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Biken K Dawadi

Biken K Dawadi

What’s in a Janai?

The businessman priest at the Pashupatinath temple in Houston sells the “sacred” thread Janai for $5. He buys the thread in bulk from…

5 min readApr 11, 2022

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A Pretender, A Jester and A Fool

Fresh soil for another populist leadership?

7 min readOct 26, 2021

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Biken K Dawadi

Two-faced Diplomacy

Do Russia and China want the U.S. back in the JCPoA?

4 min readMay 6, 2021

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Two-faced Diplomacy

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Biken K Dawadi

Vices, Vice City, and smoking

The only way to bring a hereditary prince down is through his extraordinary vices. I drew from Machiavelli to reach this conclusion.

4 min readJan 9, 2021

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Vices, Vice City, and smoking

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Biken K Dawadi

Abortion (early thoughts)

Suppose that a woman — after taking every precaution to avoid pregnancy because she does not want to be pregnant — becomes pregnant anyway…

5 min readJan 9, 2021

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Biken K Dawadi

The roots of luxury

It has been years since I started ruminating about luxury and necessity. To be precise, it was towards the end of my first love…

4 min readJan 4, 2021

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Joe Biden and Nepal

As the Democratic Party nominee for the 2020 US election Joseph Biden takes the victory lap by flipping the battleground states of Georgia…

8 min readNov 7, 2020

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Joe Biden and Nepal

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2. Plato, Democracy and Nepal

In my previous article, I started with comparing the basics of Plato’s democracy to that of Nepal. The general comparison was sound but we…

4 min readOct 31, 2020

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2. Plato, Democracy and Nepal

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Biken K Dawadi

1. Plato, Democracy and Nepal

I started writing a few words describing the similarity between governance of Nepal and Plato’s democracy. Before I realized, I decided to…

3 min readOct 31, 2020

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1. Plato, Democracy and Nepal

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US-China relations through constructivism

The constructivist approach to international relations best explains the US-China relation and the impact that the rise of China is having…

5 min readOct 28, 2020

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US-China relations through constructivism

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Biken K Dawadi

Biken K Dawadi

Studying Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics at Miami University. Passionate about reading and writing.

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