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AI for Global Ethics Day 2025 The city of temples, Kathmandu, Nepal
As Kathmandu and the world mark Global Ethics Day 2025, the call is clear: ethical integrity—whether in religion, politics, or technology—must be lived, not just spoken. True progress depends on aligning our values with our actions, from temple halls to digital systems. Only then can we re-envision ethics for a more just, humane, and trustworthy world.
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AI Gautam Buddha and the Ethics of Conscious Innovation
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When the West Discovered Electricity, Nepal Was Kept in the Dark
Even today, the echoes of that divide remain. Where Franklin’s kite caught lightning, Nepal was still learning to strike a spark — a reminder that the greatest revolutions often begin not with machines, but with the freedom to ask why.
The Worship of the Self
Self-awareness and self-respect are the foundation of a good life — resonates across cultures and generations.
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The Newar civilization once flourished through art, trade, and innovation—through its openness to ideas, not its resistance to change. Our ancestors built temples not just of brick and wood, but of imagination. To honor them today is to keep that spirit alive, not fossilized.
A republic still ruled by ritual
To honor Dharma Ratna’s legacy is to recognize that secularism is not a finished project. It is an ongoing struggle — to free the mind as much as the state, to let every citizen believe, or not believe, without fear or hierarchy. “Secularism was never a betrayal of tradition,” he might remind us.
“It was the promise of equality our traditions never fulfilled.”