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Riya Gurung
Culture and diaspora writer
Riya writes about culture, migration and the connections Nepalis maintain across borders.
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About Riya Gurung
Riya Gurung writes about culture and the Nepali diaspora. She covers books, music, language, heritage and the personal negotiations that come with living between places and generations.
Her reporting pays close attention to creative work and everyday memory rather than treating culture as something fixed. Riya has interviewed artists and community organisers in Nepal, the Gulf, Europe and North America, tracing how ideas travel and return home.
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Articles by Riya Gurung
109 published articles
Finance
Finance in focus: people, ideas and change
A people-centred look at Finance, explaining its connection to enterprise, markets, working life and the decisions influencing Nepal’s economy.
1 min read
Entrepreneurship
Understanding Entrepreneurship: a concise guide
A practical introduction to Entrepreneurship and its place in enterprise, markets, working life and the decisions influencing Nepal’s economy.
1 min read
Schools
Why Schools matters now
An accessible guide to why Schools matters when considering learning, opportunity and the institutions preparing Nepal for what comes next.
1 min read
Vocational Training
Vocational Training in focus: people, ideas and change
A people-centred look at Vocational Training, explaining its connection to learning, opportunity and the institutions preparing Nepal for what comes next.
1 min read
IT Education
Understanding IT Education: a concise guide
A practical introduction to IT Education and its place in learning, opportunity and the institutions preparing Nepal for what comes next.
1 min read
Education Policy
Education Policy in Nepal: what readers should know
A concise Nepal Digest briefing on Education Policy, with attention to learning, opportunity and the institutions preparing Nepal for what comes next.
1 min read
Online Learning
Why Online Learning matters now
An accessible guide to why Online Learning matters when considering learning, opportunity and the institutions preparing Nepal for what comes next.
1 min read
Professional Education
Professional Education in focus: people, ideas and change
A people-centred look at Professional Education, explaining its connection to learning, opportunity and the institutions preparing Nepal for what comes next.
1 min read
Exams
Understanding Exams: a concise guide
A practical introduction to Exams and its place in learning, opportunity and the institutions preparing Nepal for what comes next.
1 min read
Research
Research in Nepal: what readers should know
A concise Nepal Digest briefing on Research, with attention to learning, opportunity and the institutions preparing Nepal for what comes next.
1 min read