Bhumika Ghimire
Bhumika Ghimire is a freelance reporter and a writer. She is a content producer for Associated Content and writes for OhMyNews.com. Her works have appeared at ACM Ubiquity,Nepalnews.com, Toward Freedom, News Front Weekly and Nepal Abroad. She blogs at Global Voices Online and Global Voices Advocacy.
Bhumika is also a columnist at UPI Asia, where her column Nepali in America is published every Monday.
A graduate of Schiller International University, Florida, Bhumika lives with her husband in West Lafayette,Indiana.
Bhumika is also a columnist at UPI Asia, where her column Nepali in America is published every Monday.
A graduate of Schiller International University, Florida, Bhumika lives with her husband in West Lafayette,Indiana.
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Articles by Bhumika Ghimire
January 07, 2010
Residents of the Terai – known as Madhesis – have long been ignored by the establishment in Kathmandu. Their cultural, linguistic and geographic proximity to India put them in a difficult position. The national mainstream randomly labeled them as "India sympathizers," questioning their patriotism and allegiance. Their accent, way of dressing and supposed lack of sophistication made the Madhesis favorites of the comics, who routinely mocked them with racist and biased undertones.
November 05, 2007
According to Press Freedom Index 2006 compiled by Reporters Sans Frontiers, Nepal ranks 159, behind Iraq (154) and Libya (152), just ahead of Saudi Arabia (161) and Iran (162). For a country that purports itself as a multi party democracy, with constitution that guarantees freedom of expression, thi...
May 17, 2007
Diploma mill, according to Wikipedia, is "an organization that awards academic degrees and diplomas with very little or no academic study, and without recognition by official accrediting bodies"(Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma_ mill).It is abundantly clear that if you enroll and get a de...
May 14, 2007
Recently Nepal celebrated one year anniversary of the historic April revolution. Looking at the excitement in the eyes of people gathered across the nation to celebrate the day, one could say that finally Nepal is in the path towards achieving its great destiny. But it looks like the road ahead for ...
April 23, 2007
Our obsession with celebrity news has grown over the years and now along with the media, blogs has started to take advantage of this trend.If you Google the term "celebrity new blog" will come up with thousands of results, all kind of blogs promising to disclose the every day detail in a celebrity's...
April 20, 2007
Celebrity news is inescapable these days. The day Anna Nicole Smith died, I remember how CNN morphed into an out and out entertainment news network and did not talk anything about events in Iraq or what is going on in Washington, but focused only on death of this person who once posed nude for PlayB...
March 12, 2007
On Sunday 11th March, 2007 Reliable Sources on CNN, the anchor and three guests were discussing the failure of Katie Couric, the evening news host, to attract viewers. After all, Couric jumped into the evening news bandwagon with much fan faire and a hefty pay package. Her being the first female new...
October 31, 2006
Seven Party Alliance (SPA), Maoists, King and the international community; actors in the ongoing drama in Nepal. I am calling them actors and not the politically correct actor/ actress because women don’t seem to matter in Nepal. There were no women in original interim constitution drafting committe...
October 18, 2006
In an attempt to understand the situation in Afghanistan better, I interviewed Afghan journalist Daud Khan. The online interview session took place on 27th September, 2006.
Q)The United States and other nations have given millions in aid to Afghanistan. But reports say the people have not benefi...
October 18, 2006
The trend of companies and advertisers paying bloggers to write nice things about their product or services is fast rising. Some weeks back I wrote an article listing sites which offer paid blogging opportunity. Since then I have questioned myself many times if this practice is ethical. Blogs are no...
July 02, 2006
As a society changes through time, its culture, beliefs and social systems need to change.Otherwise there will be an imbalance which has negative effect in the society, itls people and its growth.
The Nepali Hindu society has now entered a defining moment in history.After the nations' historic Ap...
May 19, 2006
Girija Koirala declared in the Nepali parliament that we Nepalese are no longer subjects but citizens of a free nation. Just outside the parliament a group of people giddy with joy on hearing that the no longer need to accept the king as their god, supreme leader of the nation praised the ?courage? ...
May 05, 2006
In Nepal we have a strange tradition; we forgive any crime if the culprit is powerful. With power I mean, gun, money, name or social status. Our history is full of example where Kings, ministers have escaped justice, for example, the present Crown Prince Paras killed a musician in the streets of Kat...
May 03, 2006
Today the home minister for the newly formed ”revolutionary” government made a shocking decision. He proudly declared that the Maoists are going walk freely with any fear of the law. They will no longer be terrorists; they will no longer be wanted. Yes, these are the same Maoists whose brutality and...
