also touch upon stoicism. Moreover, The conversation revolves around the new tasks that they are performing during isolation. They also talk about trending social platform Tik Tok and how creativity is flourishing through it. Ashwin Neupane also brings up the digitization progress that Nepal has made during the pandemic. He also gives suggestions to the viewers that lack creativity and curiosity. Chhitiz wraps up the podcast by answering some QnA.

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Ashwin Neupane

Chhitiz Bahety

In the honor of all the victims and whole Nepal fighting through the Black days that started in Baisakh 12, Mero2Paisa team is here with another podcast. In this episode, Chhitiz Bahtey(Co-founder, Dropout Media & Events) and Aashish Adhikari(Founder, Redmud Coffee)​ share their insights on governance, leadership, quarantine, youth, and crisis. The live podcast starts by revisiting the five years back mis-fortunate Earthquake days where they recall the terrors they dealt with and their attempt to channel their energy in the right way to ameliorate other's misery. This conversation leaps towards the present quarantine days and the lack of concerned authority to resolve the pivotal issues occurred during these isolation days. Taking this into consideration, Aashish Adhikari points out ten things the Prime Minister can do to mitigate the problems. The suggestions include the management of a strong workforce of the Health sector from all around the country, mobilizing the workforce to help people get home, a door-door basic food and resource fund to the needy people, transparently presenting their vision for days to come in this pandemic and so on. Chhitiz Bahtey then pours out his frustration as an energetic youth willing to accumulate and disperse all his skills in Nepal, a country with unstable and unpredictable governance. Aashish Adhikari adds up with the context by recollecting the state of Nepal back when he was a teenager and suggests that the scenario is going to change and we should be hopeful about it. The session is wrapped up by some QnA with the viewers.  

Connect with the speakers:

Aashish Adhikari : Instagram, website  

Chhitiz Bahety: Instagram

Chhitiz Bahety (Co-founder, Dropout Media & Events ) and Aashish Adhikari (Founder, Redmud Coffee) are back with another live session where they talk about influencing books, histories, and people. They also talk about leadership, revolution, and youths. The live podcast starts with them discussing the book ‘Breaking the habit of being yourself’ by Joe Dispenza which they have recently talked about. Aashish Adhikari then talks about the essence of the book which explains how your random mood can become your temperament. The conversation leaps towards a rare book,’मैले जीवनमा भोगेका कटुअनुभवहरु’, which Aashish Adhikari has recently read and was written by his maternal grandfather, Chiranjeevi Prasad Rijal. He says that the book is a window to 60 years old political scenario of Nepal and includes his grandfather's experiences in a revolution with Bisheshwar Prasad Koirala. The podcast dwells into the topic of Leadership and Aashish Adhikari and Chhitiz Bahety share their insight on B.P Koirala and his capabilities; contributions in the Nepalese Society. Moreover, Aashish Adhikari explains the podcast medium as an important platform for the youths to gather up information about leadership, social-economy, history, and make a change in the society. They also share some of their experience and touch upon the topics of Education and Entrepreneurship. 

 Connect with the speakers:

 Aashish Adhikari : 

Instagram

website 

Chhitiz Bahety: 

instagram