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Reflection: A Year After Quitting My Job
Sudiksha Joshi
September 29, 2019
It's been exactly one year. One year from September 29, 2018. One year from my 38th birthday. One year since...
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Remembering My Mom’s Legacy
Sudiksha Joshi
May 12, 2019
I can't believe that it's been over a decade that I lost my mom. Her memories continue to pop-up every...
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How do you Thrive in a Volatile Economy? Career and Life Advice from a 6-Figure Copywriter and Business Coach, Tepsii
Sudiksha Joshi
April 7, 2017
You can also listen to this interview via iTunes, on the go: What do you do when you fail? What...
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Life and Lessons After PhD, Beyond the Academia
Sudiksha Joshi
February 21, 2017
I wanted to be prepared. While pursuing my Ph.D., I made it a point to participate in as many career...
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Mahabir Pun and National Innovation Center: Will There Finally Be A Movement For Innovation?
Sudiksha Joshi
September 4, 2016
Two representatives of a donor agency had visited the NGO, Namsaling Community Development Center (NCDC, Ilam) as part of their...
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Why Are Ph.D. Holders Notoriously Slow to React?
Sudiksha Joshi
August 29, 2016
I walked into a staffing agency office. "How can I help you?" the recruiter asked. "I wanted to see if you...
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Are You Self-Aware? Why You Should be and Teach Your Kids too?
Sudiksha Joshi
August 8, 2016
Have you heard that what you see in a person, more importantly, what you show to others is just the...
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When Saying the Wrong Thing is the Right Thing to Do
Sudiksha Joshi
July 10, 2016
Have you wanted to disagree to a conversation or when you wanted to add your point of view but you...
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Celebrate Period Power: End the Taboos
Sudiksha Joshi
June 24, 2016
Don’t touch that! Don’t go to kitchen! Don’t visit the temples! You are impure during those 4/5 days of the...
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Power of Appreciation (Part 2 of 4) Appreciation and Intimacy: What’s the Connection?
Sudiksha Joshi
June 8, 2016
Love alone is not enough to sustain a relationship. The many ups and downs in life take its toll in...
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Power of Appreciation (Part 1 of 4): Want to Reduce Employee Turnover? Speak Their Language of Appreciation
Sudiksha Joshi
May 18, 2016
This post is somewhat different and very special. Anita and her message on the five languages of appreciation have had a...
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Write to Find Your Passion
Sudiksha Joshi
April 5, 2016
Have you often heard this? After school (college), I am DONE learning! Think about it. Our learning NEVER started in...
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Who Should You Write Your Resume For?
A few months ago I spoke to a class of high school students on resume writing through Nepris. I wanted...
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Education for Eligibility to Apply or for Opportunities and Widening of Horizons?
Did you know that we graduate students or students who have graduated, could very well earn our living by doing...
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Did You Know That Learning Children’s Love Languages Can Help Reduce Bullying?
Did you know that love has different languages? Yes, you heard me right! There are 5 love languages according to...
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McNair Scholars Program: A Celebration of Ronald E. McNair’s Legacy
As I nervously knocked on Dr. Betty Mei's door to hand-deliver my application to be a Graduate Assistant for the...
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How Do We Change the Way Students Are Taught?
Sudiksha Joshi
January 20, 2016
Did the picture above bring back memories from your school days or are some of you still enduring them now?...
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My First Day of Running: Taking Up Mark Zuckerberg’s A Year of Running Challenge
Sudiksha Joshi
January 7, 2016
“Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen” -Bradley Whitford When I saw Mark Zuckerberg’s post on...
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I Applaud Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
And thank you Mark for your bold move. You have led the path to show that social media can be...
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Applauding Mark Zuckerberg’s Initiative and Supporting Mahabir Pun’s Intentions: Hitting Iron When It’s Hot
Sudiksha Joshi
December 7, 2015
"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done." ...
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Speaking Directly to Nepali Youth
Hear me speak to you "Word Warrior" style. When my 4 year old stopped talking in Nepali My well meaning Nepali...
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5 Reasons Why Every Nepali Should Watch Singha Durbar/Madame Prime Minister
Sudiksha Joshi
November 24, 2015
We all watch our favorite shows and that is our choice. But November 22 aired the second episode of Singha...
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Waste to Fuel: Should Nepal be Approaching Enerkem to Gain Energy Independence?
Sudiksha Joshi
November 19, 2015
The economic blockade in Nepal has ruffled lives and hearts, yet the condition is yet to be resolved. After my...
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A Disturbing Trend: Us vs Them
Sudiksha Joshi
November 16, 2015
It has baffled me. The media, the social media, and the psyche of people ......... I will present to you...
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Why I Will Start a Business?
Sudiksha Joshi
October 28, 2015
Mark Zucherberg's speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing on why people should start a business couldn't have come at a more opportune time...
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Empowering The Budding Talents: Maggie Doyne, the CNN Hero
Sudiksha Joshi
October 9, 2015
Inspiration is everywhere! You just have to look around you. If you look for inspiration, you will find it! CNN...
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Gaining Independence Through Alternative Fuels: A Possibility for Nepal
Sudiksha Joshi
October 8, 2015
A land locked country and a dissatisfied neighboring government. The result, Nepal with its citizens and their lives in a...
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Book to read to your child: The Quest to Digest
Sudiksha Joshi
September 23, 2015
Reading a book brings a lot of joy but encouraging kids to read means that the books have to be...
