Kathmandu, Oct. 19 -- For Majid Ansari, law is not merely an academic pursuit it is a response to the inequalities and injustices he has witnessed since childhood. "More than an influencer, I'd like to call myself a legal awareness campaigner," he says. A ninth-semester BALLB student at Nepal Law Campus, Ansari is committed not to ideology or political party, but to the "rule of law and constitutionalism."

Born and raised in Morang, Ansari's path to law was far from linear. He studied at Shree Sharada Higher Secondary School, where teachers were scarce and poorly qualified. "One teacher-qualified only up to class five taught all math and science subjects." He recalls, "In class eight, a teacher came from Kathmandu to teach English but le...