The Doers Nepal -Podcast

From 16 hour workdays earning $100 to passing history making labor laws and freeing community members from ICE detention, this is the unvarnished story of Adhikaar, a women led, women founded grassroots organization serving the Nepali speaking and Himalayan diaspora in New York City.

In this episode, host Anup Ghimire sits down with Adhikaar’s leadership: Mamta Gurung Yangmi (Interim Executive Director), Tsering Lama (Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy), and Nila Rai (Case Management Staff) to pull back the curtain on the hidden machinery of NYC's working class immigrants.

They dive into the frontline realities of organizing domestic workers and nail technicians, winning Temporary Protected Status (TPS) after the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the $89 billion tax contribution of undocumented workers, and how grassroots organizers carry out 1 on 1 deportation defense and emergency safety planning.

Timestamps & Chapters:

00:00 Episode Highlights

02:53 Meet the Women Leading Adhikaar

04:42 The Queens Hub: Home for Himalayan Immigrants

08:25 Why Adhikaar Was Founded in 2005

09:57 The Hidden Reality of NYC Working Class Immigrants

13:29 Passing the 2010 Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

13:48 From 16 Hour Days to Grassroots Organizer

18:45 Chemical Hazards and Organizing Nail Salons

23:54 The Power of Cross Cultural Solidarity

26:49 Winning TPS After the 2015 Nepal Earthquake

33:25 Woodside and Jackson Heights: The Cultural Anchor

37:23 Debunking the American Dream and NYC Cost of Living

39:58 Handling Asylum, TPS, and Trafficking Cases

42:53 Freeing a Community Member from ICE Detention

50:27 The $89 Billion Tax Reality of Undocumented Workers

52:48 Rapid Response and Emergency Safety Planning

59:48 How Grassroots Nonprofits Fund the Fight

01:02:52 Youth Mental Health and Generational Shifts

01:17:19 Protecting Families from ICE Raids

01:24:08 When We Organize, We Thrive

🎙️ Guests: Mamta Gurung Nyangmi

Tsering Lama

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For 30 years, Kapila Devkota directed Food Safety & Quality Assurance (QA/QC) inside America's largest commercial bakeries and dairy manufacturers in New York. Every day, she formulated mass-market baked goods loaded with refined flours, added sugars, and saturated fats. 

Every night, she went home and refused to feed that food to her children instead cooking nutrient-dense, ancestral Nepali meals: Dal, Bhat, Tarkari, and roasted Makai-Bhatmas.

That profound moral dissonance making ultra-processed products for the American masses by day, while relying on ancestral whole foods at night drove her to reject a quiet retirement. At age 60+, she launched Simply Vegan Inc. in New York to bring the scientific brilliance of Nepali food culture to mainstream American shelves, farmers markets, and Whole Foods channels.

In this episode of The Doers Goes to USA, host Anup Ghimire sits down with Certified Food Scientist (CFS) Kapila Devkota to decode the biochemistry of traditional Nepali snacks, what actually causes chronic lifestyle diseases in the Western diet, how the US FDA regulatory moat works, and what it really takes to export Himalayan agriculture to America.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00  Highlight Teaser

01:47  Introduction: Meeting Kapila Devkota in the USA

02:48  Why Start a Food Brand at Retirement Age?

03:37  The Science of Makai-Bhatmas: Complementary Amino Acids

06:02  Date-Based Sweets: Curing Sugar Cravings Without Added Sugar

09:32  Moving to America 30 Years Ago & Studying Food Science

13:07  The American Fiber Deficit: Why Meat and Burgers Have Zero Fiber

15:52  The Industrial Bakery Experience: Managing Bread Production During COVID

20:17  Sprouted Mung Beans: How Germination Multiplies Nutrient Bioavailability

24:43  Nepali Spices in the US Market: Formulating Timur Chili Oil

28:32  Redefining Success: Why Colonel Sanders Started KFC at 65

30:10  The Great Dissonance: Making Junk Food by Day, Cooking Dal-Bhat by Night

35:08  Supporting Nepali Talent: Sourcing Design and Packaging from Kathmandu

40:02  The Next Frontier: Bringing Authentic Gundruk and Fermented Foods to the US

