Amresh is an undergraduate student pursuing Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). He has been working in the field of youth empowerment and skill development for the past two years. He loves all things Science & Tech, and you will often see him striving to integrate them for the betterment of the community. He likes to tinker, destroy, and break things but identifies as a maker. He is also passionate about plants and loves tending to his pots. He believes in the therapeutic benefits of gardening and takes it as a major hobby.

Furthermore, He is an easy-going, approachable person and a good listener, but he will fight you for the last slice of a pineapple pizza. He is also a meme scholar and graduates in memeology. He will most likely communicate through memes to phase off the awkwardness. When he is not trying to crack the formula for the Krabby Patty, and saving the world from Doomsday, you will often find him reading books and listening to podcasts.

Arnab Chaudhary (Tharu), 23, hails from Manpur Village of Gadhawa Village Municipality in the Dang district, Currently, in his final year of law school, he is fluent in Tharu, Nepali, Hindi, English, and Awadhi. He is a fond reader of poetry, literature and loves discussing various political, social, and environmental issues. He is an advocate for Indigenous languages, underprivileged and minority groups’ rights in Nepal. He is also a legal intern for Pro Public that works in the field of public interest litigation, with a focus on social and environmental justice.

Chaudhary is an executive member of the Kathmandu Valley Committee of the Tharu Student Society, Program officer of Tharu youth group Khayal Bagal, Secretary of A step toward Change and continues to be active in discussions of social, legal, political, and economic issues related to Indigenous communities. Currently, he is involved in a project called ‘Advocacy of Food Sovereignty’ and another called ‘Advocacy of Environment Justice in Bardiya District’.

Kusha Gurung graduated from Tribhuvan University with a major in microbiology. She is currently working as a Security Analyst Intern in a Silicon Valley-based company. Kusha feels very happy to be a part of this company because it is helping her to broaden her knowledge in the field of cyber-security and internet technology. Her keen interest is to research microorganisms, having completed her undergraduate thesis on research entitled ‘Antibiotic resistance bacteria in hospital wastewater. The outcome of this research was as expected- antibiotic resistance is going to be a global threat in the near future.

She wants to make her degree her voice and strengthen the education of antibacterial resistance among common citizens and medical practitioners in Nepal. She is also a keen observer of different national and global issues and is passionate about addressing them.

Neha is a Registered Pharmacist and Community Nutritionist working in the sector of primary health care, maternal child health and nutrition for the past four years. Fun loving and research oriented, she enjoys direct interaction with the community and working with children. She is passionate about bridging the gap between people and their right to basic health care services, especially in rural areas. Having travelled extensively across the six provinces of Nepal and observed the similar status and problems in the health, education and gender sector, she is driven to contribute as a social changemaker to make a difference in these social facets.

Nura has been working towards providing equality and dignity to freed but still vulnerable Kamalari women and girls through education for the past 10 years. She accidentally found her passion while attending lectures in her college. She was woken up with the thought that she doesn’t know her own country well at all, and that there can be so much more done. Since then, she has volunteered and provided various workshops and training to the youth, helping them bring the best, primarily in Banke district. She has a Masters degree in Rural Development. She is an alumna of Hive Global Leaders Program, and has served as a group leader for the Hive GLP in India, September 2019.

Nuva Rai is an Indigenous youth who is determined to work towards making gender equality accessible and inclusive for all. She has experience working at the intersection of indigeneity, disability, and gender with people from different backgrounds. She is a feminist who hopes to contribute to the dismantling of the system that is structured to thrive either by exploiting or erasing one’s identity.

Nuva loves writing about her personal experiences as it helps her navigate her emotions. Though most often her jokes are considered lame, she enjoys her own humour, which is also a way she deals with the routined life dictated by capitalism. Though most often seen as an extrovert, she most often enjoys her own solitude. She strongly believes that change in society is necessary and possible only when the fight for freedom is inclusive, accessible, and empathetic.

Born in Sindhupalchok, Rewati Karki was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (Spastic Type) soon after birth; and dyslexia, a learning disability- a little later. She is well aware of her disabilities but does not use them as an excuse. Currently, she is a final year student of Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree. Her aim is to make life meaningful and bring the most out of it. She wants to enlighten the world about the hardship that a disabled person has to go through right from their childhood; the day-to-day discrimination and behavior of indignity coming from not just his/her extended family, but the society at large. The thing that she does not like it when someone gives her a look of pity. She prefers to call herself ‘disabled’ rather than ‘differently abled’.

Rewati has her own YouTube channel and a blog page where she freely expresses her opinions. She is currently volunteering as the vice-president of Shiksha Nepal and is also involved with Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation/Radha Paudel Foundation, where she is also doing her thesis paper.

Having organized, volunteered, and participated in a range of activities covering political awareness and accountability, social structure and its existing problems, culture, and literature understanding since 2018, Vivek aspires to become a journalist. A literature freak, yet a realist, he has always encouraged himself to speak up for issues that are marginalised and not part of public discourse. He is a learner who is always ready to challenge beliefs adapted while upbringing, thus he describes himself as an ‘unlearner and a relearner.

The intersectional relation among economics, politics, society and justice interest and excite him. Vivek firmly believes in and advocates for ‘Check Your Privilege’. This altogether also stands him as an LGBTO ally and a growing feminist. Born and brought up in Birgunj, Vivek is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, and Political Science as majors from Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu.

Pratisha Joshi