Podcast
Season 1, Episode 1: Ava's tips to stay healthy!
Season 1, Episode 1: Ava's tips to stay healthy! Sometimes back, I got a "professional-looking" microphone and immediately after seeing it, our 5 YO girl (Ava) jumped with excitement and wanted to make an episode. She decided all the content in her talk.
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Public Health
Addressing health inequalities: why neighbourhoods should be front and centre of building a fairer world
(This blog was published on the SHLC's website prior to putting it here) The emergence and spread of Covid-19 all across the globe has meant that more than ever, we have realised the importance of the context and place we live in. We have become more appreciative of the accessible and adaptive physical and social features of our local neighbourhood. Liveabilit…
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Non-academic blogs
केहि दशकको हरित उपलब्धि: कारण र थपिएको चुनौती
कस्तो संयोग फेरी पनि नौडाँडाको बारेमा लेख्ने खुराक भेटियो। पहिले जस्तै अहिले पनि दुई तस्विरकै बारेमा लेख्दै छु । हिजो देखि फेरी दुई तस्बिर फेसबुकमा घुमिराखेको छन् - एउटा सन् १९७५ ताकाको अनि अर्को हालसालको (हेर्नुस तस्विर १ र २ )। तस्विर ढिकुरपोखरी देखि नौडाँडा हुँदै पूर्व कास्कीकोट सम्मै देखिने गरि लिइएको छ। दुई तस्बिरले इतिहास अनि वर्तमानलाई कति राम्रो संग गाँसेको…
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Non-academic blogs
नाउडाँडा: सुन्दर कि कुरुप?
म पछिल्लो समय जनस्वास्थ्य (public health) बाट भूगोलको (geography) विद्यार्थी भएको छु। भूगोल अथाह रैछ, यसमा भौतिक (physical geography) मात्रै हैन, अभौतिक या मानव भूगोल (human geography) झन् महत्वपूर्ण बिषय रहेछ। बिगत सात वर्ष देखि यहि विषयका अनेक सिद्धान्त र प्रयोग बारे अध्ययन अनि अनुसन्धान गर्दैछु। मेरो मुख्य रुचि भनेको नै हामी वरपर भएको भूगोलले हाम्रो स्वास्थ्यमा कस…
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Public Health
Wearing the hat of a health geographer in the neighbourhoods of New Delhi
Placing health: It is well evident that place can create inequalities in health. The discipline of geographical research in present days is mostly concerned about exploring this relationship between place and health. Although the variation in health and wellbeing of the people may be mostly explained by the individual characteristics (i.e. who lives here?), th…
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Resources
Integrating health in urban and territorial planning: A sourcebook
The document can be obtained from here . Summary:
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Non-academic blogs
Nepal earthquake that shook me in the UK
First published on March 30, 2015 In the aftermath of the earthquake that shook the whole of Nepal and measured 7.8~7.9 in the Richter scale, I am engulfed with mixed emotions- I am mourning for the deceased; sympathetic to those who were injured, lost their beloved ones, lost their home; and sceptic to the country’s future. I have a gut feeling that we can ‘bounce…
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Literature
'चोर-पुलिस' खेलौं
आउ साथी आउ 'चोर-पुलिस' खेलौं यहाँ चोरी नै आवस्यक छ यहाँ चोरीकै भविष्य छ त्यसैले तिमी आउ हामी 'चोर-पुलिस' खेलौं। भुइंचालो 'आयो'! डाँडा पाखा हल्लाएर गयो सबैको मन रुवाएर गयो यही हो 'मौका' आउ तिमी, अरुलाई'नि डाक हामी 'चोर-पुलिस' खेलौं। अरुको यहाँ 'बाल' मतलब सक्ने जति कुम्लो कस, तिम्रो काम हो चोरी गर, …
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Literature
मुर्कट्टाहरुको सहर
Originally published on JUNE 21, 2016 तन नै रन्थनिने चिसो बतास, सपना निमोठिएका काला रात जताततै हुर्केको सन्त्रास हिसाब बिहिन अन्तर घात ! हो, यहि हो, यो सहरको परिचय हराएको आफ्नो लय, कुरुप अवतार, मन देखि मन सम्मै तिखा काँडे तार न कसैको माया, न छ यहाँ आड भरोशा उजाडिएका शितल छायाँ छरपस्ट छरिएका ‘जीवित लाश’ फगत एउटा चाल, सतरंजका गोटी कसै बाट चालिएका, कसै बाट फालिएका आफ्…
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Blogs
The new beginning!
For a long time, I have been thinking of getting something (anything that crosses my mind) out on a regular basis. This was on my To-do list for a (really) long time but something always pulled me back. The habit of not writing might have added to this issue of procrastination. I know I should be doing more, I should be sharing more! Enable Ginger Cannot connect to G…
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