46:57  The FDA Allergen Rulebook: Milk, Eggs, Wheat, and the New Sesame Mandate

52:17  The "Sugar Trap": Why Ultra-Processed "Fiber Drinks" Are Deceptive

55:37 Walking into Whole Foods 20 Years Ago with HACCP Safety Plans

58:43  Helping Nepali Spice Suppliers Get FDA-Registered

01:03:32  The American Sense of Humor & Closing Reflections

01:07:18 Episode Outro 

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

Founder of The Doers

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anup-ghimire-9366aa5a/  

🎙️ Guest: Kapila Devkota

Founder & CEO

Simply Vegan Inc

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What does it really take to hand over a multi-million-dollar legacy from father to sons?

In this behind-the-scenes debrief, Host Anup Ghimire sits down with Content Lead Dipesh Kumar Lama to unpack the unscripted realities, contradictions, and takeaways from our two-part Rupakot Resort series with Pushpa Raj Adhikari (Founder) and Sushil and Manish Adhikari (Next-Gen Leadership).

The Doers exists to inspire young Nepalis to stay and build. Yet the Adhikari family did the exact opposite: Pushpa ji lost a business in Nepal, rebuilt his wealth in Belgium over decades, raised his sons abroad, and then returned with his life savings to turn a barren, roadless mountain ridge into Rupakot Resort.

Throughout this debrief, Anup and Dipesh dig into whether leaving Nepal first creates sharper entrepreneurs, Pushpa ji's warning on why passion without an exit plan is dangerous, and what truly pulls successful diaspora builders back home when money is not the driver. They also explore the sons' perspective on returning at 21, the raw challenges of generational succession, the flawed economics of budget tourism in Pokhara, and the mindset shift needed to build world-class ventures in Nepal.

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From his early days navigating complex corporate finance to taking the helm of Nepal’s pioneer digital wallet and scaling annual sales from NPR 7 Arab to NPR 26 Arab, this is the unvarnished story of Jagdish Khadka.

Over his transformative 4-year tenure as CEO of eSewa, Jagdish led a monumental 500% growth trajectory, scaling the platform to process over 55 Lakh (5.5 Million) daily transactions while engineering Nepal’s first distributed Cassandra database architecture capable of handling national-scale transaction concurrency.

In this podcast with Anup Ghimire, Jagdish pulls back the curtain on what it truly takes to run the financial backbone of Nepal: forcing software engineers onto crying customer support calls, viewing public criticism as "Subha Chintak", launching Nepal’s first collateral-free digital loan for visually impaired entrepreneurs, the human psychology behind the 100-Rupee tempo metaphor, and why AI automation will soon make mobile payment apps completely invisible.

Timestamps 

00:00 - Highlights

03:28 - The Infrastructure Hook: Why Fintech Is Not Just an App

04:16 - The 4-Year CEO Tenure: Is 4 Years Too Short for a CEO?

06:51 - From 7 Arab to 26 Arab: The Playbook Behind 500% Growth

07:53 - Processing 55 Lakh Daily Transactions: Migrating MySQL to Cassandra

10:50 - Systems Run the Organization: The "Sabai Sadhai Sangai" Culture

14:14 - Handling Negative Media & Criticism: Why Critics Are "Subha Chintak"

16:28 - AI vs. Emotional Intelligence: Why EQ Beats AI in Leadership

24:28 - The 100-Rupee Tempo Metaphor: The Deep Human Anxiety Behind Money

29:35 - US Tap-to-Pay vs. Nepal Paper QR: Why Free QRs Beat Card POS Machines

39:47 - The Biggest CEO Regret: AI Automation & The "Invisible Wallet" Future

40:34 - Sabailai Man Karja (Sabalaman): Nepal's 1st Digital Loan for Visually Impaired

48:23 - One Day at the Call Center: Forcing Engineers & Execs onto Customer Calls

50:19 - Spending vs. Earning Mindset: High-Impact Marketing Strategy

50:51 - The Golden Leadership Rule

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 Former CEO of Esewa

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What happens when two brothers who grew up in Belgium return to Nepal in their early twenties to take over a luxury mountain resort built entirely on their father's life savings?

