So much for India and Indian hating.
We could learn a lot from them.

Rajeev’s mission: Raise hope in Nepal’s villages

BY TILAK P. POKHAREL ,Kathmandu Post,12/07/2005

NEW YORK, Dec 6 - When Rajeev Goyal, an Indian-American who spent more than two years in Nepal as a Peace Corps volunteer, asked for donations for the cause of poor Nepalis from the dais of a New York University (NYU) hall, the audience rose up with cash and cheques.
In less than five minutes, he collected more than US$ 3000, then $5000, $10,000… and finally he managed to raise over $28,000 within three hours.

The event, organized under the title "Shiksha ko Asha" (Hope for Education) by the Living Earth Institute and the Rotary Club of Plainsboro (New Jersey), aimed at raising about $40,000 for improving school infrastructure and providing scholarships to poor students in various villages of Dhankuta district, where Rajeev had worked as a Peace Corps volunteer.

Inspired by the poor Nepali people, the doctorate student of law at NYU started raising funds last year when he managed to collect $14,000 under the theme "Paani ko Asha" (Hope for Water).

The amount was spent in Namje village in the same district. Likewise, he had also collected $30,000 from Indian doctors for water projects in the areas where he was working in 2001-03.

While Rajeev played the role of project manager, Fulbright scholar at NYU Sarah Atwood served as the event manager. Others involved in organizing the event included Edwin Jorge, former director of a Peace Corps recruiting office in New York; Dr. Tara Niraula of Columbia University; LG Khambache; Sarahana Shrestha; and Sujan Niraula.

On the occasion, "Paani ko Asha" awards were given to Rashmi Shrestha and Sabina Thapa for their outstanding involvement in fundraising and campaigning against domestic violence respectively.

The highest amount - $5,000 - was donated jointly by Sanjay and Rashmi Shrestha.

When asked what he felt about the termination of Peace Corps activities in Nepal owing to security concerns last year, Rajeev said, "I am deeply saddened by the suspension of the program and I hope that Peace Corps Nepal can start up again… Nepal has given so much to Peace Corps volunteers and vice versa.

that's very nice what Mr. Goyal did.

but lol...what's so indian about it? another nonsense. :-D

But unlrelated, there's no reason to hate all Indians though...just maybe a few who shape its foreign policy on Nepal ;-)

We share a lot of things with india culture tradition language and what not. some nepali feel really insecure about their identity being drowned into the giant indian ocean. this insecurity lead to a hatred of india.

Nice work from Rajeev. However, he is an American (with Indian origin), so nothing much Indian about it, as put by echoes. For sure there are good and bad Indians, even Nepalese.

Yo Birbhadra, seriously what is your agenda here in sajha? Dhotisim?? I see that every opportunity you get to support your dhotiland you jump all over it. When the fcuk did Nepal shared language with India? We speaking Nepali, unlike you and your Indian origin clan.

III_II_I_II_III,
what is your point,
you don't even have a name so i'm not sure even if you are a nepali or not. arka lai tyesai indian clan re.

it is the nature of you pathetic creature by trying to pose as a real nepali by trying to belittle others as dhoti and what not. shut the fcuk up.

nepali language came from sanskrit any doubt? sanskrit is the language of the people who lived in what now is india at present in that sense nepali came from india. any ways there are so many nepali speaking people who are indians!!!!!!. tara talai ke tha kahile kathmandu dekhi bahira ga bhaye po. one can argue in that shed of light that newari was the original language but that to came from tibeto-burman language. stop this nonsense and be a global thinker

Time and again I see posting that is totally of two extreme thoughts. India's foreign policy is very dominating. But anyways, so is any powerful countries.

We have to admit the fact that we cannot ignore the presence of India and China, no matter what. We also have to admit that we cannot let the power players to work on one sided treaties.

Few days back, India facilitated maoists and party direct talks. India has declared maoists as terorists even before Nepal. This should be opposed.

Opposition does not mean that Nepal should make their realtion sour with the giant neighbour.

Its about time now, somebody start genuinely think about the people rather than pleasing power players.

My 2 paisa.

peace out

Yes, all south asian countries were once called Bharat Barsha (It wasn't a big country named Bharat, it comprised of a lot of small countries). And the languages in this region came from Sanskrit. But Sanskrit didn't come from India, it came from Bharat Barsha (thus Nepal, now Pakistan, Afganistan, SriLanka all are where Sanskrit was born). Nepal was never a part of India or Bharat. It was a part of Bhrat Barsha. So, if we can say Nepal come from India, we can also put India came form Nepal. Anyways, as put by highfly, India's policies towards its neighbor in recent years are not what a neighboring country should have towards its landlocked friend.

well guys ....when we have to discuss about such issue we better concentrate on individual level than takin whole nation.....first of all wherever we r from and no matter whatever our origin is..we r first human beings and he carry some feelings and being able to response to emotion we can act dependin on the situation....so when we r talkin abt Rajeev and his doings..probably he did dat job being as a human being not as an Indian or American or whatever.....when u see some hungry people in the street who is crying and sufferin u will not care abt his nationaliry there...i think u will try to help with ur best rather than tryin to know his nationality...i think same thing Rajeev did here so its nothing to discuss abt nationality....
jai nepal

correction.....he = we

hate = ignorance

Birbhadra-jee,
Namaste.

You are either ignorant yourself or in denial to call hate = ignorance.

It is OK to hate. :-)

Then it is okay to be ignorant. But being ignorant can be of variable types.

If it is okay to hate but you fall under the catagory of ignorant if you hate someone/something without knowing them. If you hate them despite you know them, that's again ignorance of not acknowledging the existence of difference in things, people and their ideas in our society.

nepesahila-jee,

lol...that's stupid ;-)

hate is a basic human instinct....and it is not undesirable.

a simple example, you can hate violence, war, diseases, or people who're simply unfair (like various kings and dictators--eg, Hitler, or those in the Indian government who keep making unjust foreign policies toward Nepal). why do you say that that's ignorance?

or are you one of them ultra-religious hypocrites? ;-)

Good one Echoes. Checkmate indeed.

Echoes and Thugged out,

How dare you call my ideas stupid? I am not a religious person, and I think I am explaining myself well enough not to be called stupid. You jackasses.
My point was to spread that message that hate = ignorance. I meant you don't have to hate someone if you can ignore them. In that way hatred is just as ignorance. You don't like Hitler, but you don't have to hate him, you can ignore him. That way you sound good and become much more positive.

even more stupid ;-)

what if you can't ignore?

don't tell me you do not hate me as you read this ;-) ehehehe.

get real dude

Hate is not a positive thing neither is violence so if you combine hate and violence together it will still be negative.
you can renounce violence, but you cannot hate violence because violence itself is the manifestation of hate!!!!
in other words you cannot be violent towards anywone without hate, anger or some sort of similar thing

Hate = Ignorance

"what if you can't ignore?

don't tell me you do not hate me as you read this ;-) ehehehe.

get real dude"

if you can't ignore then you fight for it.

Hahahahhahaa. Man, what is this guy sniffing? I hope he wasn't being serious. Thanks for the laughs. So we just ignore Hitler while he gasses millions of jews in concentration camps. Wow, you sound just like Gandhi.
BTW, why are some Nepalis named Hitler? Hitler Shreshta, Hitler Rajbhandari, Hitler Shakya, etc. I swear. Tons of Hitler sympathizers in Nepal, I see.