Who am I.

  • Father of two children, husband, son and brother of four sisters
  • Disruptor of the status quo
  • Town Planner by profession; founder of iSolutionsnz.com
  • Born and bred in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Educated in Nepal (Bsc), Denmark (Msc) and New Zealand (MSc)
  • Raising family and permanently residing in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Active advocate of the matter of wider interest to the Nepalis
  • Speaker of the right cause irrespective of (un)popular opinion
  • Avid reader of classical literature
  • Father of two children, husband, son and brother of four sisters
  • Disruptor of the status quo
  • Town Planner by profession; founder of iSolutionsnz.com 
  • Born and bred in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Educated in Nepal (Bsc), Denmark (Msc) and New Zealand (MSc)
  • Raising family and permanently residing in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Active advocate of the matter of wider interest to the Nepalis
  • Speaker of the right cause irrespective of (un)popular opinion
  • Avid reader of classical literature
 

ABout

What am I up to these days?

Initiating the discourse that we need to take action to raise the profile of Nepalis in New Zealand

What will I be doing in 10 years from now?

Pursuing the dream of raising the profile of Nepalis around the world wherever they live

Where have I been?

Australia, Belgium, China, Denmark, France, India, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden

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Impact.

Why involve in community?

Coming Soon...

FAQS

  • What is my most valued possession - Family
  • What is one thing I wish I could do - write a book
  • How do I describe my nature -Emotional
  • What do I think is the key to succeed in business? - Network
  • What do I think is the secret to success in life - Discipline
  • What I am good at - Connecting people
  • What I am worst at - Closing a business deal
  • What is one thing I think everyone should aim to do - Influence from where you are
  • What is one thing I think everyone should stop to do - Make petty excuses
  • Who I think should look up to succeed in life - Yourself. Take self-responsibility
  • Why Town Planning and why New Zealand - Both were more a chance, and a necessity than by choice
  • What gives me goosebumps? - Music What did I want to become when you were growing up - Initially aeronautical engineer, then software engineer
  • What do I remember most about my childhood in Kathmandu, and why - The river hisa khusi, because that was my playground
  • What was my favourite activity when I was a child - flying kites; I flew kites until my eyes popped out of the sockets
  • Why did you not settle in Denmark? You were there in 2003 - Weather and language
  • What one word would I get rid of the dictionary - Busy
  • What I think I would be doing if not in a professional field - Politics
  • What I think is the best attribute one can have - empathy
  • What I think is the best attitude one can have - hunger to learn
  • What I think is the best aptitude - curiosity
  • What I think is the worst excuse ever - ‘I’m busy’
  • What I think is the worst attitude one can have - ‘I know everything’
  • What I think is the worst aptitude one can have - not listening
  • My favourite band - Radiohead
  • Books I find fascinating - Iliad by Homer and the Chinese Classic ‘The Three Kingdoms’
  • Favourite authours - Victor Hugo and Leo Tolstoy
  • Favourite netflix flick - Narcos
  • Favourite movie - Lord of the Rings (I watch this every time on a long air travel)
  • Favourite sport - Football
  • My worst regret - Not learning to swim
  • Fame or fortune - Neither. People, rather
  • Poetry or Prose - Poetry
  • Momo or daal bhat - Daal bhat power, 24 hour
  • Nepal or New Zealand - can’t do one; has to be both
  • Mac or Windows - Mac
  • Apple or Android - Android
  • Beer or Whisky - I don’t drink now; when I did - Beer
  • Coca-cola or Pepsi - Coca-cola
  • Maccas or BK - BK
  • Tea or coffee - Coffee
  • Netflix or book - Book
  • Give us a few words of wisdom - ‘Aim high’. ‘Be confident, but not rude’. ‘Respect people’
  • One wishful thinking I have - Build leaders of tomorrow
  • One addiction I can’t do with - Coffee the first thing in the morning
  • My best life decision - Getting married and having children
  • Person who influenced me the most - late Ujwal Thapa aka The Maverick who changed not only me but the way politics is approached in Nepal
  • One thing people can do without - lyang lyang (dilly dallying). ‘Oh man, just do it now’
  • Something makes me cry all the time every instance it occurs - Sad and haunting background music in movies literally chokes me Happy place - reading a book
  • Something that happens so very often and freaks me out - Synchronicity and Murphy’s Law
  • Criticism I often get - ‘He comes like a storm and leaves like a dry river’
  • My answer to the above criticism - ‘I am either there or not’. ‘You are either pregnant or not pregnant; there is nothing called half pregnant’.
  • If not New Zealand, where would you be - Nepal. Overseas - the USA
  • I wish I knew how to - Meditate
  • I avoid - toxic people
  • I’m attracted by - intelligent people
  • I respect - honesty
  • I value - time
  • I get annoyed by - taken for granted
  • I hate - procrastination and excuses
 

Conversations.

Impressions.

Coming Soon...

Press.

  1. प्रवासी नेपाली र उनीहरूको भविष्य! - https://www.setopati.com/blog/353117 
  2. www.rajmaharjan1.blogspot.com
  3. One Nepali, One Investment, One Employment: A Framework for Foreign Direct Investment - https://nzncc.co.nz/one-nepali-one-investment-one-employment-a-framework-for-foreign-direct-investment/
  4. Facilitate FDI from Nepali Diaspora - https://nzncc.co.nz/facilitate-fdi-from-nepali-diaspora/
  5. Future Direction of the Nepali Community in New Zealand - https://rajmaharjan1.blogspot.com/2019/04/future-direction-of-nepali-community-in.html
  6. My first ever article published in nepalnews.com (circa 2008) - Positive Thinking and Power of Choice – A framework for life - https://rajmaharjan1.blogspot.com/2011/05/positive-thinking-and-power-of-choice.html
  7. Divided, deviated and dysfunctional: Non-Resident Nepali Association is in the need of overhauling its culture - https://rajmaharjan1.blogspot.com/2022/07/divided-deviated-and-dysfunctional-non.html (Following publication of this article I surrendered my membership of the NRNA NZ)

Connecting.