In this exclusive episode of The Doers, Anup Ghimire sits down with Sushil Adhikari (CEO) and Manish Adhikari (Managing Director), the two sons of Pushpa Raj Adhikari (Founder of Rupakot Resort, Pokhara).

While 90% of second-generation family businesses in South Asia collapse due to sibling rivalry, ego, and succession battles, Sushil and Manish reveal the raw, unvarnished truth of stepping into their father's shoes:

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

05:01 - The Classic Tech Secret: Why Manish Worked for NPR 15,000

07:46 - The 18-Month Age Gap: Zero Sibling Ego

12:11 - "Nepal Was Foreign to Us": The Culture Shock of 50 Bowing Staff

16:41 - The Giver Mentality: "Don't Dream of 5 Lakh Jobs; Dream of Giving Them"

18:20 - Fire Meets Fire: Confronting an Authoritarian Founder

20:26 - "Maya Talai Bagchha": Earning a Father's Validation

23:36 - The Trembling Waiter: Eliminating the Toxic "Hakim" Fear Culture

30:56 - European Work Ethic vs Nepali Bureaucratic Reality

38:06 - Managing Multimillion Resort Cash Flows at 23

44:41 - The Domestic Pricing Trap: Paying NPR 5k Expecting 50k Service

51:16 - Why Global Travelers Skip Pokhara (Highway & Aviation Bottlenecks)

58:36 - Escaping the Patriarch's Shadow: The Sushant KC Concert Validation

01:05:41 - The Elephant in the Room: The Rupakot IPO Roadmap

01:15:11 - How Two Brothers Divide Power: Operations vs Brand

01:23:56 - Why BHM Colleges in Nepal Only Produce Visa Applicants, Not Managers

01:30:16 - Message to Diaspora Returnees: "Don't Be Strangers to Your Country"

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Name: Manish Adhikari

Designation: Managing Director 

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Name: Sushil Adhikari

Designation: CEO

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In this episode of The Doers, host Anup Ghimire speaks with Pushpa Raj Adhikari, the founder of Rupakot Resort in Pokhara. 

After spending 20 years in Belgium and working in Kathmandu's 5-star hotels, Pushpa returned to Nepal. Instead of choosing an easy life abroad, he bought land on a remote, roadless ridge overlooking Rupa and Begnas lakes to build one of Nepal's most recognized luxury eco-resorts.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Episode Highlights

01:47 - The difference between Love (Maya) and Trust (Bharosa) in business

05:33 - Discovering Rupakot: Seeing value on a barren hill

10:18 - The diaspora dilemma: Why returning alone fails

15:38 - 20 years in Belgium: What working abroad teaches you

21:28 - Passing the baton: The agony of next-gen succession

26:23 - Land in Pokhara: Speculation vs productive business

31:33 - The $30 room disaster: Why price cutting ruins tourism

36:03 - Tourism infrastructure: Why cities fail to deliver

41:38 - The small country myth: Singapore is smaller than Chitwan

46:58 - Chitwan vs Pokhara: Agriculture vs hospitality

53:18 - Generational transition and system friction

01:00:08 - The truth about soft loans and subsidized capital

01:05:33 - The future of Rupakot and high-value Nepali hospitality

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🎙️ Guest: Pushpa Raj Adhikari

Chairman, Rupakot Resort

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From her early days as a Fair & Lovely ad model and a student at Army School Kathmandu earning ₹500 at a Bhrikuti Mandap book fair, to Senior Director at MIT RAISE raising $28 Million from Google, this is the unvarnished story of Rupa Laxmi Shah.

Over the last 13+ years at the world's premier technology institute (MIT Media Lab / MIT RAISE), Rupa has closed landmark multi-million-dollar partnerships with Google, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club, impacting over 30 million children globally.

In this candid masterclass with Anup Ghimire, Rupa pulls back the curtain on how high-stakes global philanthropy actually works: sitting across tables with over 160 billionaires, the psychology of raising 8-figure checks, the hard research on why AI won’t replace teachers, and why sending generic ChatGPT cold emails is destroying your chances with global investors.

