Episode Details

After spending 23 years in mainstream journalism at Kantipur, Ghanashyam Khadka chose to pause and reflect.

In this conversation, Ghanshyam speaks openly about what decades inside the newsroom taught him. Not just about society, but about the human mind. He reflects on how constant negativity, breaking news, and outrage-driven media shape the way people think, feel, and react both individually and collectively.

We talk about:

-why we feel angry and overwhelmed despite living in a relatively peaceful time

-how “you become what you consume” applies to news and social media

the darker side of negativity-driven journalism

-what Solution Journalism actually means

-why mindfulness is missing from public life

-and why he decided to step away from mainstream media

Ghanashyam also shares his journey into mindful living, writing, and building a new platform, Nepal Bolchha, focused on solutions and stories of people who are quietly doing good.

This episode is a slow, thoughtful conversation about journalism, awareness, responsibility, and the kind of society we are becoming.

Timestamps 

00:00 – Introduction

01:29 – 23 years at Kantipur and why he left

01:43 – The rise of negativity and constant outrage

02:08 – Living in the most peaceful era, yet feeling angry

03:24 – Why society is always cursing and reacting

03:46 – What Solution Journalism really means

07:19 – You become what you consume

07:48 – How negativity spreads from media to people

11:44 – Realizing the harm caused by negativity-driven journalism

12:07 – The pathway to mindfulness

12:37 – Why we need a different kind of journalism

19:00 – From journalist to entrepreneur

23:55 – Switching from journalism to podcasting

31:36 – The global shift in news and media

36:11 – What is transactional psychology

38:41 – Everyone is acting as media now

48:59 – Why Mindful Journalism is the future

59:29 – Mindfulness as a powerful healing tool

01:08:11 – Why youths are leaving Nepal

01:30:40 – “Put off the light so that we can see better”

01:41:29 – Why society needs more altruistic action