“I started posting contents on YouTube out of boredom,” says Rastra Bimochan Timalsena, the creator of the channel Random Nepali. That was back in 2015. Over the years, his channel has amassed over 216K subscribers and clocked over 18m views. 

His early posts used to be a hodgepodge of contents about Nepal and Nepali people that were light and funny. They were true to the channel’s description on its ‘About’ section: “Videos about Nepal and Nepali people and things that will make you think “Oh yes, I know this””  

“I was a random Nepali posting videos on YouTube, hence the name of my channel,” he chuckles. 

The 31-year-old didn’t expect his channel to grow so big. He was just another guy who created and posted funny YouTube content in his spare time. He was a random Nepali, anonymous to his viewers—and he preferred it that way at the time. 

Timalsena’s viewers learned about his law background after he started a series on crimes, criminals, and law. Besides being a YouTuber, he is an advocate of criminal and cyber law, as well as the principle of National Law College. 

He completed his B.A L.L.B from National Law School of India University in early 2014, and his master’s degree from the Tribhuvan University. 

In fact, Timalsena’s YouTube channel started gaining viewers and subscribers after he started the crime series.  

“I was getting a lot of queries from people, many of whom were from the law background,” Timalsena says. “It was then that I realized it’s time to switch to informative content.” 

The name of his channel remained unchanged though. Today, his videos are mostly focused on crime and laws. 

As a legal expert, this transition wasn’t particularly difficult for Timalsena. In fact, everyone in his family comes from the legal background. From early on, he had an inkling that he too would grow to become a law practitioner. 

“It wasn’t family pressure. I could have studied anything,” he says. 

Soon after he got his practice license in 2014, he had applied for the position of deputy director at National Law College. “I was always interested in academics and teaching,” he says. 

That he has a passion for teaching can be seen in many of his posts, where he relies on whiteboard animation videos that simulate writing and sketching. 

Timalsena is a wellspring of information and knowledge regarding law and justice that he shares in his class and YouTube channel. 

What he does is definitely not easy, yet he is humble enough to admit that he is still learning. 

As an advocate, Timalsena mainly looks into cases involving criminal and cyber laws. But he keeps himself abreast with the cases being discussed in public. “I might not have full knowledge on some cases, but I do what I can to explain their nature and legalities for people’s benefit,” he says. 

Timalsena mostly takes up sexual assault and harassment-related cases for his YouTube series. “Of course, every case is important, but the ones involving assault disturb me emotionally,” he says 

At just 31, Timalsena has already accomplished a lot. He is not so sure about his future plans though. 

“I guess I will continue to be a YouTuber, an advocate, and a principal as long as I can juggle between them well enough,” he says. “But the day will come when I have to choose one and stick to it.”