Timestamps

00:00 - Highlights

03:09 - Growing Up in Kathmandu: Army School & Teaching at Age 15

06:09 - Moving to America 23 Years Ago: Arriving at MIT Media Lab

10:24 - The $28,000,000 Cheque: Closing Google for MIT RAISE

15:39 - The Anatomy of a $17M Research Initiative

20:09 - Walking Into Rooms of Power: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

25:39 - How Billionaires Actually Give Money (DAFs & The 5% Rule)

30:24 - Sitting Across 160 Billionaires: What the Super-Wealthy Care About

36:09 - Storytelling Over Pitch Decks: The Art of Raising Capital

40:39 - The Brutal Truth About AI in Education (Gates Foundation Research)

45:24 - Scaling AI Ethics in Asia: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Project

51:09 - Motherhood & The Dual High-Impact Career Reality

56:24 - The Nepal Capital Trap: Why Nepali Giants Can’t Invest Globally

01:01:39 - Mentoring Nepali Founders: How to Pitch US Investors

01:05:24 - The Golden Rule: Stop Sending Generic ChatGPT Emails!

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🎙️ Guest: Rupa Laxmi Shah

Global Philanthropy and Partnerships, MIT Media Lab

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In this episode, Attorney Khagendra Chhetri, the first Nepali-origin lawyer practicing in the United States and a 10-time "Super Lawyer" honoree (2014-2024), shares his journey of arriving in America in 1983 and witnessing the Nepali diaspora grow from roughly 800 individuals to over half a million across the country.

From navigating pre-internet immigrant life to practicing before the U.S. legal system, Attorney Chhetri breaks down the realities of diaspora assimilation, why "staying for 2 years" often turns into 25, the fight for Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) economic rights, and how direct micro-investing can empower Nepal’s emerging young tech and AI entrepreneurs.

00:00:00 - Highlight

00:01:58 - Introduction & Welcome

00:02:13 - The First Nepali Lawyer in the US

00:05:28 - The Diaspora Shift (From 800 to 500,000+)

00:10:43 - The Immigrant Mindset: Short-Term Myth

00:15:18 - Why Diaspora Capital Hesitates in Nepal

00:19:28 - The NRN Citizenship Mirage ("कागजको खोस्टो")

00:24:13 - The Slow Pace of Nepal's Reform

00:28:43 - The Mom & Pop Economy: 80% of America

00:32:13 - The Soaltee Hotel Gala Illusion

00:35:28 - The $19 Billion Diaspora Napkin Math

00:38:43 - Overcoming Mindless Cynicism ("Desh Bigriyo")

00:41:58 - Advice to a 25-Year-Old Khagendra

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🎙️ Guest: Khagendra Chhetry

Managing Attorney, Chhet­ry & Associates, P.C.

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In this episode of The Doers, we sit down with Himal Karmacharya, Founder and President of Leapfrog Technology. Himal shares the playbook on how he built a world-class technology company from Nepal and scaled it to serve major healthcare and fintech enterprises across the United States.

This conversation goes far beyond surface-level startup advice. Himal unpacks how AI is forcing tech service firms to shift from headcount billing to outcome-based contracts, what it takes to crack international sales, and why finding a trusted on-the-ground ally abroad changes everything. He also breaks down national policy blueprints such as the "Israel Model" to demonstrate how emerging markets can build a $1B+ tech ecosystem.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Beginning

01:42 - Introduction: The Leapfrog Story & Building Global Tech from Nepal

02:25 - How AI is Disrupting Traditional Software Outsourcing & Agency Models

04:27 - The Pricing Shift: Moving from Headcount Billing to Outcome-Driven Value

07:55 - Why Generic Dev Shops Die: Carving Deep Niches in Healthcare & Fintech

11:42 - Nepal’s $1B IT Roadmap: Unlocking Policy Reform & Global Visibility

13:42 - Enterprise Readiness: Tackling Global Legal, Compliance & Insurance Hurdles

15:22 - Cracking U.S. Business Development: Outbound Sales Strategy from Day One

17:02 - Diaspora Power: Bridging the Cultural & Credibility Gap in Western Markets