May 02, 2006
While much media coverage has been devoted to the large corporations, smaller American companies are also reaping the benefit of outsourcing. They are increasing their market base and also working on their core competence. One such company is dbaDirect. Based in Kentucky, the company has healthy gro...
April 19, 2006
I am using this term "flipflopping" to refer to myself, not the world community(in case of Darfur) or Mr Bush (Iran). I have to admit that I did learn from them how to be a flipflopper but keep denying it so that you can stay sane and happy.
Yesterday I arrived in Nepal for a month long visit. Exc...
April 12, 2006
Ok this is not something original, if I had known the author I would have gladly quoted him or her, "there is no cure for stupidity". You need proof, please look at events in Nepal.
The royal family has for long been using the national fund for its own pleasure, with no regard for the economic cri...
April 10, 2006
After reading some of the comments in my blog(http://americannepali.blogspot.com) and emails from some very friendly people, I had to think seriously what has happened to something called "sense" or "soul" or say "reason". I guess with the rising wave of voilence in Nepal and around the world the gu...
April 08, 2006
At present there is nothing worse than being a journalist in Nepal. The government wants you to stop writing about the crimes it commits and the criminal history of its members. For instance, the present Crown Prince,before being declared so, killed a musician in streets of Kathmandu, but once he w...
April 01, 2006
Ten years after the armed rebellion started by the Maoists, Nepal has seen unprecedented rise in incidents of human rights abuse and violence. The government security forces and the Maoists, in spite of their commitment to human rights in paper, have shown a total disregard to honor their commitment...
March 29, 2006
The trouble with Islam, whole world is out to prove it. Trouble with Christianity, some liberals are trying to prove it. But the troubles with Hinduism have largely been on the sidelined. Once is a while someone comes up with a book portraying the faith as religion of “kamastura” or the “bride-burni...
March 26, 2006
Off shoring involves two companies in two different countries, so it takes a good management strategy and preparation to deal with two sets of laws and regulations.
There are international laws to govern trade among two nations but most of the time it is a long process to resolve any dispute. So ...
March 24, 2006
Today evening I finished reading the last chapter of Elie Wiesel's book Night; I have not finished reading the book though. I find the incidents running in my head, I find myself thinking about Wiesel's experiences whenever I am alone. I am still reading the book.
It is not the first time I read a...
March 18, 2006
Outsourcing is not a one stop solution for all the troubles a company is facing. It does not guarantee profit or increased market reach. Therefore, before a company decides to offshore its work, it has to conduct a detailed survey of its operations to find out whether off shoring is the best solutio...
March 15, 2006
As I left my home looking for the dream, I felt weightless.A burden was lifted from me,burden of not looking hard enough to find what I wanted.Even the act of trying to get the dream liberated me, wonder what achieving the dream would do.
The journey I started two years ago is still on, I am still...
March 13, 2006
Following are the main excerpts of the Human Rights report on Nepal, released by the State Department on March 8,2006. For complete report, please visit the State Department Link to this report for more information.
Nepal is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary form of government and a...
March 06, 2006
Flying away
Daughter card which had never failed, was unable to achieve goal this time. My father would not hear anything, I exhausted my speech in women’s right but he won’t budge. Then I tried something new, hunger strike. For food addict like me it was terribly hard, my mom made all the dishes ...
March 04, 2006
Although my three year bachelor degree in computer application did not prepare me to work anywhere in the IT field, it sure did a lot to my self confidence. As a failed student, I had this notion that whatever I will take up, I will never be a success. But then being the top student made me forget a...
March 04, 2006
“Do you want beef in your sandwich?” No. I rattled off five or six No, terrified as if I am being forced to eat it. This happened when I was standing to get lunch in my college. My first day on campus. After that day I faced the question every day, from the same person. I guess he was thinking one d...
March 02, 2006
Watch your Language
Nepali,Hindi and English are the only languages I know.Although in family almost everyone speaks atleast four languages, German is the language of choice.I tried to learn German but it was way beyond me.The sounds, grammer it was just to much to handle for a 6 grade student.So ...
March 02, 2006
Breaking Up
After completing my masters I have been trying to break up my old lifestyle and start a new one.Old habit like thinking too much about future and not living for the moment, and also taking myself too seriously.I have always pressured myself to achieve, to do something great, big not re...
March 02, 2006
Year of Zero
2005. Numerically there are two zeros in this year, but for me 2005 has been year nothing but zeros, forget the two and five. I got my degree and a work permit which is valid for exactly 12 months, rest all it is zeros, nothing,blank. One bright sunny day of July 31, when I got my wor...
March 02, 2006
Clearing my account
July 1999 I leave home again to pursue my dream of becoming a Chartered Account. My destination is Chennai; India.There was no direct flight to Chennai from Kathmandu so train journey was my only option. Taking a flight to another city and then flying to Chennai was too expensi...
