Richa Bhattarai is an External Affairs Associate at the World Bank in Nepal. She is currently on a one-year Development Assignment with the Civil Society Team, based in Washington DC. With a background in journalism, creative writing and development communication, Richa is passionate about communications as a career, writing as a vocation, and positive vibes as an everyday effort. Her anthology of short stories, Fifteen and Thr3e Quarters, was published in 2011. She is often found hanging out @15n3quarters.