22:42 - Operating at Global Speed: Matching the Relentless Velocity of the U.S. Market

24:02 - Expanding Overseas: Why Every Founder Needs an "Ally" on the Ground

25:17 - The Crucial Pivot: Shifting from Local Mobile Cash to a $150K U.S. Deal

27:42 - Emerging Market Traps: Why Small Domestic TAMs Cap Company Growth

33:42 - The Israel Policy Playbook: How Governments Can Act as Early-Stage VCs

37:00 - NAS-IT Blueprint: Building $50M–$100M Anchor Tech Companies

39:22 - The Golden Founder Rule: Why You Must Pay Yourself from the Start

40:57 - Surviving Phase A-to-B: Managing Cash Flow, Runway & Micro-Seed Capital

44:52 - What Makes an Outlier Founder: Extreme Ownership, Resilience & Drive

48:32 - Angel Investing Philosophy: Why You Back Dynamic People Over Static Ideas

53:52 - Personal Story: From Budhanilkantha to MIT & Breaking Language Barriers

59:42 - Playing the 10-Year Game: Weathering Downturns & Mentoring Next-Gen Talent

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🎙️ Guest: Himal Karmacharya 

Founder and President @ Leapfrog Technology Inc.

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Right after +2, in the early 2000s, he left Nepal for Texas to build a life and chase bigger dreams. Two decades later, his company is building the bridges that connect terminal gates at DFW Airport. 

Anup Tamrakar didn’t inherit an empire. He started by working at his father’s engineering practice in Nepal, tracing blueprints and even scrubbing bathrooms, long before “CEO” was ever part of the picture. Today, he leads Urban Infraconstruction LLC, a 400-person heavy civil construction company behind major Texas infrastructure like airport bridges, transit lines, and municipal water systems.

Key Milestones:

-Scaled to ~400 employees, earning spots on the Inc. 5000 list and recognition as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Finalist.

-Founded the Amaalya SK Foundation, committing to fund foundational education for 1 million children in Nepal by 2035.

This isn’t another polished immigrant success story. It’s a conversation about what it really takes to build something at scale with the difficult decisions, risks, setbacks, and responsibility. 

Featuring Anup Tamrakar, Founder, CEO, Urban Infraconstruction LLC

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00  Highlights

00:02:17  What is Real Ambition? ("Cruising Means Going Down")

00:03:09  Arriving in the US in 2003: The 20-Year Vision

00:06:16  Time Allocation & The 24-Hour Reality Check

00:10:52  Early Roots: Working in His Father's Office in Nepal at Age 12

00:12:27 Cleaning Office Bathrooms & Learning Early Humility

00:15:03  Bypassing Traditional Engineering for Construction Management

00:16:28  Self-Studying for SATs on Dial-Up Internet in Nepal

00:18:45  Father’s Tough Love: "I’ll Get You There, You Do the Rest"

00:20:27  Parental Sacrifice: "I Learned to Let You Go" (Goosebumps Moment)

00:22:56  Defying the Advisor Who Said a Community College Visa Was Impossible

00:24:30 Facing Cultural Judgment & Staying Firm in Conviction

00:28:22  Be Careful Who You Take Career Advice From

00:32:08  Hacking the Curriculum: Creating Custom Classes to Graduate Faster

00:33:25  Leaving Your Comfort Zone is the True Meaning of Entrepreneurship

00:35:51  Overcoming Fear & Loud Phones: Making 300 Cold Calls a Day in Texas

00:37:35  Vulnerability as a Power Move: Learning from Veteran Tradesmen

00:38:55  The "Above & Beyond" Catalyst: Turning a Report into an Opportunity

00:45:35  The Age 30 Epiphany: Holding His Daughter & Feeling the Weight

00:46:27  The Operational Motto: Decide, Commit, Act

00:59:46  The 2-Millimeter Gap: Don't Give Up Right Before Your Breakthrough

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🎤 Host: Anup Ghimire

Founder of The Doers

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🎙️ Guest: Anup Tamrakar

Chief Executive Officer, Urban Infraconstruction LLC

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anup-tamrakar/

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