Chasing the ‘lahure’ dream
Prakash Chandra Timilsena Published at : August 26, 2023 Updated at : August 26, 2023 10:07 Nineteen-year-old Bikram Tamang wakes up every day at five in the morning. He washes up and puts on his running shoes. As the soft rays of the morning sun fall upon the still and quiet of the Valley, he steps out of his house and does some warm-up exercises. Except for women rushing to nearby temples with fresh flowers and half-awaken students slopping away to morning classes, the streets are mostly empty. Savouring in this momentary silence in a city that thrives in its eclectic chaos, Bikram begins running. Bikram Tamang, 19, has already passed the first round of selection for Singapore police. The second round will take place on September 3. Prakash Chandra Timilsena/TKP From Imadol in Lalitpur, he runs all the way to the ‘Bright Gurkha Training Center in Koteshwar.’ All the while, one single image continuously plays in his mind—getting into the Singapore police and b...