DWI, it's understandable that people can identify with the nephew of Babe Ruth. But I don't think anyone can identify or feel proud about going to school with someone who is a nephew of a person whose country happens to have a highest mountain. I don't even see Chinese having any pride about building the Great Wall of China which is an achievement.

In your example, you were proud of achievement of people ie. Babe Ruth's achievement and the achievements of the Nobel lauretes. My point is that's what's lacking for us Nepalis. Sad reality is there's no achievement to be proud of so we have to hold on to inane things like non living mass of stone and ice to be proud of or go back 2500 years into the birth of siddhartha gautam in a place which was not even Nepal back then. I am amused to ponder how things would have been today if say Buddha was born in Darjeeling which was part of Nepal back then. I'm sure we'd still feel as much proud and say that it was part of Nepal at one point.

Sorry for digressing.

About Buddha's birthplace, how come you never see someone from Palestine boasting that he's from the birthplace of Jesus? Noone has to boast about the fact where Prophet Mohammed was born. Buddha was born 2500 years ago let's get over it. Jesus was born 2000 years ago and noone makes it a point to boast about where he was born. Well I mean boast as in be proud about it.

Can we Nepalis find something to be proud about?