March 02, 2006
Something to forget
Bulu, youngest of my aunt's two daughters, who stayed in Kathmandu while sister Nanu was sent to Biratnagar, has always been a rebel. She would not take anything quietly but then she never said anything when her brother was sent to a better school than hers or when she was not ...
March 02, 2006
Ruben, my senior caught my eye. He was very cute and had a very soft face. He was from Mizoram state and was very different from the local guys. I used to stare at him whenever I got a chance. His class was on the second floor and mine was in third floor, so whenever I used to go to the Chemistry la...
March 02, 2006
Something like Love
When I look back at whatever happened between me and Navin, I seriously think that I am the craziest person in this world. I never loved him, he never loved me still we were willing to risk our future to keep our relationship. When the principal threatened us to stop whatever i...
March 02, 2006
Getting lucky
After I returned home from Chennai, I didn't know what I wanted to do next. I was too ashamed of myself for not being able to achieve what I wanted to and leaving the whole mission in the middle. Also I felt bad because I had disappointed high hopes my parents had. For a couple of we...
February 27, 2006
Good stories
Hiding inside my shell, I taught myself to believe in destiny, I used to tell myself that I am destinated to be someone great someday.Even when I had to face D grades and nearly failed in ninth grade, my heart used to remind me of the bigger things that will happen in my life. That be...
February 27, 2006
Little Angles
Growing up I was no Angel.I don't know why I had this feeling that I am alone, no one loves me and I have to do everything on my own.No one will ever help me. I always felt distant from everyone, mom, dad, friends.Even to this day, I have that feeling of distance. What I am trying to...
February 27, 2006
Freedom
During the time I was yearning for my freedom, Nepal was also going through the same process. People were in a struggle to restore multi-party democracy, constitutional monarchy. The year was 1990, I had just started my life as a boarding school inmate. Right infront of my school was the p...
February 26, 2006
Bad Stars
So much for complaining about Laxmi and Brahma, but I think they are puppets in the hands of the stars.They cannot do anything on their own,the stars control them too.Not the usual Aries, Virgo and others of the English system. The Nepali stars Mul, Mangalik and more are more powerful t...
February 26, 2006
Off-shoring in general means sending a job overseas. Outsourcing would mean just sending a job outside the company; the destination could be across the street or across the border. When the off shoring trend took off, especially with off shoring of IT jobs, India emerged as the preferred destination...
February 26, 2006
The term "24 Hour Knowledge Factory" coined by Dr Amar Gupta and Satwik Seshasai of MIT, means a globally distributed team working on a project for 24 hours.This 24 hour day is made possible by the team members being in different time zones.For example, team in America works its normal schedule and ...
February 25, 2006
Page 1:Starting Out
Ok I have started the journey to recollect all the 24 years of my life. At this juncture I am nervous, my mind is full of doubts. Will I be able to remember everything? Will I be able to be true? These questions will be with me throughout this journey, keeping me aware.
So sh...
February 22, 2006
While writing a piece about racist attack on call center workers, I felt that I was not doing enough to get into the depth of the matter. Just analyzing the published data and reading report written by someone else did not feel enough. I decided to talk to someone who actually works in a call center...
February 21, 2006
Hamas, founded in 1988 as a rival to PLO was supported by the Mossad for some time. The Israeli spy agency wanting to weaken the Palestinian movement headed by Arafat saw new organization as a possible weapon against the popular PLO. With the strong anti-Semitic stands and violence against Israeli c...
February 11, 2006
Unlike the belief some people have about democracy, I strongly believe that every country in this world should be a democracy. That’s the only way we can ensure that people can enjoy their rights and work together to build a strong and prosperous society.
What is happening in Nepal is certainly no...
February 11, 2006
Like thousands of students in Nepal, America was my escape from all the tough realities of life in Nepal- pollution, social pressure, political turmoil and lack of opportunities. I never thought that living in a country where I don’t know anyone and where money stands over human relationships and em...
February 11, 2006
Racist tirades made by a radio host on an Indian call center worker have raised the issue of racial abuse against call center workers outside United States. Until this incident, this issue was largely underreported; people chose to ignore it calling it a natural outcome of outsourcing. But the raisi...
February 08, 2006
Cartoons, form of art and expression used to represent humor or satire. But if we look around the world the meaning of cartoon has changed. It is now a weapon to start violence and hatred. The cartoon which started this trend, was first published in Denmark around September, 2005.It is February, 200...
February 05, 2006
The debate on depiction of Hinduism in text books of California has been going on for some time now. I did not pay much attention in the beginning, thinking it`s just another way for the Hindu diaspora to gain attention. But then when I read a report by an Indian journalist I had to inform myself to...