""according to my indian friend PHD means PAGAL HONEKA DAWAA (Ookhati)" Usofa, dawwa (okhati) ho ke dawa (declaration) ho, je bhai pane PhD is a process of narrowing your knowledge to get deeper in a specific field. One thing i have found of these PhD walas (not all ofcourse, but majority) is "afno damphu afai fukne", my research, my topic is the best attitude. It is obviously the training of presenting the work, discussing it and defending it that gives expression to such attitudes. But anyway, aba kasaile te padhnu paroy ne. Heard the enrollment of PhD students in the US is on a decline, any idea where the scenario is heading to? What is the distribution of PhD fraternity among Nepalese, region wise in the global context. Anyone doing PhD on the status of PhD holders of Nepal, their specific area of research, universities, publication, fame and success, commitment to serve and actual contribution to the motehrland.