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Quenching an Ethnic Palate: A Mixed Bag Approach
Sudiksha Joshi
September 22, 2015
When I read Anup Kaphle’s Article on preparing the ultimate goat curry, it took me on a journey, a journey...
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नेपाल नेपालीहरुको हो कि मेरो…. हरुको हो?
Sudiksha Joshi
August 28, 2015
केही नलेखी बस्न सकिन। टिकापुरको काहाली लाग्दो समाचारले झक्झकाएको झक्झकायै गर्यो। कसरी मान्छे बाट माया भन्ने शब्द नै हरायो जस्तो...
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Lessons from my Child: Imagination and Problem Solving
Sudiksha Joshi
July 2, 2015
As I was passed my daughter holding her wet miniature dinosaurs, she was excited to show me how they have...
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What does being a female mean to you?
Sudiksha Joshi
June 17, 2015
It is only recently that I have started asking this question more to my self. I find that this question...
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Being a mother…..a gamble on our own lives?
Sudiksha Joshi
June 16, 2015
A friend lost her life last week. It was supposed to be one of the greatest day in her life....
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Emotional Care After the Crisis
As I talked to one of my cousins back home yesterday, I asked how my nephews were coping after the...
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Education after the earthquake
Sudiksha Joshi
May 26, 2015
As I listened to Dr. Swarnim Wagle's interview on Himalaya TV about the next steps after the Earthquake, he talked...
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Nepal Earthquake Rescue: Our Work Has Just Begun
Earthquake in Nepal has affected people in many different ways. A significant population of the country is still reliving...
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Our Accountability to the Earthquake Victims and to Nepal
Sudiksha Joshi
April 28, 2015
This has been a tough time for us as Nepalese and to humanity in general. We have been tested to...
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When is the time to join hands?
Sudiksha Joshi
April 26, 2015
Now! Yes, the time to join hands is now! We are in the middle of a natural catastrophe. One...
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Formula that could help our kids become smarter
Sudiksha Joshi
April 19, 2015
Today I wanted to talk about something that I learned about while writing a test sample. But first, Food for...
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Humans on the verge of driving yet another magnificent animal to extinction
Sudiksha Joshi
April 17, 2015
As I browsed through CNN, there it was, a sad story of our actions. The news link read: Last rare male...
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Books to enjoy with your kids
Sudiksha Joshi
April 16, 2015
As my life as a blogger has progressed, I have learned so much more about myself and my interests. With...
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New Year, New Beginnings….
Sudiksha Joshi
April 14, 2015
Each day is a new beginning they say Each night, an end of an era. Each flower brings a bloom...
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Women: their choices and their consequences
Sudiksha Joshi
April 5, 2015
Facebook, social media, and news reports have been abuzz with Purvi Patel's 20-year long prison sentence for allegedly using abortion drugs to...
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Research: opening doors
Sudiksha Joshi
March 18, 2015
Today will still be about learning, ..... importance of learning to conduct research...... through my journey..... I remember how lost I felt...
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Why sending your kids to Preschool should be mandatory
Sudiksha Joshi
March 16, 2015
When I first came to U.S., there were many things that I had to learn about first hand: health insurance,...
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Before sending that E-mail
Sudiksha Joshi
March 15, 2015
We spend long long hours in front of our digital devices and meet less and fewer people directly and more...
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A positive way of life
Sudiksha Joshi
March 13, 2015
"Phool ko aankha ma phoolai sansara........" by Ani Choying Drolma One of the most soul soothing Nepali songs that has...
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Why celebrate Women’s Day?
Sudiksha Joshi
March 7, 2015
I never knew Women's Day was celebrated as a day for men to express their love, appreciation, and/or respect for...
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Women and Men are Equal??
Today has been one of those days where I felt pain, pain of feeling what a woman means to the...
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Giving the gift of access to education,one kid at a time
As we hurried to get to the Protect Kids Dream second fundraiser, a little late than we had planned, 10...
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Stick or Carrot? Which would you choose?
Sudiksha Joshi
March 1, 2015
I let you in on my first hand experience at KIPP Austin in my last blog. The experiences like this...
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You could give a child the power to read
Sudiksha Joshi
February 25, 2015
Dear Readers, Today, I decided to write about a cause that is dear to everyone who can read and write,...
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Knowledge is Power Program
So, as it happens, I have already had a three-day break in my writing but I had at least been...
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Power in forgiveness
So, you've been hurt, really hurt! How could he/she do so? What does he/she think of himself/herself? I will never...
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Our tendency to BLAME
"People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they...
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Learning to Write Barefoot
Sudiksha Joshi
February 15, 2015
I had anticipated contributing to my blog more often than what it has been. So, here's trying an accountability challenge...
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If women giving birth is natural then so is menstruating, then what’s the big deal?
There! I finally said it! I had been contemplating on writing this article for some time now. Coming from my...
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Bedtime reading excitement
As I finished reading "Are you my Mother?" By P.D. Eastman to my 3-year-old, she was upset that the story...
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Should I continue writing?
Why should I continue writing? Why should I take the time out to sit in front of the computer which...
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Earning that Ph.D.
Sudiksha Joshi
January 18, 2015
This had to be one of my starting articles. Earning that Ph.D. was going to be a cruise, or...
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A Poem …. We are always learning
Out of the womb ..... suddenly we learn to breathe We learn to cry, kick,...then tumble, crawl, walk, and run...
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Hello world!
Sudiksha Joshi
January 18, 2015
Everyone has something special to offer. Bravo to those who have found that special something in themselves. For the rest- Keep...
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