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...Harvard kids may be shocked that I have a curfew [in Nepal], that I’ll have an arranged marriage,” she says. “But just because I’m here doesn’t mean I want to change myself, and be something I’m not. I’m still the same...
...Nepal, the world’s only Hindu kingdom, became a constitutional monarchy in 1990. Since then, insurgents throughout the nation have violently protested against the new government...
...always said with utmost conviction ‘I’m going back to Nepal, and working in my country, and living in my country,’” she says. “But it’s hard, coming to Harvard, and you begin to question. It would be nice to live in a peaceful country where you don’t worry about being shot. You ask, is it reasonable to go back...
Thapa believes her courses at Harvard and her broadening experiences living in the United States are vital to making her a valuable citizen of Nepal...
...being globalized. Now I have friends from so many different places—India, Mexico, Eastern Europe—I feel more connected to everybody now even than just a month ago,” she says. “This is reality, my world is not just Nepal, it consists of all these other people, you can’t isolate yourself. I’m part of a global community. That’s perspective I need no matter what career I decide...