Upadesh Kunwor

J uly 27, 2025:  I want to share my story about my journey and experience at Singha Durbar, the heart of Nepal’s Government . The story begins with the IRD (Institute for Rural Development) organizing Youth Policy Roundtable Episode 4, focusing on Tourism. I am part of a WhatsApp community group that shares opportunities to support tourism initiatives, and there I saw the event link. Without much expectation, I filled out the application form the next day. To my surprise, at 10:44 pm on July 25, 2025, I received an email: "Congratulations! You have been selected."  On July 26, at 3 am, I read the email and replied immediately to confirm my participation. I later found out through the group chat that my friend Rakshit was also selected. From our community, we were the only two participants. I felt excited yet nervous - what would I say? What topics would we discuss? This would also be my first-ever visit to Singha Durbar in my ten years of living in Kathmandu. I started prepar...

On July 19, 2025, I traveled with my BTTM 19th Batch students, who are very interested in culture and heritage, to explore Panauti, Namo Buddha, Dhulikhel, and Bhaktapur.   According to our plan, we reached Panauti Bus Park around 10:30 AM. Personally, I was excited about visiting the Panauti Community Homestay, which I had been planning for a while. Visit to Panauti Community Homestay We drove via Kushadevi Road and arrived at the Community Homestay Office. There, we met Nisha Bahini, who kindly introduced us to Jyoti Ma’am.   For almost 20 minutes, Jyoti Ma’am shared valuable information about the homestay. We were lucky to meet her, as she was on her way to Kathmandu. From her, we learned several interesting facts:       The Panauti Community Homestay was established 12 years ago.       It started with 8 houses and now has 15 houses providing homestay services.       There are 4 additional houses that serve guests when the main h...

Today, I’m feeling truly happy and fulfilled. Why? Because a small seed of an idea has now grown into something real.   We successfully completed a Sound Bath and Wellness Tourism session on 12th, 13th, 14th July 2025 at NATHM College.  This happened thanks to the incredible support from NATHM’s Travel & Research Department  Head Ajay Dhakal Sir , and especially Mr. Damber R. Bhatta and Shubham Paudel Sir. Also, a big thank you to Guru Nirajan Tiwari of Nimi Wellness Centre , without their help, none of this would have been possible. How It All Started It began when I shared the Nimi Wellness Centre website with Damber Sir. I had a class at NATHM, and he casually said,   “Good morning Upadesh  Kunwor Sir, don’t you think our BTTM students should also experience one of these sessions?”   I replied, “Yes, of course! I’ll coordinate.”    That’s how the idea moved forward. We met the following Monday  - me, Nirajan Sir, Damber Sir, and ...

On July 8, 2025, while teaching an Adventure Tourism class at NATHM, I shared a dream that I had once imagined, when I showed a video of Humla, a remote valley of Nepal. My dream is this: instead of so many students leaving Nepal on student visas, we should establish a special university in Nepal focused only on tourism especially Adventure Tourism, Mountaineering Tourism, and Spiritual Tourism (both Hinduism and Buddhism). This university would offer limited seats and attract international students to come to Nepal to study these subjects. We could charge high fees imagine $100,000 USD per semester. Students would learn in the open environment of the Himalayas: trekking while studying trekking on base camp, climbing peaks while learning mountaineering, flying by helicopter or walking to the Himalayan base camps while gaining knowledge. This is my vision for Nepal to teach the world from the heart of our mountains. I dream that every teacher, like me, will have access to a helicopte...

यो घुमफिर निर्जला एकादशी को दिनको हो  , आजभन्दा झण्डै एक महिना अगाडिको कुरा । हामी चार जना साथिहरु , अलिक व्यस्त जीवनको बिचबाट समय निकालेर , आत्मीय यात्रामा निस्किएका थियौं। त्यो दिन शनिबार   थियो , म युनिभर्सिटी मा थिएँ  , काम अनि पढाइमै व्यस्त। अचानक साथी केदार   आयो मलाई लिन। अनि सुरु भयो हाम्रो South ern  Kathmandu यात्रा , योजना -   फर्पिङ हुँदै भुन्डोल   पुग्ने   रहे छ   पुगेपछी   थाह   भायो   मेरो   त   न    कुनै खास तयारी थिएन ,   न   planning  - बस एक - अर्काको साथ , रमाइलोको भावना , र प्रकृति प्रति हाम्रो मोहले अगाडि बढायो   घुमफिर ।   त्यो क्षणमा बल्ल थाहा भयो  - हामी कति समयदेखि यसरी खुलेर हाँसेका , घुमेका र एक - अर्कासँग समय बिताएका रहेनछौं   प्रकृति को   काखमा । Our first destination ! फर्पिङ   हुँदै   भुन्डोल   पुग्गे को ,   म त from bike parking २० मिनेटजति हिँडेपछि त्यो प्रकृतिले जंगलको बीचमा लुकाएर राखेको खुला चौउरामा पुगेँ। वाओ ! ...