https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/ Recent content in Essays on Siddhant Thapaliya Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:20:00 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/world-energy-transition-and-nepals-hydropower-moment/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:20:00 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/world-energy-transition-and-nepals-hydropower-moment/ The global energy transition is no longer only about renewables; it is about resilience, infrastructure, finance, and whether Nepal can turn hydropower potential into a reliable power export economy. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/discovering-purpose/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/discovering-purpose/ A personal exploration of cosmic insignificance, nihilism, and existentialism that argues meaning can be created through responsibility, relationships, and work directed toward something valuable. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/balen-wind/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/balen-wind/ Written before Kathmandu’s 2022 local election, this essay examines independent candidacy, generational frustration with Nepal’s political establishment, and the democratic energy that gathered around Balen Shah. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/fuller-life/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/fuller-life/ Practical advice from remote construction-site life on maintaining physical health, protecting mental wellbeing, avoiding burnout, staying creative, sustaining relationships, and breaking a monotonous routine. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/engineer/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 01:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/engineer/ A first-hand critique of engineering education in Nepal, exploring how an exam-centred system can suppress curiosity, practical problem-solving, creativity, teamwork, and the desire to become an engineer. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/marcus/ Sat, 17 Jul 2021 22:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/marcus/ A personal reflection on a passage attributed to Marcus Aurelius, mortality, and the idea that a continuing love of knowledge can guide a meaningful life amid uncertainty and change. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/hive-switch/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/hive-switch/ Beginning with a mountain experience in Pokhara, this essay uses Jonathan Haidt’s hive-switch idea to explore why awe in nature can quiet self-interest and make people feel part of something larger. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/democracy/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/democracy/ A reading of Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt’s How Democracies Die, focused on the warning signs citizens can use to recognize elected leaders who may undermine democratic institutions. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/company/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/company/ Using a simple bread-and-flour analogy, this essay argues that bankruptcy is a necessary market mechanism for moving scarce resources away from inefficient companies and toward better uses. https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/oil/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:48:11 +0545 https://siddhantthapaliya.com.np/posts/oil/ Written during the April 2020 market shock, this explainer uses supply, demand, futures contracts, storage constraints, and pandemic disruption to show how a U.S. crude-oil benchmark briefly fell below zero.